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Wendy Hughes

Wendy Hughes

Birthday: 1952-07-29 | Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Wendy Hughes (29 July 1952 – 8 March 2014) was an Australian actress known for her work in theatre, film and television. Hughes was an award-winning actress. Her career spanned more than forty years and established her reputation as one of Australia's finest and most prolific actors. Her biggest role was in Lonely Hearts, played in 1982 (this film was the beginning of a long collaboration with director Paul Cox). In her later career she acted in Happy New Year along with stars Peter Falk and Charles Durning. In 1993 she played Dr. Carol Blythe, M. E. in Homicide: Life on the Street. In the late 1990s, she starred in State Coroner and Paradise Road. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wendy Hughes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2008
The View from Greenhaven

as    Dorothy

2001
The Man Who Sued God

as    Jules Myers

1997
Paradise Road

as    Mrs. Dickson

1994
Princess Caraboo

as    Mrs. Worrall

1989
The Heist

as    Sheila

1987
Amerika

as    Marion Andrews

1985
An Indecent Obsession

as    Honour Langtry

1983
Careful, He Might Hear You

as    Vanessa

1979
My Brilliant Career

as    Aunt Helen

1976
Is There Anybody There?

as    Marianne Dickinson

1974
Jock Petersen

as    Dr. Patricia Kent