Olivia Hamnett

Acting

Olivia Hamnett

Born 1943-02-13 · St Helens, Lancashire, UK

Olivia Jane Hamnett (1943 – 1 November 2001) was an English actress known for numerous television roles in Australia, primarily in soap operas and miniseries. including The Sullivans as Meg Fulton in 1979, in Prisoner as Dr. Kate Peterson, who was a supporting cast member in 1981–82 and in Return to Eden 1983 & 1985 as Joanna Randall.

Acting credits

The Last Wave poster
6.7

A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal people in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing truths about himself and premonitions.

The Last Wave

1977

The Earthling poster
6.3

Recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, a man returns home to Australia to die in the wilderness. His plans become complicated when he comes across a young boy whose parents have been killed and decides to take him under his wing.

The Earthling

1980

Coda poster
4.0

A maniac is stalking and killing female students at a university.

Coda

1987

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8.0

After his troopship is sunk in 1942, John Sullivan is saved by members of the Yugoslav group, the Chetniks. He is later sold to the opposing group, The Partisans. This is his life as a medic in civil war-torn Yugoslavia. A TV movie spin off from The Sullivans (1976).

The John Sullivan Story

1979

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4.5

An industrial scientist and his wife suspect each other of infidelity.

Ripkin

1978

Plunge Into Darkness poster
5.5

An ex-pro athlete runner and his wife find a strange boy in the middle of nowhere along with a murdered couple. He runs to a nearby town for help while she keeps the boy company. Meanwhile, escaped convicts are heading to their location.

Plunge Into Darkness

1978

The Gentlemen of Titipu poster
6.5

In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of the Mikado in a month's time, Ko-Ko finds a suitable victim in Nanki-Poo, who is distraught over his unrequited love for the maiden Yum-Yum. Nanki-Poo agrees to sacrifice his life if he is allowed to spend his remaining days with Yum-Yum, who is betrothed to Ko-Ko.

The Gentlemen of Titipu

1973