Belinda Giblin

Belinda Giblin
Born
Sue Belinda Giblin

(1950-03-02) 2 March 1950 (age 74)
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
EducationUniversity of Sydney, National Institute of Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active1970–present
Known for
SpouseAxel Bartz
Children2

Sue Belinda Giblin (born 2 March 1950) professionally billed as Belinda Giblin, is an Australian actress. Prominent in theatre and television soap operas, and several feature films.

Giblin's small screen roles include The Box as Kay Webster (1974-1975), The Sullivans (1977–1978) as Sister Sue Marriott, Sons and Daughters (1985-1987), as Alison Carr and her two stints in Home and Away, firstly as Cynthia Ross in 1991, and then Martha Stewart, the long-presumed dead wife of Alf Stewart, a role she played on a recurring basis from 2018 to 2022.

Early life

Giblin was born in Tamworth, New South Wales, to Phyllis and Ted, she has two older brothers Ted Jn. and Graham and a younger sister Allison. Her father Ted was a doctor at the Tamworth Base Hospital. Her mother ran the dramatic society, and acted and directed in productions[1] but then died of breast cancer when she was 23, her dad died when he was 83.[2] Giblin was offered a scholarship to the Australian Ballet School when she was 17, but chose to study arts at the University of Sydney. Then she studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, before leaving after a year to practise her craft.[3]

Career

She played in the risqué, satirical 1970s soap opera The Box as Kay Webster,[1] and the in the 1980s melodrama Sons and Daughters as Alison Carr. The Alison Carr character was revealed to be the post-plastic surgery incarnation of the show's original and much vaunted villain, 'Pat the Rat' – Patricia Hamilton,[4] originally played by Rowena Wallace. Giblin was cast in the role because of her resemblance to Wallace.[5]

Giblin appeared in numerous roles by Crawford Productions over a 12-year period early in her career - many filmed in black and white. Television roles include appearances in Matlock Police,[2] Division Four, Homicide, The Sullivans,[1] Alvin Purple (1976), Bluey (1976), Heartbreak High, Skyways,[1] Good Guys, Bad Guys, as well as Home and Away as Cynthia Ross in 1991 and Martha Stewart, the first wife of regular Alf Stewart, from 2018.[6]

Since 2013, she has also guest starred in The Horizon, a gay shortform web-series on YouTube, as Wilma (the drag queen's) mother.[7]

In 2016, she performed at the Sydney Opera House, Blonde Poison,[2] a one-woman show about a Jewish woman who became a Nazi collaborator during World War II.[4]

In 2017, she appeared in Bent 101 as Babs DeVure in an Australian short form comedy series that was on the Seven Network.[1]

She also works as a corporate trainer.[1]

Personal life

Giblin has been married to Axel Bartz (a set designer) since around 1984. She was performing in a theatre production Bedroom Farce when it came to Adelaide and Axel was the resident designer of the Adelaide Theatre Company.[2] She has two children, Romy and Nicholas and lives in Leichhardt.[4] Her father-in-law was in the German music corps.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Type
1971 Sacrifice Girl Film short
1974 Petersen Moira Feature film
1975 The Box Kay Webster-Brooks Feature film
1975 End Play Margaret Gifford Feature film
1979 Alison's Birthday released 1981 Isobel Thorne Feature film
1985 The Empty Beach Marion Singer Feature film
2002 Spur Film short
2003 At The Edge of the Bed The Wife Film short
2008 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! Herself Feature film documentary
2018 Stille Nacht Mother Film short
2021 Venus & Adonis Queen Elizabeth 1st Feature film
2022 A Stitch in Time Christine Feature film

Television

Year Title Role Type
1971 GTK Herself as Girl 'Sacrifice' film TV series, 1 episode
1973 Odyssey TV pilot
1973; 1975 Matlock Police Jessica Fielding / Tracey TV series, 2 episodes
1973 Homicide Niki TV series, episode 408: "As Simple As ABZ"
1973 The Box Kay Webster TV pilot
1974-1975 The Box Kay Webster / Kay Webster-Brooks TV series, 193 episodes
1975 Quality of Mercy TV series, 1 episode: "Papa"
1975 Division 4 TV series, 1 episode
1975 Whose Nude... Who Cares? Scene as Kay Webster from The Box TV documentary
1976 Alvin Purple Monique TV series, episode 11: "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?"
1977 Bluey Sergeant Tracey Alexander TV series, episode 25: "It's Worth the Risk"
1977-1978 The Sullivans Sister Sue Marriott TV series, 106 episodes
1977 Say You Want Me Julie Crosby TV movie
1978 Chopper Squad Gail TV series, episode 12: "Dangerous Weapon"
1978 Case for the Defence Terri Simpson TV series, episode 4: "The Man Who Died Twice"
1978 Ripkin Teleplay (screened as Stuart Wagstaff’s World Playhouse series)
1978 Demolition Faith Camden TV movie
1979 Play School Guest Presenter TV series, 1 episode
1979-1981 Cop Shop Cheryl Haywood / Roxanne Patton / Fiona Bradley TV series, 5 episodes
1979-1980 Skyways Christine Burroughs TV series, 12 episodes
1980 Celebrity Tattletales Herself (with Barry Creyton) TV series, 3 episodes
1980 Bellamy Julie TV series, episode 7: "Daring Young Man"
1981 A Sporting Chance Claire Bartlett TV series, episode 6: "A Full House"
1983 A Country Practice Zoe Parker TV series, episodes 37 & 38: "Still Life"
1984 Carson's Law Myra Atridge TV series, episode 125: "An Anxious Advocate" & episode 126: "The Devil’s Work"
1984 Crime of the Decade Jane Fletcher TV movie
1985 The Man in the Iron Mask Voice Animated TV film
1985–1987 Sons and Daughters Alison Carr TV series, seasons 4–6; 316 episodes
1991 Home and Away Cynthia Ross TV series, season 4, 11 episodes
1995–1996 Heartbreak High Suzie Miller TV series, Seasons 2 & 4, 4 episodes
1997 Good Guys, Bad Guys Loretta Monk TV series, pilot episode: "Only the Young Die Good"
1998 Home and Away Catherine Clements TV series, season 11, 1 episode
2003 MDA Renee Salmon TV series, season 2, episode 9: "Crossing the Line"
2004 Out There TV series, season 2, episode 3: "This Just In"
2013–2015 The Horizon Yvonne Forbes YouTube web series; season 2
2017 Bent 101 Babs De Vure TV series
2018–2022 Home and Away Martha Stewart TV series, Seasons 31–35
2019 Home and Away: Christmas In Summer Bay Herself / Martha Stewart TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2025 Optics ABC TV series

Television (as self)

Year Title Role Type
1973 The Barry Crocker Comedy Hour Herself TV special
1976 Who Do You Think You Are? Guest TV series, 1 episode
1977-1978 Graham Kennedy's Blankety Blanks Panelist TV series
1981 And What About Sugar? Narrator Film documentary
1981 Personality Squares Contestant TV series, 1 episode
1986-1988 Channel Seven Perth Telethon Herself TV special
1987 Have a Go Herself TV series, 2 episodes
1989, 1992, 1995 The Midday Show Herself TV series, 3 episodes
1990 Til Ten Herself TV series, 1 episode
1992 The Morning Show Herself TV series, 1 episode
1992 Beauty and the Beast Herself TV series, 1 episode: "The World Tonight" segment
1993, 1994, 1995 At Home Herself TV series, 3 episodes
1993, 2005 Good Morning Australia Herself TV series
1994 & 1995 Ernie and Denise Herself TV series, 2 episodes
1994 Midday with Derryn Hinch Herself TV series, 1 episode
1994 Sale of the Century: The Arts Celebrity Challenge Contestant TV series, 3 episodes
1994 Review Guest presenter TV series, 1 episode
1996 Monday to Friday Herself TV series, 1 episode
1996 The Crawford Story Herself TV special
1996 40 Years of TV Stars... Then and Now Herself TV special
1999 Laws Herself TV series, 1 episode
2001 Drama School Herself TV series, 2 episodes
2001 This Is Your Life: Judy Nunn Guest (with Ken James & Cornelia Frances) TV series, 1 episode
2002 The Best of Aussie Cop Shows Herself TV special
2002 The Best of Aussie Drama Herself TV special
2002 New Idea: 100 Fabulous Years Herself TV special
2003, 2005 Mornings with Kerri-Anne Herself (with Romy Bartz) TV series, 2 episodes
2004 The Shoe-Horn Sonata Review Herself TV special
2007 Where Are They Now Guest (with Sons and Daughters cast: Tom Richards, Rowena Wallace, Peter Phelps, Ian Rawlings & Ally Fowler) TV series, 1 episode
2008 The Sons and Daughters Interviews Herself TV special
2015 Studio 10 Guest co-host TV series, 1 episode
2016-2019 The Daily Edition Herself TV series, 5 episodes
2019 The Morning Show Herself TV series, 1 episode
2020 Sunrise Herself (with Ray Meagher) TV series, 1 episode
2022 10 News First Herself TV series, 1 episode
2022 Meet the Artist Herself Podcast series, 1 episode
2022 This Is Your Life: Ray Meagher Herself TV series, 1 episode

Theatre

Year Title Role Type
1970 You Can't Take It With You Alice Sycamore UNSW Old Tote Theatre
1971 Miss Jairus Jane Street Theatre with NIDA
1971 Girl in the Freudian Slip
1972 The Removalists
1972 The Anniversary
1975 Bloody Harry Independent Theatre
1976 Martello Towers Jennifer Martello Nimrod Upstairs
1979 Bedroom Farce Jan Her Majesty's Theatre & Adelaide
1980 Quadraphrenia Marion / Jenny Playbox Theatre, Melbourne
1979 Errol Flynn's Great Big Adventure Book For Boys
1982 The Anniversary Phillip Street Theatre
1984 The World is Made of Glass Emma St Martins Theatre Melbourne
1984 Taking Steps Ensemble Theatre
1988 Move Over Mrs Markham Glen Street Theatre
1989-90 How the Other Half Loves Glen Street Theatre, Laycock Street Theatre, University of Sydney, Footbridge Theatre
1990 Henceforward Marian Street Theatre
1990 The Increased Difficulty of Concentration
1992-94 Steaming Josie Australian national tour with Garry Penny Productions
1993 Canaries Sometimes Sing Marian Street Theatre
1993 Reflected Glory Ensemble Theatre
1994-95 The Wild Party Lookout Theatre, Woollahra, Mietta's Melbourne
1995 How the Other Half Loves Marian Street Theatre
1996 Blithe Spirit Elvira Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1997 Same Time Another Year Doris Nambour Civic Centre with Perth Theatre Company
1998 Social Climbers
1998 Bell, Book and Candle
1999 Things We Do For Love Marian Street Theatre
2001 Noises Off Belinda Playhouse, Sydney Opera House with Ensemble Theatre
2002 Wicked Sisters Lydia Stables Theatre with Griffin Theatre Company
2002 The Vagina Monologues The Actress
2003 Love Child Anna Stables Theatre
2003 Scam Sonia / Beth Belvoir Theatre Company
2004 Away Gwen STC
2005-07 The Shoe-Horn Sonata Sheila Australian national tour
2005 The Q Story Q Theatre, Penrith
2007 Dinner Paige Stables Theatre with Griffin Theatre Company
2009 Absurd Person Singular Marion Ensemble Theatre
2014 Dark Voyager Hedda Hopper Ensemble Theatre
2014 Daylight Saving Bunty Darlinghurst Theatre Company
2015-16 Blonde Poison Sheila Old Fitzroy Theatre, The Studio, Sydney Opera House, Southbank Theatre
2016 The Turquoise Elephant Olympia Stables Theatre with Griffin Theatre Company
2017 Doubt Sister Aliysius Old Fitzroy Theatre
2019 John Mertis Katherine Graven Seymour Centre
2018 Ear to the Edge of Time Geraldine Sport for Jove
2019 Happy Days Winnie Redline Theatre Co
2020 Family Values Sue Stables Theatre with Griffin Theatre Company
2022 Ghosting the Party Grace Stables Theatre
2022 Amadeus Venticelli Red Line Productions
2023 Suddenly Last Summer Mrs Violet Venable Ensemble Theatre
2023 The Weekend Adele Belvoir Theatre Company
2023 Venus and Adonis Queen Elizabeth Seymour Centre with Sports for Jove

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Actress Belinda Giblin's 'outrageous' return to television". startsat60.com. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e "What I know about men". 17 April 2016. dailylife.com. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. ^ Jo Litson, "The Face: Belinda Giblin", Weekend Australian, 27–28 April 2002, Review, R3
  4. ^ a b c Veerhuis, Jennifer (25 April 2016). "For former Tamworth girl, Belinda Giblin, space was important so it was love at first sight when she found her dream property in Leichhardt". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  5. ^ Albert Moran and Chris Keating The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television, p. 347, at Google Books
  6. ^ "Alf's wife returns". Soap World. No. 307. May 2018. p. 14. Actress Belinda has previously appeared in Home and Away in 1991, in the role of Cynthia Ross, the first wife of regular character Michael Ross
  7. ^ Bond, Nick (8 November 2013). "Slice of Sydney gains worldwide following". starobserver.com.au. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  8. ^ "AusStage".
  9. ^ "Showcast".

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