Lyn Collingwood | |
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| Born | 6 September 1936 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Years active | 1962–2016 |
Lyn Collingwood (born 6 September 1936, Sydney) is a retired Australian actress. Collingwood was cast as comic character Colleen Smart, (later Stewart) on Home and Away and was a recurring original character in 1988 to 1989. In 1997 she returned for a guest appearance, and then returned in 1999 as a regular character until retiring in May 2012, after playing the role of Colleen for 13 years. Lyn made a brief return to the series on 27 November 2012.
Collingwood has worked as a social worker and an English, drama and history teacher. She has also worked in research and as an editor of The Australian Encyclopaedia, as well as The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Australia and The New Age Encyclopaedia. [1]
Selected filmography
- 1986: Dead End Drive-In as Fay
- 1988–1989, 1997, 1999–2012, 2013,Home and Away as Colleen Smart
- 1999: All Saints as Laraine Parkes
- 1997: Murder Call as Mother Agnes
- 1987–1990: A Country Practice as Jean Quigley/June Nunn
- 2016: A Shared House (TV series)
References
- Lyn Collingwood at IMDb
- Lyn Collingwood biography, Home and Away, Network Seven.