Elizabeth Alexander

Career Alexander's acting career began early with a part in the series Bellbird in 1967. However, it was straight after graduating from NIDA, that she got her big break with the part of Esther Wolcott in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) series Seven Little Australians.

The ten-part series delivered huge ratings when it was broadcast in 1973, and was also the first ABC series to enjoy international acclaim. It went on to win three Australian Film Institute Awards, four Penguins, a 1974 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Drama Series She had a recurring guest role in the high rating Australian medical drama All Saints as Dr. Alison Newell, Her other television credits include Silent Number, and Time Trax, a science fiction series in which she starred as computer hologram 'SELMA' (alongside Dale Midkiff).

Her film work includes playing the lead role in The Killing of Angel Street (1981), opposite John Hargreaves), which won an award at the Berlin Film Festival. She also starred in Summerfield (1977) with Nick Tate and John Waters, Fred Schepisi's The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) playing young school teacher Miss Graf, The Journalist (1979) with Jack Thompson and Sam Neill and Sebastian and the Sparrow (1990) opposite Robert Coleby. 2010 saw her appear in a thriller called The Clinic and in 2011 she made an appearance as Cherry in another Fred Schepisi film, The Eye of the Storm. Her most recent film role was as the older iteration of Dora in 2022 feature Blueback, opposite Eric Bana, Radha Mitchell and Mia Wasikowska.

Alexander has also directed a number of plays and written several screenplays, including a short film titled Memento (released by Village Roadshow) which she also directed about the emotional problems caused by the return of a father to his family, a young boy and his mother. She directed the feature film, A Spy in the Family. She also directed a 1981 Sydney Theatre Company production of The Woman Tamer starring Mel Gibson.

Alexander also does voiceover work.

Personal life Alexander was married to actor and Play School presenter George Spartels

Filmography

Film

As actor YearTitleRoleTypeRef. 1975 Ride a Wild Pony Miss Hildebrand (teacher) Feature film 1977 Summerfield Jenny Abbott Feature film

As writer/director/producer YearTitleRoleTypeRef. 1982 Memento Writer / director Short film 1997 Foursome Producer Short film

Television YearTitleRoleType Ref. 1967 Bellbird 1 episode 1979 Golden Soak Janet Garrety Miniseries, 6 episodes 1980; 1981 Cop Shop Virginia Kingston / Sue McGregor 4 episodes 1981 A Sporting Chance Episode 4: "The Name of the Game" 1984 Singles Alison Kirk 5 episodes 1987 Rafferty's Rules 1 episode Willing and Abel 1 episode1991 About Face Nightingale Ward Sister 1 episode The Lost World Mrs. Krux 1 episode 2002 Farscape Vella 1 episode 2013 In Your Dreams Magistrate #2 1 episode 2021 Clickbait Andrea Brewer 7 episodes 2026Dog Park Penny 6 episodes

Theatre

As actor Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1969 The Wizard of Oz Dancer Arts Theatre, Adelaide 1970 Philadelphia, Here I Come! SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC 1971 Hippolytus UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney with NIDA You Can’t Take It With You J-Woman / Olga Katrina Lady Windermere's Fan Lady Agatha Carlisle NIDA Theatre, Sydney 1972 A Country Girl UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney with NIDA The Creation NIDA Theatre, Sydney 1973 Butley Independent Theatre, Sydney, Playhouse, Canberra with Old Tote Theatre Company 1976 The Season at Sarsaparilla Julia Sheen Sydney Opera House with Nimrod, Sydney / Old Tote Theatre Company 1980 The Maids Lead Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC 1983 Signal Driver Ivy Vokes SGIO Theatre, Brisbane, Melbourne Athenaeum with QTC & MTC Maid's Tragedy Lead Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC 1986 Wild Honey Seymour Centre, Sydney with Nimrod Theatre Company 2005 Old Times Kate Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC 2025 The Spare Room Nicola Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney

As director Year Title Role Notes Ref.1980 The Maids Director Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC Shorts Lead King O'Malley Theatre Company 1981 The Woman Tamer Director Stables Theatre, Sydney with King O'Malley Theatre Company & STC

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