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Briony Behets
Actor, Additional CreditsBorn July 21, 1951 (73 years)
Briony Behets (born 21 July 1951) is an English-Australian former actress who found fame acting in Australian television soap operas of the 1970s and 1980s.
At age 17 she was accepted into the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, studying there for two years. After completing the course she travelled to the United States as part of a student exchange project, working there as a nightclub dancer.
Behets subsequently enjoyed several high-profile television roles in Australia. She was an original cast member of soap opera Number 96 playing Helen Eastwood in 1972 but her character was written out of the serial after only a few months. She was subsequently a member of the original cast of another adult soap The Box starting in 1974 and her role in that series lasted 14 months. After leaving The Box she appeared for a short stint in Bellbird before taking an ongoing role in the school-based teen soap Class of '75.
Film roles included the joint lead with Judy Morris in The Trespassers (1976) for which she was nominated for a Best Actress Award, Raw Deal (1977), Inside Looking Out (1977), Long Weekend (1978).
In the 2000s she also guest starred in some US drama series such as JAG. She returned to Neighbours in July 2008, in another role as Kate Newton a romantic interest for Harold Bishop. She had also starred alongside Ian Smith in Neighbours 21 years earlier in 1987 when she played a different character. Her latest role saw her as a regular on The Saddle Club series three as the second actor to portray Mrs. Reg.
At age 17 she was accepted into the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, studying there for two years. After completing the course she travelled to the United States as part of a student exchange project, working there as a nightclub dancer.
Behets subsequently enjoyed several high-profile television roles in Australia. She was an original cast member of soap opera Number 96 playing Helen Eastwood in 1972 but her character was written out of the serial after only a few months. She was subsequently a member of the original cast of another adult soap The Box starting in 1974 and her role in that series lasted 14 months. After leaving The Box she appeared for a short stint in Bellbird before taking an ongoing role in the school-based teen soap Class of '75.
Film roles included the joint lead with Judy Morris in The Trespassers (1976) for which she was nominated for a Best Actress Award, Raw Deal (1977), Inside Looking Out (1977), Long Weekend (1978).
In the 2000s she also guest starred in some US drama series such as JAG. She returned to Neighbours in July 2008, in another role as Kate Newton a romantic interest for Harold Bishop. She had also starred alongside Ian Smith in Neighbours 21 years earlier in 1987 when she played a different character. Her latest role saw her as a regular on The Saddle Club series three as the second actor to portray Mrs. Reg.
Filmography
| 2002 | Marshall Law (TV Series) · as Sonia |
| 2002 | Guinevere Jones (TV Series) · as Louise Rosen |
| 2001 | The Saddle Club (TV Series) · as Elizabeth Regnery |
| 1997 | Allie & Me · as Woman In Salon |
| 1995 | JAG (TV Series) · as Jenny |
| 1991 | Chances (TV Series) · as Dr. Christine Marquette |
| 1990 | Families (TV Series) · as Diana Stevens |
| 1989 | The Heroes (TV Series) · as Alice |
| 1989 | G.P. (TV Series) · as Janet Ryan |
| 1989 | E Street (TV Series) · as Margaret Bennett |
| 1989 | The Heroes · as Alice |
| 1987 | Cassandra · as Helen |
| 1985 | Neighbours (TV Series) · as Amanda Harris |
| 1985 | The Flying Doctors (TV Series) · as Jean Lambert |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Melba Drummond |
| 1983 | Skin Deep · as Barbara Kennedy |
| 1981 | A Country Practice (TV Series) · as Dee Dee Cash |
| 1980 | Nightmares · as Angela |
| 1980 | Water Under the Bridge (TV Series) · as Claire |
| 1979 | Skyways (TV Series) · as Pam Mckinnon |
| 1979 | Prisoner: Cell Block H (TV Series) · as Susan Rice |
| 1978 | Long Weekend · as Marcia |
| 1977 | Cop Shop (TV Series) · as Felicity Stafford |
| 1977 | Young Ramsay (TV Series) · as Chrissie Thompson |
| 1977 | Chopper Squad (TV Series) · as Debbie James |
| 1977 | Raw Deal · as Alex's Lady |
| 1976 | The Young Doctors (TV Series) |
| 1976 | The Trespassers · as Penny |
| 1976 | Alvin Purple (TV Series) · as Pam |
| 1976 | Bluey (TV Series) · as Karen Wallace |
| 1976 | Power Without Glory (TV Series) · as Celia |
| 1976 | Tandarra (TV Series) · as Esther Grafton |
| 1974 | Alvin Rides Again · as Girl In Taxi |
| 1973 | The Evil Touch (TV Series) · as Miss Prentice |
| 1973 | Night of Fear · as Horse Girl |
| 1972 | Number 96 (TV Series) · as Helen Eastwood |
| 1971 | Matlock Police (TV Series) · as Joyce Roberts |
| 1964 | Homicide (TV Series) · as Helen Green |