Rebecca Dines
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Rebecca Dines is an Australian actress, best known to television viewers for her performance as Vicki McPherson during the final year (1986) of the drama series Prisoner
.
Dines was born in the town of Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, . She graduated from Queensland University with a BA in English and drama, before going to Sydney to study acting at the Q Theatre
from 1980 to 1983. She moved to London in 1988, before moving to the United States in 1989, concentrating on theatre work.
She has performed numerous times for Palo Alto-based Theatreworks
, as well as Kansas City, Berkeley
, San Jose
, and South Coast
Repertory theatres, Magic
and B Street theatres, and the Laguna Playhouse, among others.
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...
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Dines was born in the town of Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, . She graduated from Queensland University with a BA in English and drama, before going to Sydney to study acting at the Q Theatre
Q Theatre
The Q Theatre, seating 490 in 25 rows with a central aisle, was opened in 1924 near Kew Bridge in west London by Jack and Beatie de Leon, and was one of a number of small, committed, independent theatre companies which included the Hampstead Everyman, the Arts Theatre Club and the Gate Theatre Studio...
from 1980 to 1983. She moved to London in 1988, before moving to the United States in 1989, concentrating on theatre work.
She has performed numerous times for Palo Alto-based Theatreworks
TheatreWorks (Silicon Valley)
TheatreWorks is a non-profit, professional theater company based in Menlo Park, California and founded in July, 1970. The company is a member of the League of Resident Theatres and employs some 300 artists annually, including Equity and non-Equity actors, directors, designers and specialty artists...
, as well as Kansas City, Berkeley
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Berkeley Repertory Theatre is a regional theater company located in Berkeley, California. It was founded in 1968, as the East Bay’s first resident professional theatre. Michael Leibert was the founding artistic director, who was then succeeded by Sharon Ott in 1984. The company runs seven...
, San Jose
San Jose Repertory Theatre
The San Jose Repertory Theatre was founded in 1980 by James P. Reber as the first resident professional theatre company in San Jose, California, and is currently the largest non-profit, professional theatre company in the South Bay...
, and South Coast
South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California.Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, founded in 1964 by David Emmes and Martin Benson and now under the leadership of Artistic Director Marc Masterson and Managing Director Paula Tomei, is widely...
Repertory theatres, Magic
Magic Theatre
The Magic Theatre is a theatre company founded in 1967, presently based at the historic Fort Mason Center on San Francisco's northern waterfront...
and B Street theatres, and the Laguna Playhouse, among others.