Joanne Samuel

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1957-08-05 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Joanne Samuel

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joanne Samuel (born 1957 in Camperdown, Sydney, Australia) is an actress who remains best known for her role as the screen wife of Mel Gibson in the 1979 film Mad Max. Prior to her appearance in the film, Samuel had made guest appearances in police procedurals Matlock Police and Homicide. She was then a regular cast member in television soap operas Class of '74, The Sullivans and The Young Doctors. She left The Young Doctors very suddenly – the producers kindly wrote her out of the show quickly as she was offered the Mad Max role after a fellow Young Doctors actress who had been due to take the role fel...

Acting

1979

Mad Max

as Jessie Rockatansky

1981

Mad Max 2

as Jessie Rockatansky (archive footage) (uncredited)

2022

1988

Nightmaster

as Sonia Spane

2024

1988

1984

Queen of the Road

as Rosy Costello

1981

Alison's Birthday

as Alison Findlay

1987

Gallagher's Travels

as Sally Woodrow

2017

My Pet Dinosaur

as Doris Mercher

1982

Early Frost

as Chris

2021

Christmas Down Under

as Barbara Parker

2019

2018

Acute Misfortune

as Magistrate

1997

The Wiggles Movie

as Mrs. Bingle

Production

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