Maggie Millar (born 6 January 1941) alternatively Maggie Miller, is an Australian former actress, artist, writer, radio personality and public relations officer. She is best known for her television series roles in Bellbird, The Sullivans and Prisoner (1976, 1981-84).
Millar came out of retirement when she was offered a part in Neighbours in 2002. After a year she was written out of the series and again retired in 2007, except for a brief return in a short film in 2016.[1]
Millar was born in Sydney, Australia and trained in London, England at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, having won a scholarship to go there. Although she has appeared in pantomime and other theatre, she is best known for her many Australian television appearances. She won the 1976 Logie Award for Best Individual Performance by an Actress for Homicide[2], and she is best known for appearances in soap opera in shows such as Hunter, Division 4, Matlock Police, Cop Shop, A Country Practice and Blue Heelers.
She has appeared on ABC Radio and many Australian films, mainly in cameo roles including Phar Lap and Peita.
She is an award-winning artist, specializing in oil and acrylic painting.
Personal life
Millar has been married twice. Her first husband was from Germany, and together they had a son, Benjamin. Following their divorce in 1976, Millar met theatre critic—turned—primary school teacher, Ian, and they married in 1984.[3]
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view June 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations March 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Maggie Millar born 6 January 1941 alternatively Maggie Miller is an Australian former actress artist writer radio personality and public relations officer She is best known for her television series roles in Bellbird The Sullivans and Prisoner 1976 1981 84 Maggie MillarBorn 1941 01 06 6 January 1941 age 82 Strathfield New South WalesOther namesMaggie MillerEducationRoyal Academy of Dramatic ArtOccupationsActresswriterradio personalitypublic relations officerartistYears active1962 2016Known forBellbirdThe SullivansPrisonerNeighboursChildren1Millar came out of retirement when she was offered a part in Neighbours in 2002 After a year she was written out of the series and again retired in 2007 except for a brief return in a short film in 2016 1 Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Filmography 3 1 Film 3 2 Television 4 References 5 External linksBiography EditCareer Edit Millar was born in Sydney Australia and trained in London England at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art having won a scholarship to go there Although she has appeared in pantomime and other theatre she is best known for her many Australian television appearances She won the 1976 Logie Award for Best Individual Performance by an Actress for Homicide 2 and she is best known for appearances in soap opera in shows such as Hunter Division 4 Matlock Police Cop Shop A Country Practice and Blue Heelers Millar is best known for her long term roles in series including Bellbird as Georgia Moorhouse Prisoner as Marie Winter The Sullivans as Elizabeth Bradley and Neighbours as Rev Rosie Hoyland She has appeared on ABC Radio and many Australian films mainly in cameo roles including Phar Lap and Peita She is an award winning artist specializing in oil and acrylic painting Personal life EditMillar has been married twice Her first husband was from Germany and together they had a son Benjamin Following their divorce in 1976 Millar met theatre critic turned primary school teacher Ian and they married in 1984 3 Filmography EditFilm Edit Year Title Role Notes1977 The Mango Tree Laura Montague1983 Phar Lap May Holmes1985 Best Enemies Jo Lynne1987 Bushfire Moon Mrs Gullett1988 Evil Angels Sister2016 Malevolence Laurel ShortTelevision Edit Year Title Role Notes1962 Consider Your Verdict Lydia Durant Episode Queen Versus Blair 1968 1969 Hunter Helen Dempsey Denise Mitchell Verna Episodes The Friend in Need File A Dark Reunion The Strangers 1968 1973 1975 Homicide Sally Hendricks Larch Ford Ruth Reid Betty Kennedy Episodes Break out I Killed Amanda Clarke The Last Way Out The Life amp Times of Tina Kennedy 1972 1975 Matlock Police Betty Sue Powell Episodes The Meek Shall Inherit The Least We Can Do 1972 1977 Bellbird Georgia Moorehouse Regular role1973 Division 4 Shirley Ward Episode A Matter of Survival 1973 Ryan Joan Palmer Episode Tribe 1976 The Sullivans Elizabeth Bradley TV series1978 Cop Shop Laura Cooper Trish Butler Episodes 1 55 1 56 1 117 1 118 1981 1984 Prisoner Marie Winter Recurring role1984 Special Squad Joyce Episode The Patchwork 1985 The Fast Lane Simone Duxbury Episode Tertiary Sisyphus 1985 Possession Claudia Valenti Regular role1986 The Local Rag Alex Steel TV film1987 In Between Bet Episode Part 3 1987 Pieta Mary Verton TV film1988 The Bit Part Molly TV film1988 All the Way Lorna Scott TV miniseries1991 A Country Practice Sister Evelyn Episode As Time Goes By Part 1 1992 Cluedo Madame Rosamonda Episode Madame Rosamonda 2002 2003 Neighbours Rosie Hoyland Regular role2003 Blue Heelers Val Trotter Episode Father s Day Part 1 References Edit Herbison Jason c 2016 Accidental soap star Inside Soap Attic Futura UK Ltm 204 09 Australian Television 1974 1977 Logie Awards www australiantelevision net Retrieved 26 January 2023 Johnson Jacqui 10 March 1984 Prisoner Star Ties the Knot TV Week 74 External links EditOfficial Website at the Wayback Machine archived 2 November 2010 Maggie Millar at IMDb This article about an Australian television actor is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maggie Millar amp oldid 1135684316, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
