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Judith McGrath(1947-2017)

  • Actress
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Judith McGrath
Judith McGrath was an Australian TV actress who was born and raised in Brisbane, Queensland and she was most known for her roles in Australian TV Drama Prisoner (1979) as acidic and sarcastic officer Colleen 'Po Face' Powell where she stayed for until the 1984 season before moving on and working extensively in the Australian Theatre Company before her next big role in Australian romance/medical drama A Country Practice (1981) and then working several years later in one of Australia's most beloved TV dramas All Saints (1998) which ran for 12 years and earned McGrath a logie nomination for best actress, during the series 493 episodes McGrath only missed one episode.

McGrath retired from acting in 2012 after her final on-screen role on the TV drama Winners & Losers (2011) and lived quietly until her death in 2017. McGrath died in 2017 aged 70 after a battle with lung cancer.
BornApril 21, 1947
DiedOctober 20, 2017(70)
BornApril 21, 1947
DiedOctober 20, 2017(70)
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    • 1 nomination total

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Known for

Maggie Kirkpatrick in Prisoner (1979)
Prisoner
8.2
TV Series
  • Colleen Powell
  • Officer Powell
Jack Campbell, John Howard, Judith McGrath, Tammy Macintosh, John Waters, Andrew Supanz, and Mirrah Foulkes in All Saints (1998)
All Saints
7.1
TV Series
  • Von Ryan
  • Yvonne Ryan
Penny Cook, Lorrae Desmond, Grant Dodwell, Shane Porteous, Syd Heylen, Anne Tenney, Brian Wenzel, and Shane Withington in A Country Practice (1981)
A Country Practice
6.8
TV Series
  • Bernice Hudson
Zoë Gameau, Melanie Vallejo, Virginia Gay, and Melissa Bergland in Winners & Losers (2011)
Winners & Losers
6.9
TV Series
  • Maria Crawley

Credits

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Actress



  • Zoë Gameau, Melanie Vallejo, Virginia Gay, and Melissa Bergland in Winners & Losers (2011)
    Winners & Losers
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Maria Crawley
    • 2011–2012
  • Scone Wars
    Short
    • Mavis Hepstead
    • 2010
  • Jack Campbell, John Howard, Judith McGrath, Tammy Macintosh, John Waters, Andrew Supanz, and Mirrah Foulkes in All Saints (1998)
    All Saints
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Von Ryan
    • Yvonne Ryan
    • 1998–2009
  • Sam Worthington in Pros and Ex-Cons (2005)
    Pros and Ex-Cons
    3.6
    • Centrelink Woman
    • 2005
  • Naked (1996)
    Naked
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Margaret
    • 1996
  • Police Rescue (1989)
    Police Rescue
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Hazel
    • 1995
  • Penny Cook, Lorrae Desmond, Grant Dodwell, Shane Porteous, Syd Heylen, Anne Tenney, Brian Wenzel, and Shane Withington in A Country Practice (1981)
    A Country Practice
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Bernice Hudson
    • 1992–1993
  • Animal Park
    9.1
    TV Series
    • Ethel
    • 1991–1992
  • Round the Twist (1989)
    Round the Twist
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Matron Gribble
    • 1989
  • The Flying Doctors (1986)
    The Flying Doctors
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Caroline Longley
    • Cynthia Cumberland-Brown
    • 1986–1988
  • Laura Branigan in Backstage (1988)
    Backstage
    7.0
    • Hotel Telephonist
    • 1988
  • Sword of Honour (1986)
    Sword of Honour
    8.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Dietician
    • 1986
  • Neighbours (1985)
    Neighbours
    5.7
    TV Series
    • Margaret Hayward
    • 1985
  • Special Squad (1984)
    Special Squad
    7.9
    TV Series
    • June Holgate
    • 1984
  • Maggie Kirkpatrick in Prisoner (1979)
    Prisoner
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Colleen Powell
    • Officer Powell
    • 1979–1984

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Judith McGarth
  • Born
    • April 21, 1947
    • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  • Died
    • October 20, 2017
    • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia(lung cancer)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Appeared in all but one of the 493 episodes of All Saints.
  • Quotes
    On her All Saints Character Von: When I got the script for the audition, I thought she was very interesting - I liked her, I liked the possibilities of who she was - she is an obvious character in many ways but with good dimensions. And I like the way the writers are developing her.
  • Trademark
    Playing sarcastic characters

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