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Australian actress

Veronica Lang
NationalityAustralian
OccupationActor
Years active1964–2003
Known forDon’s Party (1976)
Callan (1974)
SpouseMichael Aitkens (div.)
Children2

Veronica Lang is an Australian-born actress.

Career

Lang started her acting career in England in theatre and television, before working in her native country. She also briefly worked in America.

Lang's television credits are numerous. Her British appearances include Upstairs Downstairs, Crown Court, Inspector Morse, Moon and Sun, Murder in Mind, Grange Hill, Heartbeat and The Bill. Her Australian television credits include Matlock Police, Rush Bluey, The Young Doctors, Chopper Squad, Skyways, Cop Shop, A Country Practice, Halifax f.p. and Heartbreak High. She also appeared in the miniseries The Dismissal and Vietnam (alongside Nicole Kidman),

Lang's film credits Callan (1974), Don’s Party (1976), Say You Want Me (1977), A Good Thing Going (1978), The Clinic (1982) and Decadence (1994).

She won the 1977 AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in the film adaptation of Don's Party and the 1980 Logie Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries/Telemovie for A Good Thing Going.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Type
1969 Mini Weekend Jenny Feature film, UK
1974 Callan Liz, Hunter's Secretary TV movie, UK
1976 Don’s Party Jody Feature film
1977 The Claim TV film
1977 Say You Want Me TV film
1977 Ballantyne's Mission TV film
1978 A Good Thing Going Jane Harris TV film
1979 Roadhouse TV film
1982 The Clinic Nancy Feature film
1985 After Hours Eileen Phillips Film short
1990 The Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse (aka Burenkrieg) Emily Hobhouse Feature film, US/South Africa
1994 Decadence The Entourage Feature film, UK/Germany
2017 Flow Irene Film short

Television

Year Title Role Type
1964 Story Parade Rosie Darcy TV series UK, 1 episode
1964 A World of His Own Guest role TV series UK, 1 episode
1965 The Likely Lads Cecile TV series UK, 1 episode
1965 Legend Of Death Estelle TV series UK, 2 episodes
1965 Riviera Police Jean Howard TV series UK, 1 episode
1967 Champion House Tania TV series UK, 1 episode
1971 Justice Secretary TV series UK, 1 episode
1972 Upstairs Downstairs The Jeweller's Wife TV series UK, 1 episode
1972 Six Faces Receptionist TV series UK, 2 episodes
1973 Harriet's Back in Town Louise Wimbourne TV series UK, 2 episodes
1973 Crown Court Fiona Gray TV series UK, 3 episodes
1973 Whodunnit? Jill Mather TV series UK, 1 episode
1973 The Dragon's Opponent Mimi Crawford TV series UK, 2 episodes
1974 Napoleon and Love Madame de Remusat TV miniseries UK, 5 episodes
1974 Matlock Police Judy TV series, 1 episode
1975 The Sweeney Sally Labbett TV series UK, 1 episode
1976 Rush Melanie Parker TV series, 1 episode
1976 Star Maidens Nola TV series UK, 1 episode
1976 Space 1999 Lyra / Maurna TV series UK, 1 episode
1976 CBS Children's Film Festival Mrs. Graham TV series US, 1 episode
1976 Chimpmates Mrs. Graham TV series UK, 3 episodes
1977 Bluey Sylvia Granger TV series, 1 episode 30: "A Political Animal"
1977–1981 Cop Shop Sue Brady / Ann Carter / Claire Scott TV series, 4 episodes
1977 The Young Doctors Diane Pitt / Lesley Collins TV series, 7 episodes
1978 Chopper Squad Margaret TV series, 1 episode 7: "Lifeboat"
1979 Skyways Sarah Blake TV series, 3 episodes
1982; 1984 A Country Practice Kate Darcy TV series, 2 episodes
1983 A Country Practice Janet Swanson TV series, 2 episodes
1983 The Dismissal Reporter TV miniseries, 1 episode
1984 A Country Practice Lori Morgan TV series, 5 episodes
1985 Theatre Night Lady Plymdale TV series UK, 1 episode
1985 Winners Alison Trig TV film series, 1 episode: "Room to Move"
1987 Vietnam Evelyn Goddard TV miniseries, 10 episodes
1987 Rafferty's Rules TV series, 1 episode
1987 Willing and Abel TV series, 1 episode
1991 Inspector Morse Julia TV series UK, 1 episode
1992 Moon and Son Annabelle Garvie TV series UK, 1 episode
1995 Halifax f.p. Cheryl Daleford TV film series, 1 episode
1996 Heartbreak High Vera Sumich TV series, 1 episode
1997 Grange Hill Francesca TV series UK, 5 episodes
1997 Heartbeat Mrs. Dobson TV series UK, 1 episode
2001 Murder in Mind Alice Young TV series UK, 1 episode
2003 The Bill Estate Agent TV series UK, 1 episode

Theatre

Year Title Role Type
1964 Busybody Claire Hull New Theatre, Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth, & other locations with Audrey Lupton & Arthur Lane and Aytell Productions
1967 In at the Death The Secretary Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford and Phoenix Theatre, London with Cooney Productions & Enterprises
The Nature of Revolution Royal Court Theatre, London
We Bombed in New Haven Lead Forum Theatre
The Sum of Us Joyce Warehouse Theatre, Croydon
The Ant and the Grasshopper Zelda Fitzgerald Basement Theatre
1971 Prometheus Bound Sea Bird 3 Mermaid Theatre, London
Ordinary People Beth Greenwich Theatre, London
1975 Don's Party Jody Royal Court Theatre, London with The English Stage Company
1977 The Norman Conquests Annie Seymour Centre, Sydney with Old Tote Theatre Company
Soldiering on Talking Heads Muriel Frinton Rep Theatre
1980 Pyjama Tops Yvonne Charles Newcastle Civic Theatre, Regal Theatre, Perth, Theatre Royal Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre with Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust & J. C. Williamson
2006 Blithe Spirit Madame Arcati / Mrs Bradman Frinton Summer Theatre with Connaught Productions
2011–2013 Barefoot in the Park UK tour to Malvern Theatres, Worcestershire, Theatre Royal, Bath, Oxford Playhouse, Richmond Theatre, London, Cambridge Arts Theatre with Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
2014 Daytona UK tour with Lee Dean
2018 Away Bondi Pavilion, Sydney
2020 Hamlet Gertrude Online - Australia with Streamed Shakespeare

Awards

Year Award Category Work Result
1977 AFI Awards Best Supporting Actress in Film Don’s Party Won
1980 Logie Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series/Telemovie A Good Thing Going Won

References

  1. Manning, Fiona (9 September 1981), "Oh, but it's good to be back home", The Australian Women's Weekly
  2. "The Australian Film Awards - Prizewinners", Filmnews, 1 October 1977
  3. "The Logie winners", Canberra Times, 15 March 1980
  4. "Busybody". Theatricalia.
  5. "In at the Death". Theatricalia.
  6. "Prometheus Bound". Theatricalia.
  7. "Blithe Spirit". Theatricalia.
  8. "Prometheus Bound". www.suzygoessee.com. 5 July 2018.
  9. "Veronica Lang". AusStage.
  10. "Veronica Lang". app.spotlight.com.

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