Colette Mann

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Template:Short description Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Colette Mann (born 17 February 1950[1]) is an Australian actress, singer, TV and radio presenter, choreographer, writer and media personality. She has been in the entertainment industry for over 50 years.[1]

Mann appeared in two Grundy Organisation TV series, the prison drama Prisoner as Doreen May Anderson Burns, between 1979 and 1984 and later in Neighbours from 2012 to February 2022 as Sheila Canning. She had previously appeared in the latter series in 1995 in an eight-week role.

She has appeared also in The Flying Doctors and Blue Heelers television series and the 2000 film The Dish. She has written two books and had a column in New Idea magazine.

Life and career

Early life

Mann was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and trained at a local Melbourne dancing school as a child until about 19 or 20, and then went to a professional dance school and trained under Betty Pounder, a choreographer for J. C. Williamson Theatre Ltd, and obtained an arts degree in law at university and taught at a secondary school.[2]

Television acting career

In her first high-profile role, Mann appeared in the Network Ten soap opera Prisoner as Doreen Burns, in which she was an original cast member during the first four seasons (1979–1982). Mann resigned from the role in March 1982[3] to pursue other projects and her final episode (episode 304) was broadcast in August 1982. She did however make guest appearances in 1983 and 1984.

She has appeared in The Flying Doctors, MDA and Blue Heelers. In 1988, Mann portrayed the role of "Edith Fraser" in the American television movie Outback Bound, which also starred American actors Donna Mills and John Schneider. From late 1995, Mann briefly took over the role of Cheryl Stark in the soap opera Neighbours for eight weeks when Caroline Gillmer was taken ill.[4] From February 2012, Mann joined the cast of Neighbours again as regular character Sheila Canning.[4] In February 2022 she had permanently left the show.[5]

After Neighbours

Mann has appeared for numerous Screen Star Events in the UK.[6] In 2023 she appeared at the Screen Star 15 year event alongside Tammy MacIntosh and Jacquie Brennan.[7]

Mann revealed in an interview in 2022 with Talking Prisoner[8] that during the filming for series 7 of Wentworth she had a cameo alongside Val Lehman and Fiona Spence as the series at the time had not been formally renewed for its final series, she said that they filmed their cameo for the final episode of series 7 but the scene was not used in the scenes that went to air.[9]

Presenter

Mann has been a presenter on the TV shows The Don Lane Show, Hey Hey It's Saturday, What's Cooking, Good Morning Australia and The Circle. She has been a fill-in presenter for Glenn Ridge on talk back radio MTR 1377. She also appeared on Jeremy Vine Channel 5 in July 2019.

Mann was part of a three-woman troupe in the 1980s called the Mini Busettes with fellow Prisoner actresses Jane Clifton and Betty Bobbitt. They performed for three seasons at Melbourne's Le Joke comedy venue and at many Sydney league clubs.[10]

Theatre

Mann was a member of the original Australian cast of Godspell in 1971. She performed the song "Turn Back, O'Man".

Mann played the role of Buttercup in Opera Australia's production of HMS Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan in 2005.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Mann also appeared on stage as Shirley, the battleaxe owner of Broken Hill pub, in Priscilla Queen of the Desert - the Musical in 2010.[11]

In 2023, Mann joined the pantomime in the UK for Beauty and The Beast for its 2023 season.[12]

Author

Mann has written two books, It's A Mann's World (1990) and Give Me A Break (2002), and also writes for New Idea magazine as a feature writer about her family and sons.[13]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Type
1974 Between Wars Student in Revue Feature film
1982 Kitty and the Bagman Doris de Salle Feature film
2000 The Dish Betty the Bush Poet Feature film
2009 Just Desserts Frances Film short
2013 By a Loved One Mother Film short
2014 Grace Under Water Toni Film short

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1974 The Champion TV movie
1978 Cop Shop Chris TV series, 1 episode
1979–1984 Prisoner Doreen Anderson / Doreen Burns / Doreen TV series, regular cast (seasons 1 & 4), recurring (seasons 5-6)
1979 The Franky Doyle Story Doreen Anderson TV movie
1981 Prisoner in Concert Doreen Burns TV special
1988 Always Afternoon Doreen TV miniseries, 1 episode
1988 Outback Bound Edith Fraser TV movie
1991 The Flying Doctors Trisha / Grace 2 episodes
1993 Stark Dixie TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1994 The Man from Snowy River: The McGregor Saga Mrs. Carney TV series, 4 episodes
1995 The Client Lorraine TV series US, 1 episode: "Child's Play"
1995–1996 Neighbours Cheryl Stark TV series, 23 episodes
1997 JAG E.R. nurse TV series, 1 episode: "Ghosts"
1999 Party of Five Nurse TV series, 1 episode: "Fate, Hope and Charity"
2002 History's Mysteries Re-enactor TV series, 1 episode
2003 MDA Daphne Lowe TV series, 1 episode: "A Time and a Place"
Blue Heelers Denise Pertucci TV series, 1 episode: "Motherhood"
2005 H.M.S. Pinafore Little Buttercup TV special
2010 Sleuth 101 Ann TV series, 1 episode: "Late and Live"
2012–2022 Neighbours Sheila Canning TV series, regular cast, 1101 episodes[14]
2016 Neighbours: Summer Stories Sheila Canning Web series
2017 Neighbours vs Time Travel Sheila Canning Web series
2019 Wentworth New Inmate (cameo) Season 7, episode 10 (scene deleted)[15]
2021; 2022 Fisk Mrs Popovitch / Irm 2 episodes

Other appearances

Year Title Role Notes
1992 The Main Event Contestant TV series, 1 episode
1995 Sale of the Century: Battle of the TV Classics Contestant TV series, 4 episodes
1997 Frontline Herself TV series, 1 episode
2006 Temptation Contestant (with Val Lehman) TV series, 1 episode
2007–2011 20 to 1 Self 15 episodes
2016 All Star Family Feud Contestant (with Val Lehman) TV series, 1 episode[16]

References

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