Kerry Bishop Mangel

Infobox soap character
colour = Television colour|Neighbours
name = Kerry Mangel
series=Neighbours


first = February 1, 1989
Episode 888
last = September 10, 1990
Episode 1286
nickname = Kezza (by Joe Mangel)
cause = Shot during a protest
age =
death = September 10 1990
occupation = Environmental crusader, student.
spouse = Joe Mangel (1989-1990)
children = Sky Mangel (daughter)
Toby Mangel (adoptive son)
parents = Harold Bishop (father)
Mavis Bishop (mother, deceased)
siblings = David Bishop(deceased)
grandchildren = Kerry Mangel
relatives = Serena Bishop (niece, presumed deceased)
portrayer = Linda Hartley-Clark
creator = Ray Kolle

Kerry Mangel (née Bishop) was a fictional character in the Australian television soap opera "Neighbours", played by Linda Hartley-Clark. She appeared from 1989 until the character's death in 1990. Hartley-Clark has reprised her role as Kerry twice as a voiceover in 2004 and 2006 when Sky has been reading entries from her mother's diary.

Kerry was the youngest child of Harold (Ian Smith) and Mavis Bishop. She was a free spirit, in great contrast to her brother David (Kevin Harrington) who had inherited most of Harold's uptight qualities.

When Kerry decided to rebel against Harold's way of life, it caused a great deal of friction and Kerry left home to travel the world.

In 1987, Kerry fell pregnant by fellow hippy Eric Jensen and they had a daughter, Sky. Kerry wanted to settle down, but Eric didn't and so he left them. Two years after this, Kerry came to visit Harold in Erinsborough. Things were frosty for a while but the two eventually built a relationship.

Kerry began dating Joe Mangel (Mark Little) who lived across the road. Her father didn't approve of Joe, but subsequently came to accept them as a couple. Joe and Kerry were later married in an unorthodox ceremony in a butterfly house and adopted each other's children, Sky and Toby (Ben Guerens) respectively.

Gemma was a very environmentally minded and 'Green ' person like the vegetarian Harold Bishop, Melanie Pearson, Melissa Jarrett, her animal loving friend and felow campaigner Cody Willis and the environmentalist Gemma Ramsey. Green issues had become a rather hot topic at this time among some of the younger characters.

In 1990, tragedy struck when a heavily pregnant Kerry went to protest against duck hunting in the marshes with her friend Amber Martin. Kerry was hit by a stray bullet and was rushed to hospital where both she and the baby died, leaving Harold and Joe devastated.

In 2006, Kerry's daughter Sky (Stephanie McIntosh) gave birth to a baby girl and named her Kerry in honour of her mother.

Family Tree

*Frank Bishop (grandfather) (deceased)
**Harold Bishop (father), married to Mavis Bishop (mother) (deceased) and Madge Ramsay (previously Mitchell) (deceased)
***David Bishop (brother) (deceased), married to Liljana Ristic (deceased)
****Serena Bishop (niece) (deceased)
***Kerry Bishop, Had a relationship with Eric Jensen and married Joe Mangel
****Sky Bishop (later known as Mangel) (daughter), had a relationship with Dylan Timmins
*****Kerry Mangel (granddaughter)
****Toby Mangel (adoptive son)
***Henry Mitchell (later known as Ramsay) (stepbrother), married to Bronwyn Davies
***Charlene Mitchell (stepsister), married to Scott Robinson
****Daniel Robinson (step-nephew)
****Madison Robinson (step-niece)