Linden Wilkinson Explained

Linden Wilkinson
Birth Place:	Australia
Occupation:	Actress, writer
Yearsactive:	1978 - present
Education:	National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA)

Linden Wilkinson is an Australian film, television and theatre actress and writer. She is perhaps best known for her recurring role in soap opera Home and Away playing 'The Believers' cult leader Mumma Rose. Her other roles include appearances on Prisoner: Cell Block H, A Country Practice, Water Rats, and Packed to the Rafters. Wilkinson spends most of her time acting in and writing theatre productions, she has worked extensively in State Theatre Companies in Adelaide, Melbourne and Auckland, some of her theatre credits are A Day in December, Family Favourites, Happy House Show, Nice Girls and Night of the Missing Bridegroom.^[1] She began writing and script-editing for television series such as Ocean Girl and Outriders, and she has also written for two feature films, Moon River, an adaptation of the novel by Brenda Walker of the same name, and Pearls, a romantic comedy.^[2]

Filmography

Film

• 1978: Third Person Plural – as Danny
• 1984: My First Wife – as Ida Flagg
• 1986: For Love Alone – as Miss Harviland
• 1995: Vacant Possession – as Kate
• 1997: Thank God He Met Lizzie – as Poppy
• 2000: Looking for Alibrandi – as Mrs Barton
• 2000: The Monkey's Mask – as Mrs. Norris

Television

• 1979: Skyways – as Jill Ellis (1 episode)
• 1980: Water Under the Bridge (TV film)
• 1981 - 1983: Prisoner – as Nurse (1 episodes, 1981), as Pauline Carter (6 episodes, 1983)
• 1985: Winners – as Elsie Riordan (1 episode)
• 1987 - 1992: A Country Practice – as Meg McKenzie (3 episodes, 1987/1988), as Trish Lennox (2 episodes, 1992)
• 1988: Alterations (TV film) – as Martha
• 1989: Dearest Enemy – as Alex Taylor
• 1990: Raider of the South Seas (TV film) – as Elspeth Morrison
• 1990: Come In Spinner – as Barbara Carstairs
• 1992: The Time Game (TV film)
• 1992: The Leaving of Liverpool (TV film) – Mrs. Hawkins
• 1993: Seven Deadly Sins (mini-series) – as Pride
• 1993: Police Rescue – as Mrs. Glasel (1 episode)
• 1994: Escape from Jupiter – Beth
• 1994: G.P. – as Daphne Bond (1 episode)
• 1994: Mary (documentary) – Older Mary MacKillop
• 1996: Naked: Stories of Men – as Ren (1 episode)
• 1996: Fire – as Ms. Black (1 episode)
• 1996 - 1999: Water Rats – as Moira Randall (2 episodes, 1996), as Elaine Johnson (1 episode, 1999)
• 1996 - 2006: Home and Away – as Katherine Walker (6 episodes, 1996), as Mumma Rose (9 episodes, 2005/2006)^[3]
• 1999: Murder Call – as Rose van Zeller (1 episode)
• 2000: Marriage Acts (TV film) – as Miriam Hawkins
• 2000: All Saints – as Helen Upton (1 episode)
• 2009 - 2010: Packed to the Rafters – as Linda Brannon (2 episodes)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Linden Wilkinson. doollee.com. 8 July 2011.
2. Web site: Linden Wilkinson - Stage and Screen Performance . actt.edu.au . 8 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110705184411/http://actt.edu.au/Advisory-Board . 5 July 2011 .
3. Web site: Linden Wilkinson. backtothebay.net. 8 July 2011.