Joanne Samuel
Date of birth: 1957-08-05
Place of birth: Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joanne Samuel (born 1957 in Camperdown, Sydney, Australia) is an actress who remains best known for her role as the screen wife of Mel Gibson in the 1979 film Mad Max. Prior to her appearance in the film, Samuel had made guest appearances in police procedurals Matlock Police and Homicide. She was then a regular cast member in television soap operas Class of '74, The Sullivans and The Young Doctors. She left The Young Doctors very suddenly – the producers kindly wrote her out of the show quickly as she was offered the Mad Max role after a fellow Young Doctors actress who had been due to take the role fell ill. Samuel later returned to television in the regular role of Kelly Morgan-Young in Skyways (TV series). Samuel later guest starred in Hey Dad! as Jeanette Taylor and All Saints, and played the school principal in The Wiggles in their film The Wiggles Movie. Samuel is married to Tony Ahern. They have several children. They live in the Blue Mountains suburb of Blackheath and Samuel has retired from acting. Samuel is active in the local Baptist church. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joanne Samuel, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Mad Max
1979-04-12
In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians
Mad Max 2
1981-12-24
Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australi
Mad Max Exposed
2022-06-01
Step into the world of the original Mad Max movie and take a rare behind the scenes look at the maki
Nightmaster
1988-07-01
Robbie and his girlfriend, Amy, are among a group of students who play their private night games in
What About Sal?
2024-04-25
With his mother dying of lung cancer, Sal, in his 30's and with Down Syndrome, embarks on a journey
Spook
1988-01-01
Something is out there - in the bush - near the dilapidated old cabin, which a family from Sydney ha
Queen of the Road
1984-01-01
A school teacher quits her job and starts a new life for herself as a truck driver
Alison's Birthday
1981-05-01
During a Ouija board session with her teenaged friends, 16-year-old Alison gets a message from beyon
Gallagher's Travels
1987-01-01
When reporter Danny Gallagher and photographer Sally Woodrow team-up to crack an international anima
My Pet Dinosaur
2017-04-22
When a young boy named Jake accidentally makes a new friend in an experiment gone wrong a troubled t
Early Frost
1982-01-01
Private Detective Mike Hayes (Guy Doleman), is working on a divorce case, when he stumbles upon a se
Christmas Down Under
2021-11-21
Tightly wound Ellie flies to Australia and enlists the help of an Aboriginal Tour Guide and a YouTub
Not Quite Hollywood
2008-08-28
As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art hou
Smoke Between Trees
2019-08-10
An intimate portrait of a reluctant grandfather on a heart-warming journey of transformation – one t
The Madness of Max
2015-08-01
The Madness of Max is a feature-length documentary on the making of arguably the most influential mo
Acute Misfortune
2018-08-04
The film adaptation of Erik Jensen's award-winning biography of Adam Cullen is the story of the biog
The Wiggles Movie
1997-12-18
As the Wiggles prepare a surprise party for their friend Dorothy the Dinosaur, she goes after a magi