Penne Hackforth-Jones

Penne Hackforth-Jones (5 August 194917 May 2013) was an American-born Australian actress and biographer.

Early life Penelope Beatrix Hackforth-Jones and was a granddaughter of Sir Henry Gullett and niece of Jo Gullett, both Australian politicians.

She lived with her family in England before relocating to Australia in 1964. After completing her secondary education at St Catherine's School, Toorak in 1966 she attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney until graduating in 1968.

Career In 1969, Hackforth-Jones made her first credited on-screen appearance in the Australian television series Riptide.

She also appeared in such Australian television series as Butterfly Island, Cop Shop, Punishment, Bellamy, A Country Practice, Mother and Son, the miniseries Tanamera – Lion of Singapore and G.P.. She also appeared in an episode of Australian sitcom Hey Dad..! She later appeared in Murder Call, All Saints, Chandon Pictures, :30 Seconds and The Doctor Blake Mysteries.

Hackforth-Jones was the author of a biography of her great-grandmother, novelist Barbara Baynton, titled Barbara Baynton – Between Two Worlds.

Death Penne Hackforth-Jones was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2012, and died on 17 May 2013, aged 63, in Melbourne. She relocated to Melbourne in 2011 to care for her elderly parents, but kept her diagnosis private while her father was still alive.

She never married, and was survived by her three sisters. The Daily Telegraph featured an article on Hackforth-Jones in its history section on 21 May.

Filmography

Film

Television

Television (as self) Title Year Role Type 1973 Inside Alvin Purple Herself TV special 1984 Earthwatch Herself Episode: "Natives on Trial" 1992 English at Work Herself

Theatre

Radio Title Year Role Type 1979 Kookaburra Kath Palmer ABC Radio