| Sarah Kemp | |
| Birth Name: | Gypsie Mary Kemp |
| Birth Date: | 24 February 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Merbein, Victoria, Australia |
| Death Place: | Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Known For: | Sons and Daughters (TV series) as Charlie Bartlett (544 episodes) |
| Othername: | Gypsy Kemp |
| Yearsactive: | 1969–2008 |
Sarah Kemp (born Gypsie Mary Kemp, 24 February 1937 – 9 January 2015) was an Australian-born actress, who started her acting career in the United Kingdom, she was best known for starring in the Australian soap opera Sons and Daughters, playing the character of dizzy socialite Charlie Bartlett, from 1982 to 1987.
Kemp, who was born as Gypsie Mary Kemp on 24 February 1937 in Melbourne, Victoria and started her career in the United Kingdom, with credits including the film A Touch of the Other (1970), two episodes of the Doctor Who story Day of the Daleks (1972), and a 1972 episode of The Benny Hill Show. She was in the series Shoestring, which appeared on BBC television between 1979 and 1980, playing an Australian hitchhiker.
She then returned to her native Australia and starred in Sons and Daughters. She appeared in A Sporting Chance in 1981. Her last credited role was in the TV movie in 1993. She quit acting and worked as an English teacher.[1]
Kemp briefly dabbled in politics running for the seat of Bennelong in the 1998 Australian federal election on the Unity Party ticket and also ran New South Wales Legislative Council in 1999 also on the Unity ticket.[2]
Kemp died at Bellingen Hospital in New South Wales on 9 January 2015, due to lung cancer, aged 77.[3]
| Year | Title | Role | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | A Touch of the Other | Shirley (as Gypsie Kemp) | Feature film, UK | |
| 1979 | Yesterday's Hero | Redhead in Disco (as Gypsie Kemp) | Feature film, UK | |
| 2008 | The Gift | Elizabeth | Short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Z Cars | Guest role: Nurse | TV series UK, 1 episode | |
| 1972 | Doctor Who | Guest role: U.N.I.T. Radio Operator (as Gypsie Kemp) | TV series UK, 2 episodes | |
| 1972 | The Benny Hill Show | Herself (as Gypsie Kemp) | TV series UK, 1 episode | |
| 1973 | The Tarbuck Follies | Herself (as Gypsie Kemp) | TV movie, UK | |
| 1977 | Happy Ever After | Guest role: Telephonist (as Gypsie Kemp) | TV series UK, 1 episode | |
| 1979 | Shoestring | Guest role: Hitch Hiker (as Gypsie Kemp) | TV series UK, 1 episode | |
| 1981 | A Sporting Chance | Guest role: Kerry | ABC TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1982 | The Young Doctors | Guest role: Maureen Cawley | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1982–1987 | Sons and Daughters | Recurring/Regular role: Charlie Bartlett | TV series, 550 episodes | |
| 1988 | A Country Practice | Guest role | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1993 | Hilary Vette | TV movie, Australia/US | ||
| 1994; 1995 | G.P. | Guest role: Sister | ABC TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1995 | G.P. | Guest role: Kerry | ABC TV series, 1 episode | |
| 2011 | Today Tonight | Herself with 'Sons and Daughters' cast: Rowena Wallace, Tom Richards, Stephen Comey, Ally Fowler, Alyce Platt, Cornelia Frances & Antonia Murphy | TV series, 1 episode |