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Melissa Jaffer

ActorBorn December 1, 1936 (88 years)
Melissa Jaffer (born December 1, 1936) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her television roles, but has also appeared in many Australian films.

Jaffer has made many appearances in television series, including Kings, Mother and Son, G. P., Brides of Christ, Grass Roots and All Saints. Jaffer is probably best known to international audiences for her role as aging mystic Utu-Noranti Pralatong in the science fiction series Farscape. In 1976, Jaffer tied for the first AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role opposite Jacki Weaver for her performance in Caddie. In 1980 she played the part of Cousin Edie in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's children's television series The Nargun and the Stars.

In the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road she played the role of "Keeper of the Seeds". The short film Dear Life is her latest project.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Farscape
  • Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
  • Starstruck

Known For

  • Farscape
  • Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
  • Komodo
  • Starstruck
  • The Delinquents
  • Mother and Son
  • My Mother Frank

Filmography

2024
High Country (TV Series) · as Liz Whitford
2022
2021
The Newsreader (TV Series) · as Ruth
2017
True Story With Hamish And Andy (TV Series) · as Mrs. Rose
2015
Glitch (2015) (TV Series) · as Adeline Fitzgerald
2015
Mad Max: Fury Road · as Keeper Of The Seeds
2008
Packed to the Rafters (TV Series) · as Mrs. Montague
2004
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (TV Series) · as Utu-Noranti Pralatong
2003
Snobs (TV Series) · as Gwen
2003
BlackJack · as Helen Kirsten
2001
Head Start (TV Series) · as Amanda Villiers
2000
My Mother Frank · as Sister Sebastian
2000
Grass Roots (TV Series) · as Fran Smith
1999
Komodo · as Patrick's Grandmother
1999
Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien · as Granny Marshall
1999
The Lost World (TV Series) · as Crazy Old Woman
1999
Farscape (TV Series) · as Noranti
1998
All Saints (TV Series) · as Eileen Sullivan
1997
Big Sky (TV Series) · as Lily Bateman
1995
Flipper (1995) (TV Series) · as Shopkeeper
1994
Heartland (1994) (TV Series) · as Meredith Lovell
1992
The Distant Home · as Mrs. Webster
1991
Brides of Christ (TV Series) · as Sister Attracta
1989
The Delinquents · as Aunt Westbury
1989
Police Rescue (TV Series) · as Gwen
1989
G.P. (TV Series) · as Dr. Maureen Riordan
1989
E Street (TV Series) · as Queenie
1987
The Harp In The South (TV Series) · as Miss Sheily
1984
The Gold and the Glory · as Ballet Teacher
1984
Mother and Son (TV Series) · as Lorna
1983
Five Mile Creek (TV Series) · as Mrs. O'bannion
1983
Molly · as Aunt Jenny
1982
Starstruck · as Mrs. Booth
1981
A Country Practice (TV Series) · as Agatha Muldoon
1978
1976
Do I Have to Kill My Child? · as Mrs. Hammond
1976
The Outsiders (1976) (TV Series) · as Betty Kurts
1976
Caddie · as Leslie
1975
Ride a Wild Pony · as Mrs. Pirie
1974
Between Wars · as Matron
1974
1971
Matlock Police (TV Series) · as Linda Davis
1969
Division 4 (TV Series) · as June Ross
1964
Homicide (TV Series) · as Lorna Stacy

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