Rosalind Speirs

Rosalind Speirs (born 1951) is an Australian former film and television actress. She starred on several television series during the 1970s, including Silent Number, and the television miniseries Power Without Glory. It was her role as Nellie Moran, wife of the main character John West (Martin Vaughan), that earned her a Logie Award for "Most Popular Australian Lead Actress" in 1977. Speirs was also a guest star in a storyline of Prisoner in 1980.

Career Rosalind Speirs made her acting debut in the 1974 film Stone where she had a minor role as a prostitute. In her next film, The Man from Hong Kong (1975), she had a more substantial role playing the lead female Caroline Thorne. That same year, Speirs appeared in the exploitation documentary film The Love Epidemic (1975). She also began a successful career in television appearing on Silent Number and Power Without Glory. At the 1977 Logie Awards, she won a Logie Award for "Most Popular Australian Lead Actress" for her portrayal of Nellie Moran in Power Without Glory.

She also appeared on The Restless Years and , playing a recurring character Aunt Dete in the latter series. In 1980, Speirs was cast as Caroline Simpson in the series Prisoner. She portrayed a young woman who, with her mother Vivienne Williams (Bernadette Gibson), were charged with the murder of her alcoholic and abusive father. Although she appeared in the series for a brief time, her character was involved in a number of significant storylines. These included their initial introduction at the original halfway house and becoming romantically involved with prison officer Deputy Governor Jim Fletcher (Gerard Maguire). She eventually left the series to become an agent appearing in her final role in the horror film Alison's Birthday (1981).

Filmography

Film YearTitleRoleType 1974 Stone Whore Feature film 1975 The Love Epidemic Various Characters Feature film documentary 1975 The Man from Hong Kong Caroline Thorne Feature film 1979 Alison's Birthday Maggie Carlyle Feature film (released 1981)

Television YearTitleRoleType 1974 This Love Affair Guest role TV series, 1 episode 1974-1975 Silent Number Regular lead role: Pat Casey / Janet TV series, 34 episodes 1976 Power Without Glory Lead role: Nellie Moran / Nellie West TV miniseries, 25 episodes 1977 19th Annual TV Week Logie Awards Herself TV special 1977 End of Summer Lead role ABC Teleplay 1977-1978 The Restless Years Recurring role: Gillian Vaughan TV series, 9 episodes 1978 Heidi Recurring role: Aunt Dete TV series (Switzerland / West Germany / Australia), 4 episodes 1980 Blankety Blanks Herself & Martin Vaughan TV series, 2 episodes 1980 Prisoner Recurring role: Caroline Simpson TV series, 26 episodes 1980 Cop Shop Guest role: Jocelyn Knowles TV series, 2 episodes 2004 The Man From Hong Kong: Jimmy Wang Yu In Australia Caroline Thorne in The Man From Hong Kong Video

Theatre YearTitleRoleType 1971 Murder in the Cathedral NIDA Theatre, Sydney 1978 Spokesong Daisy Bell Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 1979 The Chairman Veronica Marian Street Theatre, Sydney 1979 Errol Flynn's Great Big Adventure Book For Boys Lois Stables Theatre, Sydney