Belinda Giblin

Belinda Giblin
Born Sue Belinda Giblin
(1950-03-02) 2 March 1950
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia

Sue Belinda Giblin (born 2 March 1950) professionally billed as Belinda Giblin, is an Australian actress. Prominent in soap operas and theatre her television roles include playing Kay Webster in The Box (1974), Alison Carr in Sons and Daughters (1985–87) and Sister Sue Marriott in The Sullivans (1977–1978) and three different role's in Home and Away[1]

Biography

Early life

Born in Tamworth, New South Wales, to Phyllis and Ted, she has two older brothers Ted Jn. and Graham and a younger sister Allison. Her father Ted was a doctor at the Tamworth Base Hospital. Her mother ran the dramatic society, and acted and directed in productions[2] but then died of breast cancer when she was 23, her dad died when he was 83.[3] Giblin was offered a scholarship to the Australian Ballet School when she was 17, but chose to study arts at the University of Sydney. Then she studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, before leaving after a year to practise her craft.[4]

Television roles

She played 'Kay Webster' in the risqué, satirical 1970s soap opera The Box,[2] and the scheming Alison Carr in the 1980s melodrama Sons and Daughters. The Alison Carr character was revealed to be the post-plastic surgery incarnation of the show's original and much vaunted villain, 'Pat The Rat' – Patricia Hamilton,[5] originally played by Rowena Wallace. Giblin was cast in the role because of her resemblance to Wallace.[6]

Other credits

Giblin appeared in numerous roles by Crawford Productions over a 12 year period early in her career many filmed in black and white, television roles include appearances in Matlock Police,[3] Division Four, Homicide, The Sullivans,[2] Alvin Purple (1976), Bluey (1976), Heartbreak High, Skyways,[2] as well as Home and Away (as Cynthia Ross in 1991) and Martha Stewart, the first wife of regular Alf Stewart in 2018.[7] and Good Guys, Bad Guys.

Theatre

She in 2013, also guest starred in The Horizon, a gay shortform web-series on YouTube, as Wilma (the drag queen's) mother.[8]

In 2016, she performed at the Sydney Opera House, 'Blonde Poison',[3] a one-woman show about a Jewish woman who became a Nazi collaborator during World War II.[5]

In 2017, she appeared in 'Bent 101' as 'Babs DeVure' in an Australian short form comedy series that was on the Seven Network.[2]

She also works as a corporate trainer.[2]

Private life

Giblin has been married to Axel Bartz (a set designer) for 28 years. She was performing in a theatre production Bedroom Farce when it came to Adelaide and Axel was the resident designer of the Adelaide Theatre Company.[3] She has two children, Romy and Nicholas and lives in Leichhardt.[5] Her father-in-law was in the German music corps.[3]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Actress Belinda Giblin's 'outrageous' return to television". startsat60.com. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "What I know about men". 17 April 2016. dailylife.com. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  4. ↑ Jo Litson, "The Face: Belinda Giblin", Weekend Australian, 27-28 April 2002, Review, R3
  5. 1 2 3 Veerhuis, Jennifer (25 April 2016). "For former Tamworth girl, Belinda Giblin, space was important so it was love at first sight when she found her dream property in Leichhardt". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  6. ↑ Albert Moran and Chris Keating The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television, p. 347, at Google Books
  7. ↑ "Episode 718". backtothebay.net. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  8. ↑ Bond, Nick (8 November 2013). "Slice of Sydney gains worldwide following". www.starobserver.com.au. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "Home and Away". 21 March 2018. pressreader.com. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

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