Vivienne Garrett

Vivienne Garrett is an Australian-based theatre and television actor best known for her role of Rose Godolfus, daughter of deli owner Aldo, in top-rated soap opera "Number 96".

Garrett graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1970, and after guest roles in police dramas "Homicide" and "Matlock Police" was a member of the original cast of "Number 96" when it began in March 1972. "Number 96" brought sexual situations and nude scenes to Australian television for the first time and series star Abigail became famous as the first actress to appear topless on Australian television. In fact it was Garrett who made the groundbreaking unveiling, in the first episode of the serial. However the scene was seen only in Sydney; by the time the episode went to air in other localities in the days following, the shot had been cut by censors [Mercado, Andrew. "Super Aussie Soaps", Pluto Press Australia, 2004. ISBN 1-86403-191-3 pp 44-45] after complaints from viewers in Sydney [Clarke, David and Steve Samuelson. "50 Years: Celebrating a Half-Century of Australian Television", Random House: Milsons Point, NSW, 2006. ISBN 1-7416-6024-6 p 142] . Garrett remained in the show just five months; she broke her contract and left the series after a storyline where Rose was gang raped by a group of bikers - and the script called for her to be actually enjoying it [Mercado, Andrew. "Super Aussie Soaps", Pluto Press Australia, 2004. ISBN 1-86403-191-3 p 45] .

After leaving the series she worked in repertory theatre before abandoning her Western lifestyle to live and meditate in a religious community in India for 18 months. After this she returned to Australia and worked on student films for Australian Film Television and Radio School, again acted in theatre and on television, and appeared in the feature film "Caddie" (1976) [Atterton, Margot. (Ed.) "The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Australian Showbiz", Sunshine Books, 1984. ISBN 0-86777-057-0 p 86] . She also briefly resumed the role of Rose for a limited number of episodes of "Number 96" in September 1975, and appeared in a recurring sketch in comedy series "The Norman Gunston Show" called "The Checkout Chicks". This sketch, a send-up of melodramatic soap operas set in a supermarket, mostly featured other former "Number 96" actors - Abigail, Candy Raymond, Philippa Baker, Judy Lynne, Anne Louise Lambert.

Theatre roles include "Hamlet", "The Crucible", "Butterflies are Free", "On Our Selection", "Top Girls" [Atterton, Margot. (Ed.) "The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Australian Showbiz", Sunshine Books, 1984. ISBN 0-86777-057-0 p 86] . In the 1980s she had a role in miniseries "Bodyline" (1984). Subsequent film roles include "Boundaries of the Heart" (1988), "Let's Get Skase" (2001), and "The Shark Net" (2003; TV movie).

As of 2006 Garrett can still be heard on Australian television as a voice-over artist.

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