Acting

Betty Lucas

Born 1924-05-31 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Betty Helen Lucas, also known as Betty Lucas Peterson, was an Australian character actress and theatre director, known for her numerous roles on stage and television. Lucas was born in Sydney, Australia and trained in theatre, moving to London in the early 1950's and taking up various stage roles. In 1965 Lucas returned to Australia and regularly appeared in stage, TV and feature film parts for over 40 years.

Acting credits

Jindabyne poster
5.4

Outside the Australian town of Jindabyne, local man Stuart Kane is on a fishing trip with friends when they discover the body of a murdered girl.

Jindabyne

2006

Feed poster
5.6

A cybercrime investigator tracks a man suspected of force-feeding women to death.

Feed

2005

Do I Have to Kill My Child? poster
7.0

A disturbing drama about a young mother who physically abuses her baby. Feeling overwhelmed and aware that she's not coping after the birth of her third child, she sends desperate cries for help. But her mother, husband, neighbour and clinic sister do not recognise the seriousness of the situation until the baby ends up in hospital with a fractured skull. A heart-wrenching film that illustrates the experiences of many women who suffer from post-natal depression.

Do I Have to Kill My Child?

1976

Skin Deep poster
9.7

Drama and tensions rise as two determined partners in a successful Australian fashion empire will stop at nothing to achieve individual success.

Skin Deep

1983

Wendy Cracked a Walnut poster
4.6

An Australian salesman's bored wife escapes in a fantasy world with her dream lover.

Wendy Cracked a Walnut

1990

Joh's Jury poster
7.0

Dramatisation of the 1991 perjury trial of former Queensland state Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen.

Joh's Jury

1993

They poster
7.5

"They say..." phrases are prescribed by the 'They' secret planning committee rather than developing organically from hearsay.

They

1998

My First Wife poster
4.5

My First Wife is about the dramatic collapse of the marriage between John and Helen. It is also a film about our children and the future we offer them. Helen has decided to leave, and it is John who lacks the inner resources to cope with the impending tragedy. Slowly he is sucked into a tunnel of despair – fighting his conservative nature and the romantic memories of his married life.

My First Wife

1984

Three to Go poster
7.5

This anthology film brings together three stories—"Michael", "Judy", and "Toula"—each centered on a young Australian confronting personal and social choices about their future. Produced by the Commonwealth Film Unit, the film explores themes of identity, independence, and cultural tension through distinct perspectives from directors Brian Hannant, Oliver Howes, and Peter Weir.

Three to Go

1971

Three to Go: Michael poster
NR

Michael, a young man living within a conventional middle-class environment, begins to question his future as he encounters a group aligned with the countercultural movements of the late 1960s. As he is exposed to new ideas and ways of living, he is forced to reconsider the direction of his life. (Note: This film is one segment of the anthology feature "Three to Go" (1971).)

Three to Go: Michael

1970

The Alternative poster
4.3

Unmarried, beautiful and talented, Melanie Hilton discovers she is pregnant. The editor of a woman's magazine, she decides to have her baby and take leave from her job. Caught between her ex-lover and a colleague who wants to marry her, Melanie must find a solution or an alternative to her problem. When she falls in love with a woman, she questions the value of the traditional value unit.

The Alternative

1977

The Ballad of Betty & Joe poster
NR

Every morning Betty tramps alone through the big city to join her fellow buskers in the pedestrian tunnel below, trying to earn a living. But her earnings are meager, and to make things worse, the new security guard, Joe, is trying to confiscate her fiddle. While Betty dreams of fame and fortune, Joe dreams of earplugs – something’s got to give!

The Ballad of Betty & Joe

2008