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Olivia Hamnett Born Manchester, United Kingdom Died November 2001 Olivia Hamnett (died November 2001) was a Manchester-born actress who found success after emigrating to Australia in the early 1970s. In the UK Hamnett had guest roles in such television programs as Department S and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) in 1969.
She continued to act after moving to Australia, appearing in films and in several popular television series. She was probably best known for her performance's in the television drama's Prisoner as Kate Peterson and The Sullivans as Meg Fulton.
She also played major roles on such series as Rush, Bellbird, the original miniseries of Return to Eden, The Power, The Passion, Pacific Drive and Neighbours.
Hamnett portrayed Richard Chamberlain's wife in The Last Wave, and played Ricky Schroder's mother in The Earthling.
Personal life
Married to actor Peter Regan, Hamnett died in 2001 from a brain tumor.
External links
Categories:- 2001 deaths
- Actors from Manchester
- Australian film actors
- Australian television actors
- Deaths from brain cancer
- English film actors
- English television actors
- Australian people of English descent
- Australian actor stubs
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