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Maggie Kirkpatrick

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Maggie Kirkpatrick in Pirate Movie (1982)
Prisoner Cell Block H: Episode 20
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Prisoner (1979–1986)
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Maggie Kirkpatrick is an Australian TV actress whose career has encompassed roles across film, TV and an extensive time in theatre. Maggie's most known TV role is as Prison Guard Joan 'The Freak' Ferguson on legendary Aussie TV Drama Prisoner (1979). Other roles include a stint on Aussie Soap Summer Bay (1988) as Viv 'The Guv' Standish, the movie Bienvenue à Woop Woop (1997), Pirate Movie (1982), Encounters (1993) and many more roles.

Maggie has also enjoyed a long extensive career in Australian theatre and even after Prisoner ended she joined the cast in a British tour in 1996 and 1997. Maggie has also had a role in Wicked as Madame Morrible.

In 2015 Maggie spent the year fighting a year long legal battle to prove her innocence after being charged with a historic offense. In the end Maggie was found innocent and slammed media coverage of the case, as media would show clips from Prisoner, calling it 'bad journalism' and saying that the media couldn't separate fiction from reality and revealed in 2017 that she was diagnosed with PTSD as a result of the legal battle.

Maggie in 2017 returned to the TV screen after a 9 year hiatus in the Australian Comedy mini-series Super Mamans (2017), Australian Drama series Sando (2018) and as the voice of Doris in Le Bureau des affaires magiques (2018).
BornJanuary 29, 1941
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    Maggie Kirkpatrick in Prisoner (1979)
    Prisoner
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Joan Ferguson
    • Joan
    Christopher Atkins and Kristy McNichol in Pirate Movie (1982)
    Pirate Movie
    5.4
    • Ruth
    • 1982
    The F.J. Holden (1977)
    The F.J. Holden
    5.4
    • Betty Armstead
    • 1977
    Betty's Bunch
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Betty

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    • Eden (2021)
      Eden
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Florence Katz
      • 2021
    • Mia Milnes, Kimie Tsukakoshi, and Elizabeth Cullen in Le Bureau des affaires magiques (2018)
      Le Bureau des affaires magiques
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Doris (voice)
      • 2018
    • Sando (2018)
      Sando
      6.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Catherine
      • 2018
    • Super Mamans (2017)
      Super Mamans
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Lois
      • 2017
    • Jack Campbell, John Howard, Judith McGrath, Tammy Macintosh, John Waters, Andrew Supanz, and Mirrah Foulkes in All Saints (1998)
      All Saints
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Maria Chapman
      • Dawn Healy
      • 2001–2008
    • Summer Bay (1988)
      Summer Bay
      5.1
      TV Series
      • Viv 'The Guv' Standish
      • Jean Chambers
      • 1991–2004
    • Hetty
      6.4
      Short
      • Thelma
      • 2002
    • Blue Heelers (1994)
      Blue Heelers
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Marj Cummings
      • 2000
    • Pizza (2000)
      Pizza
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Joan 'The Freak' Ferguson
      • 2000
    • Brigade des mers (1996)
      Brigade des mers
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Sadie Seymor
      • 1999
    • Silverchair: Anthem for the Year 2000 (1999)
      Silverchair: Anthem for the Year 2000
      8.2
      Music Video
      • Robot politician
      • 1999
    • Bienvenue à Woop Woop (1997)
      Bienvenue à Woop Woop
      5.7
      • Ginger
      • 1997
    • Toni Collette in Lilian's Story (1996)
      Lilian's Story
      6.2
      • (uncredited)
      • 1996
    • Billy's Holiday (1995)
      Billy's Holiday
      5.1
      • Maureen O'Hara
      • 1995
    • Michael Craig and Denise Roberts in G.P. (1989)
      G.P.
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Joan Mullins
      • 1995

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    Prisoner Cell Block H: Episode 20
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    Prisoner Cell Block H: Episode 20
    Prisoner Cell Block H: Episode 1
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    Prisoner Cell Block H: Episode 1
    Prisoner Cell Block H: Episode 1
    Trailer 1:03
    Prisoner Cell Block H: Episode 1
    Prisoner Cell Block H
    Trailer 1:38
    Prisoner Cell Block H
    Prisoner Cell Block H: What are you doing here?
    Trailer 1:46
    Prisoner Cell Block H: What are you doing here?
    Prisoner Cell Block H Disc 3
    Trailer 1:27
    Prisoner Cell Block H Disc 3
    Prisoner Cell Block H Disc 2
    Trailer 1:04
    Prisoner Cell Block H Disc 2

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    • Height
      • 1.78 m
    • Born
      • January 29, 1941
      • Albury, New South Wales, Australia
    • Spouse
      • Norman KirkpatrickSeptember 1963 - ? (divorced, 1 child)
    • Other works
      Joan Ferguson in Prisoner the Musical British tour 1996/97
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Print Biography
      • 2 Interviews

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      Family: Caitlin Kirkpatrick (daughter), Adrian (older brother), Chrissie (mother), Daniel and Megan (grandchildren). When she was only six months old, her father - James Downs - was killed in North Africa, where he was stationed as a soldier.
    • Quotes
      On Prisoner's ending: The conclusion of Prisoner after so many years, certainly didn't come as a surprise. But I felt that it was done in a rare and dignified way that you don't often see in television.
    • Trademark
        Intimidating stance during her run of Prisoner.

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