Sarah Kemp

Sarah Kemp (born Gypsie Mary Kemp, 24 February 1937 – 9 January 2015) was an Australian-born actress, who started her acting career in the United Kingdom, she was best known for starring in the Australian soap opera Sons and Daughters, playing the character of dizzy socialite Charlie Bartlett, from 1982 to 1987.

Career Kemp, who was born as Gypsie Mary Kemp on 24 February 1937 in Melbourne, Victoria and started her career in the United Kingdom, with credits including the film A Touch of the Other (1970), two episodes of the Doctor Who story Day of the Daleks (1972), and a 1972 episode of The Benny Hill Show. She was in the series Shoestring, which appeared on BBC television between 1979 and 1980, playing an Australian hitchhiker.

She then returned to her native Australia and starred in Sons and Daughters. She appeared in A Sporting Chance in 1981. Her last credited role was in the TV movie Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 in 1993. She quit acting and worked as an English teacher.

Kemp briefly dabbled in politics running for the seat of Bennelong in the 1998 Australian federal election on the Unity Party ticket and also ran New South Wales Legislative Council in 1999 also on the Unity ticket.

In the Sons and Daughters DVD of cast interview's in 2007, hosted by co-star Tom Richards, Kemp revealed she currently owned and worked in an Art Gallery.

Death Kemp died at Bellingen Hospital in New South Wales on 9 January 2015, due to lung cancer, aged 77.

Filmography

Film YearTitleRoleType 1970 A Touch of the Other Shirley (as Gypsie Kemp) Feature film, UK 1979 Yesterday's Hero Redhead in Disco (as Gypsie Kemp) Feature film, UK 2008 The Gift Elizabeth Short film

Television YearTitleRoleType 1969 Z Cars Guest role: Nurse TV series UK, 1 episode 1972 Doctor Who Guest role: U.N.I.T. Radio Operator (as Gypsie Kemp) TV series UK, 2 episodes 1972 The Benny Hill Show Herself (as Gypsie Kemp) TV series UK, 1 episode 1973 The Tarbuck Follies Herself (as Gypsie Kemp) TV movie, UK 1977 Happy Ever After Guest role: Telephonist (as Gypsie Kemp) TV series UK, 1 episode 1979 Shoestring Guest role: Hitch Hiker (as Gypsie Kemp) TV series UK, 1 episode 1981 A Sporting Chance Guest role: Kerry ABC TV series, 1 episode 1982 The Young Doctors Guest role: Maureen Cawley TV series, 1 episode 1982–1987 Sons and Daughters Recurring/Regular role: Charlie Bartlett TV series, 550 episodes 1988 A Country Practice Guest role TV series, 1 episode 1993 Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 Hilary Vette TV movie, Australia/US 1994; 1995 G.P. Guest role: Sister ABC TV series, 1 episode 1995 G.P. Guest role: Kerry ABC TV series, 1 episode 2011 Today Tonight Herself with 'Sons and Daughters' cast: Rowena Wallace, Tom Richards, Stephen Comey, Ally Fowler, Alyce Platt, Cornelia Frances & Antonia Murphy TV series, 1 episode