Lois Collinder
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Lois Collinder is an Australian actress, best known for playing gangly inmate Alice "Lurch" Jenkins in the television series Prisoner
. She in fact started out in the series in 1984 as a non-speaking extra and worked her way up from being a bit player to developing "Lurch" into a central character. She remained with the series until its final episode in 1986.
Lois has also made frequent appearances in other Australian series, including The Flying Doctors
, Neighbours
, Something in the Air, Blue Heelers
and Kath and Kim.
Prisoner (TV series)
Prisoner is an Australian television soap opera which was set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison. The series was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation and ran on Network Ten for 692 episodes from 27 February 1979 to 11 December 1986.The series was inspired by the 1970s...
. She in fact started out in the series in 1984 as a non-speaking extra and worked her way up from being a bit player to developing "Lurch" into a central character. She remained with the series until its final episode in 1986.
Lois has also made frequent appearances in other Australian series, including The Flying Doctors
The Flying Doctors
The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia....
, Neighbours
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
, Something in the Air, Blue Heelers
Blue Heelers
Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :...
and Kath and Kim.