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Helen Morse

Acting Born Jan 24, 1947 Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, England, UK 24 credits

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Helen Morse  (born 24 January 1947) is an Australian actress who has appeared in films, on television, and on stage.

Morse was born in Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England. She was the oldest of four children; her parents were a doctor and nurse. She attended school at Presbyterian Ladies' College, in Burwood, Victoria, and studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, in the Sydney suburb of Kensington. Morse won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the 1976 film Caddie. Her notable screen performances also include roles in the film Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and the television miniseries A Town Like Alice (1981). In the 2000s, she occasionally appeared in theatre productions in Australia.

Morse was married to Australian actor/director Sandy Harbutt, with whom she starred in Stone.

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Known for

Film

Picnic at Hanging Rock

as Mlle. Dianne de Poitiers

A Town Like Alice

as Jean Paget
Film

American Pop

as Journal Extracts Read By/Kate

Full filmography

  • The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013) as Agnes Clasby
  • Barracuda (2016) as Margot Taylor
  • Barrier Reef (1971) as Joan Norris
  • Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) as Mlle. Dianne de Poitiers
  • A Town Like Alice (1981) as Jean Paget
  • Agatha (1979) as Evelyn
  • Stone (1974) as Amanda
  • Molly (2016) as Grandmother
  • Luke's Kingdom (1976) as Journal Extracts Read By/Kate
  • The Eye of the Storm (2011) as Lotte
  • The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (2012) as Mother Guttersnipe
  • Jock Petersen (1974) as Jane
  • Molly (2016) as Grandmother
  • Downriver (2015) as Mary
  • Far East (1982) as Jo Reeves
  • The Prime Minister Is Missing (2008) as Narrator
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse (1983) as Beryl Stapleton (voice)
  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1970) as (voice)
  • Robin Hood (1985) as Maid Marion (voice)
  • Caddie (1976) as Caddie Marsh
  • A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900 (1975) as Self (archive photos)
  • Ivanhoe (1975) as Rebecca / Lady Ulrica (voice)
  • The Legend of Robin Hood (1971) as (voice)
  • Tapak Dewata - Path of the Gods: Java and Bali (1978) as Narrator