Catherine Wilkin

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Catherine Wilkin
BornOctober 1950 (age 73)
New Zealand
OccupationActress
Years active1977 – present
SpousePeter McCauley (? - present)

Catherine Wilkin (born October 1950) is a New Zealand actor who has worked in New Zealand and Australia.

Career[edit]

Wilkin has acted in many Australian television shows, with a mix of guest and multi-episode recurring roles.

She played the recurring role lawyer Kate McGrath in Cop Shop in 1981. Her then-partner, Bill Stalker, was at that time a regular in the series.[1] In 1983 she played Janice Young in Prisoner. Other roles include Paulyne Grey in Rafferty's Rules, Katherine Jensen in Embassy, Sally Downie in Blue Heelers and Liz Ryan in McLeod's Daughters. Wilkin also starred in the Saddle Club as the well-loved Mrs. Reg, the mother of the owner of the stable, in 2001.

Theatre performances include Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde in 2010 for Auckland Theatre Company. In 2012 she played Linda in the Peach Theatre Company production of Death of a Salesman.

Personal life[edit]

She was injured in the November 1981 motorcycle accident that killed her then-partner, actor Bill Stalker.[2][3][4]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Type
1996 Brilliant Lies Marion Lee Feature film
2013 The Weight of Elephants Gran Feature film
2016 The Couple Wife Film Short
2017 Theodora Meredith / Theodora Film Short
2020 This Town Grandma Ruth Feature film, NZ

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Type
1979 Close to Home Anne TV series, 1 episode
1979 Skyways Hanna Clayton TV series, 1 episode: "Hard Case Hanna"
1980-81; 1982 Cop Shop Kate McGrath TV series, 42 episodes
1982 Home Maggie TV series, 2 episodes
1982 Cop Shop Kim Lambert TV series, 2 episodes
1983 Carson's Law Mrs. Rosemary Ward TV series, 2 episodes
1983 Prisoner Janice Young TV series, Season 5, 9 episodes
1984 Children of the Dog Star Helen Elliott TV miniseries, 6 episodes
1984 The Keepers Aggie French TV series, 9 episodes
1985 The Flying Doctors Pamela Stoneham TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1985 A Fortunate Life May Prang TV miniseries, 1 episode: "Journey"
1986 The Great Bookie Robbery Carol Power TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1987-88 Rafferty's Rules Pauline Grey TV series, 46 episodes
1987 The Flying Doctors Jessie Logan TV series, 1 episode: "No Quarter Asked"
1989 This Man... This Woman Marion Clarke TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1989 The Magistrate Claire Boyd TV miniseries, 6 episodes
1989 Grim Pickings Kate TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1991 Shark in the Park Catherine Pierce TV series, 5 episodes
1992 Embassy Ambassador Katherine Jenson TV series, 13 episodes
Marlin Bay TV series
1993 Snowy Molly Logan TV series, Season 1, 13 episodes
1994 Good Morning Australia Guest TV series, 1 episode
1995 Swimming Lessons Margaret Sadler TV movie, NZ
1996 Brilliant Lies: Interviews Herself Short film documentary
1997 Ocean Girl Madame President TV series, 3 episodes
1997 In the Shadow of King Lear Herself Film documentary
1997 Duggan Lynette Bridges TV series, 1 episode: "Death in Paradise"
1997-1999 Blue Heelers Sally Downie/Downe TV series, 14 episodes
1998 Duggan Lynette Bridges TV series, episode: "Sins of the Fathers"
1998, 2001 Halifax f.p. Marion Walters TV film series, 2,episodes, S3 E3: "Afraid Of The Dark", S6 E2: “Playing God”
1998 The Chosen Andrea Gordon TV movie
1998 State Coroner Olwen Parsons TV series, 1 episode: "Sunday in the Country"
1999 Good Morning Australia Guest - Herself TV series, 1 episode
1999, 2002 The Lost World Adama, Jessie Challenger TV series, 2 episodes: "Nectar" & "The Elixir"
2001-2003 The Saddle Club Elizabeth Regnery / Mrs. Reg TV series, Seasons 1–2, 51 episodes
2001-03,
2004, 2006
McLeod's Daughters Liz Ryan TV series, Seasons 1–3, 4 & 6, 26 episodes
2006 Leo's Pride Dame Sister Mary Leo TV movie
2007 Outrageous Fortune Sonya TV series, 1 episode: "The Secret Parts of Fortune"
2011 Tangiwai Emma Blair TV movie
2016 Wanted Beverley Delaney TV series, 1 episode
2017 The Brokenwood Mysteries Catherine Alderston TV series, 1 episode
2019 Shortland Street Jean King TV series, 28 episodes
2020 Stateless Elka Werner TV miniseries, 3 episodes
2021-22 Under the Vines Hilary TV series, 6 episodes

References[edit]

  1. ^ Fawcett, Tony. "Fanelli’s Leaving Cop Shop." TV Week. 3 October 1981, page 5.
  2. ^ "Actor with film hopes is killed". The Age, 30 November 1981, p. 5
  3. ^ "TV actor's death accidental, SM rules". The Age, 18 March 1982, p. 21
  4. ^ Robertson, Fred. "The Gentle Side to Big Bill." TV Week. 12 December 1981, page 37.

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