Judy Lynne

Career

Acting From 1971, Lynne worked in Sydney, as a journalist and television reporter while taking on television guest roles – before eventually turning to acting full time.

Lynne has had roles in numerous TV serials including Number 96 (1972), Spyforce (1972), Ryan (1973), Boney (1973) and Alvin Purple (1976). She is best known however, for her role in television serial The Young Doctors as Dr. Susan Richards, from 1977 to 1980.

Lynne also worked in theatre, and briefly as wardrobe mistress. although she returned for an episode of Return to Eden in 1986.

Hot air ballooning In 1975, as a journalist, Lynne interviewed a hot air balloonist, who was one of only four in Australia at the time. This piqued her interest in the sport, leading her to become a pilot herself. In 1980, she formed a business partnership with world champion balloonist, Peter Vizzard, starting the company, Balloon Aloft Australia in the Hunter Valley, operating commercial passenger rides, using them for advertising, and staging balloon festivals. She retired from commercial ballooning in 2007.