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Victoria Longley

Victoria Longley

Australian actress


Victoria Constance Mary Longley (24 September 1960 – 29 August 2010) was an Australian actress. She worked extensively in television.

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Early life

Longley was the daughter of doctor and rowing coach Eric Longley. Her mother Pamela studied Law as she brought up her four daughters, of whom Victoria was the youngest. When she was young she lived in Longueville NSW.

Career

Longley made her screen debut in a film called The More Things Change as a pregnant au pair. An early foray into television was in the epic miniseries The Dirtwater Dynasty, opposite Hugo Weaving, and Edens Lost, a 4-part miniseries for ABC in 1989. In the ABC series, Mercury, not-so-loosely based on the Sunday Age, she played a senior journalist, alongside Geoffrey Rush cast as editor, believed to be modelled on Bruce Guthrie.

Other television credits included: Murder Call, Wildside, Water Rats, Farscape, The Alien Years, Turtle Beach, Young Lions, and All Saints.[1]

Death

Longley died from breast cancer, aged 49, in St Leonards, New South Wales.

Filmography

Film

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Awards and nominations


References

  1. Morgan, Clare (31 August 2010). "Curtain falls too soon for Victoria Longley". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  2. "Sydney Theatre Awards 2006". sydneytheatreawards.com. 2006. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  3. "Helpmann Awards Nominees". helpmannawards.com.au. 2006. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  4. "Australian Film Institute Awards". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 31 August 2010.



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