# Lyndel Rowe

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**Lyndel Rowe** is an [Australian](/source/Australians) actress of stage, television and film, who is best known for her work with the [Melbourne Theatre Company](/source/Melbourne_Theatre_Company), the [Sydney Theatre Company](/source/Sydney_Theatre_Company) and the [State Theatre Company of South Australia](/source/State_Theatre_Company_of_South_Australia), and for her role as Karen Fox/Hamilton in the television soap opera *[Sons and Daughters](/source/Sons_and_Daughters_(Australian_TV_series))*.

## Career

### Theatre

Rowe joined the Union Repertory Company (now the [Melbourne Theatre Company](/source/Melbourne_Theatre_Company)), in productions including [Patrick White](/source/Patrick_White)'s *[The Season at Sarsaparilla](/source/The_Season_at_Sarsaparilla)*, *[Waltz of the Toreadors](/source/Waltz_of_the_Toreadors)*, *[Arms and the Man](/source/Arms_and_the_Man)*, *[Ghost Train](/source/The_Ghost_Train_(play))* and toured Australia with [J.C. Williamson](/source/J.C._Williamson)'s production of *Goodnight Mrs. Puffin* (by [Arthur Lovegrove](/source/Arthur_Lovegrove)), alongside [Irene Handl](/source/Irene_Handl).

Travelling to England, she studied at the [Royal Court Theatre](/source/Royal_Court_Theatre), with [George Devine](/source/George_Devine) and [Keith Johnstone](/source/Keith_Johnstone). She performed in a production of *Painting on Wood* with the International Theatre Company of The Seventh Seal. From there she moved into repertory and into the company of a West End lunch-time theatre, TheatreScope, doing weekly seasons of one act works by playwrights such as [Tennessee Williams](/source/Tennessee_Williams), Ionesco and [Anouilh](/source/Jean_Anouilh).

She later returned to the UK to perform in several productions with the [Liverpool Playhouse](/source/Liverpool_Playhouse) in 1979 – as Anna in *[Old Times](/source/Old_Times)*, Dianne in *[Absent Friends](/source/Absent_Friends_(play))* and Raymonde in *[A Flea in Her Ear](/source/A_Flea_in_Her_Ear)*.

Invited back to the [Melbourne Theatre Company](/source/Melbourne_Theatre_Company) at [Russell Street Theatre](/source/Russell_Street_Theatre), Rowe's roles included Nancy in *The Knack*, Raymonde in *[A Flea in her Ear](/source/A_Flea_in_Her_Ear)*, Irina in *[Three Sisters](/source/Three_Sisters_(play))*, Mary Warren in *[The Crucible](/source/The_Crucible)*, Margery Pinchwife in *[The Country Wife](/source/The_Country_Wife)*, Sheila in *[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg](/source/A_Day_in_the_Death_of_Joe_Egg)*, Sandy in *[The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie](/source/The_Prime_of_Miss_Jean_Brodie_(novel))*, Clarice in *[The Servant of Two Masters](/source/The_Servant_of_Two_Masters)*, Marina in *[Pericles](/source/Pericles,_Prince_of_Tyre)*, Pip in *[Moby Dick](/source/Moby-Dick)*, Grace in *[London Assurance](/source/London_Assurance)*, Charlotte in *[The Magistrate](/source/The_Magistrate_(play))*, Celemene in *[The Misanthrope](/source/The_Misanthrope)* and Gwendolyn in *[The Importance of Being Earnest](/source/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest)*.

Her credits with the [Sydney Theatre Company](/source/Sydney_Theatre_Company) included the roles of Kate in *[The Taming of the Shrew](/source/The_Taming_of_the_Shrew)*, Rose Trelawny in *[Trelawny of the "Wells"](/source/Trelawny_of_the_%22Wells%22)*, Sonya in *[Uncle Vanya](/source/Uncle_Vanya)*, Marianne in *[Tartuffe](/source/Tartuffe)* and Charlotte in *[The Real Thing](/source/The_Real_Thing_(play))*.

With the [South Australian Theatre Company](/source/State_Theatre_Company_of_South_Australia) she played Phoebe in *[As You Like It](/source/As_You_Like_It)*, Daphne in *[Old King Cole](/source/Old_King_Cole)*, Jill in [David Williamson’s](/source/David_Williamson) *[A Handful of Friends](/source/A_Handful_of_Friends)*. At the Playbox, Sydney, she played Lucy in the musical *[You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown](/source/You're_a_Good_Man,_Charlie_Brown)*. With [Nimrod Street Theatre](/source/Nimrod_Theatre_Company) (now [Belvoir](/source/Belvoir_(theatre_company))), she played Gwendolen Carr in [Tom Stoppard’s](/source/Tom_Stoppard) *[Travesties](/source/Travesties)*, and also performed in an Australian tour of *[Doctor in Love](/source/Doctor_in_Love_(novel))*.

In 2004, Rowe appeared with [Lewis Fiander](/source/Lewis_Fiander) in *[Afterplay](/source/Afterplay)* under the direction of Malcolm Robertson, a UTRC veteran, at [Fortyfivedownstairs](/source/Fortyfivedownstairs), in Flinders Lane Melbourne.

### Television

In Australia, Rowe's earliest appearance was in a television play *[Quiet Night](/source/Quiet_Night_(play))* (1961). Other TV plays included *[Light Me a Lucifer](/source/Light_Me_a_Lucifer)* (1962), *[Shadow on the Wall](/source/Shadow_on_the_Wall_(Wednesday_Theatre))* (1968), *[The Cheerful Cuckold](/source/The_Cheerful_Cuckold)* (1969) and *[The Torrents](/source/The_Torrents_(Australian_Plays))* (1969), *[The Juggler](/source/The_Juggler_(Australian_Plays))* (1970) and *Banana Bender* (1979). She also featured in the TV movies *[Moving On](/source/Moving_On_(1974_film))* (1974) and later, *[I Can’t Get Started](/source/I_Can't_Get_Started_(film))* (1985).

She made numerous guest appearances in Australian television series throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including *[Consider Your Verdict](/source/Consider_Your_Verdict)*, *[Homicide](/source/Homicide_(Australian_TV_series))*, *[Division 4](/source/Division_4)*, *[Delta](/source/Delta_(Australian_TV_series))*, *[Matlock Police](/source/Matlock_Police)*, *[Silent Number](/source/Silent_Number_(TV_series))*, *[The Last of the Australians](/source/The_Last_of_the_Australians)*, *[Solo One](/source/Solo_One)* and *[Cop Shop](/source/Cop_Shop)*.

In 1976, Rowe starred in the miniseries *[Tandarra](/source/Tandarra)* for which she won a [Logie Award](/source/Logie_Award) for her role as Lizzy. Her best-known television role however, was that of Karen Fox (later Hamilton) in the [Grundy’s](/source/Reg_Grundy_Organisation) soap opera *[Sons and Daughters](/source/Sons_and_Daughters_(Australian_TV_series))* for 73 episodes, from 1984 to 1985. In 1985, she also starred in the feature film *[Short Changed](/source/Short_Changed)* and the following year, appeared in children's film *[Playing Beattie Bow](/source/Playing_Beatie_Bow_(film))* based on the novel by [Ruth Park](/source/Ruth_Park).

Rowe played French opera singer [Blanche Marchesi](/source/Blanche_Marchesi) in the 1988 biographical miniseries *[Melba](/source/Melba_(miniseries))* about famed opera soprano [Dame Nellie Melba](/source/Nellie_Melba), and Anne McClelland in the 1988 children's TV movie *[Touch the Sun: Princess Kate](/source/Touch_the_Sun_(TV_series))*, alongside [Justine Clarke](/source/Justine_Clarke) and [Claudia Karvan](/source/Claudia_Karvan). She also had a later guest role in long-running police drama series *[Blue Heelers](/source/Blue_Heelers)* in 1994.

In the UK, Rowe's earliest role was playing Fenichka in the [BBC](/source/BBC) miniseries of Turgenev's *Fathers and Sons* (1961). She featured in [BBC Play of the Month](/source/Play_of_the_Month) *[Death of a Salesman](/source/Death_of_a_Salesman_(1966_British_film))* (1966) with [Rod Steiger](/source/Rod_Steiger). She also made guest appearances in television soap *[Compact](/source/Compact_(TV_series))* (1965), as well as episodes of police procedural series *[Z-Cars](/source/Z-Cars)* (1971) and *[The Gentle Touch](/source/The_Gentle_Touch)* (1981).

### Writing

Rowe has also written novels, short stories and a screenplay. She has had essays published in Australian literally journal "[Meanjin](/source/Meanjin)", and has been twice chosen for publication in "The Best Australian Essays".

## Awards

Year Work Award Category Result 1976 Tandarra Logie Award Best Individual Performance by an Actress Television Society Award

## Filmography

### Film

Year Title Role Type 1985 Short Changed Councillor Feature film 1986 Playing Beattie Bow Kathy Kirk Feature film

### Television

Year Title Role Type 1961 Quiet Night TV movie 1962 Light Me a Lucifer Barbara Harmon Teleplay 1964 Consider Your Verdict Helen Humphries TV series, 1 episode 1965 Compact Margaret TV series UK, 1 episode 1966 BBC Play of the Month Jessie / Letta TV series UK, 2 episodes 1967 Australian Playhouse TV series, 1 episode 1967 Hey You! Sharlene TV series, 1 episode 1968–1976 Homicide Patty Bourke / Doreen / Carol Gould / Vicki Kramer (as Lyndall Rowe) TV series, 4 episodes 1968 Shadow on the Wall Lin Tan Teleplay 1969 The Cheerful Cuckold Shirley Teleplay 1969 The Torrents J.G. Milford Teleplay 1969–1973 Division 4 Jenny Armstrong / June / Norma Miles / Lorraine Hudson TV series, 4 episodes 1970 The Juggler Teleplay 1970 Delta Jenny TV series, 1 episode 1971; 1976 Matlock Police Judy Morrow / Carol Price TV series, 2 episodes 1971 Z-Cars Jenny Swainson TV series UK, 2 episodes 1971 Kate Joyce Moore TV series UK, 1 episode 1971 Father and Sons Fenichka TV miniseries UK, 4 episodes 1974 Moving On Anne TV movie 1974 Silent Number Sharon TV series, 1 episode 1975 The Last of the Australians Maria Agostini TV series, season 2, episode 12: "The Stone Final Utter Bloody End" 1976 Tandarra Lizzy TV series, 1 episode 1976 Solo One Louise Duncan (as Lyn Rowe) TV series, episode 12: "The Bike" 1978 Cop Shop Jessie Turner TV series, 2 episodes 1979 Banana Bender Maureen TV movie 1981 The Gentle Touch Staff Nurse TV series UK, 1 episode 1984–1985 Sons and Daughters Karen Fox/Hamilton TV series, 73 episodes 1985 I Can't Get Started[1] Valerie TV movie 1987 Melba Blanche Marchesi TV miniseries, 6 episodes 1988 Touch the Sun: Princess Kate Anne McLelland TV movie 2003 Blue Heelers Miss Stamford (as Lyndal Rowe) TV series, 1 episode

## Theatre

Year Title Role Notes 1958 The Crucible Melbourne Little Theatre 1959 Moby Dick—Rehearsed Assistant Stage Manager Elizabethan Theatre, Sydney, University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company 1959 The Waltz of the Toreadors Pamela University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company (also Assistant Stage Manager) 1959 Arms and the Man Louka University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company (also Assistant Stage Manager) 1959 The Party Assistant Stage Manager University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company 1959 Venus Observed Assistant Stage Manager University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company 1959 The Rape of the Belt Diasta University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company (also Assistant Stage Manager) 1959 The Ghost Train Peggy Murdock University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company (also Assistant Stage Manager) 1959–1960 Sweeney Todd The lady in tights University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company (also Assistant Stage Manager) 1960 Prisoners' Country Aboriginal woman University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company (also Assistant Stage Manager) 1960 The Entertainer Assistant Stage Manager University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company 1960 Look Who's Here! Assistant Stage Manager Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company 1962 The Season at Sarsaparilla Judy Pogson University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company 1963 The No Hopers Australian regional tour with Union Theatre Repertory Company 1963 Goodnight Mrs. Puffin Jacqueline Fordyce Comedy Theatre, Melbourne with J. C. Williamson's Painting on Wood International Theatre Company of The Seventh Seal 1966 The Rehearsal Lucile Little Theatre Club, London with Theatrescope 1966 Little Brother, Little Sister Madam Little Theatre Club, London with Theatrescope 1966 A Pretty Row of Pretty Ribbons The Young Girl Little Theatre Club, London with Theatrescope 1966 The Knack Nancy Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company 1967 A Flea in Her Ear Raymonde Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company 1967 The Servant of Two Masters Clarice Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company 1967 Moby Dick—Rehearsed Pip Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company 1967 O La Mama, Melbourne 1967 The Heiress Marian Almond Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company 1967 Just Before the Honeymoon La Mama, Melbourne 1967 Rhinoceros Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company 1967 Death of a Salesman Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company 1968 The Crucible Mary Warren Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre, Tasmania with MTC 1968 The Magistrate Charlotte Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre, Mildura Arts Centre, Broken Hill, The King's Theatre, Mt Gambier, Adelaide Teachers College Theatre with MTC 1968 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Sandy Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC 1968 Three Sisters Irina Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC 1968 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Sheila Theatre Royal, Hobart, The Little Theatre, Launceston, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC 1969 The Country Wife Margery Pinchwife Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre with MTC 1970 You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Lucy Playbox Theatre, Sydney with Harry M. Miller 1970 Face of a Man Majestic Cinemas, Sydney 1972 The Taming of the Shrew Katherina Parade Theatre, Sydney with Old Tote Theatre Company 1974 The Importance of Being Earnest Gwendolyn St Martins Theatre, Melbourne with MTC 1974 The Sea Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC 1974 Pericles, Prince of Tyre Marina Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC 1974 The Misanthrope Celemene St Martins Theatre, Melbourne with MTC 1974 London Assurance Grace St Martins Theatre, Melbourne with MTC 1975 Trelawney of the Wells Rose Trelawney Sydney Theatre Company 1976 Travesties Gwendolen Carr Nimrod Theatre, Sydney 1976 A Handful of Friends Jill Playhouse, Adelaide, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with South Australian Theatre Company 1976 Old King Cole Princess Daphne Playhouse, Adelaide with South Australian Theatre Company As You Like It Phoebe South Australian Theatre Company 1977 Doctor in Love Nikki Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Canberra Theatre, Theatre Royal, Hobart with J. C. Williamson's 1979 Old Times Anna Liverpool Playhouse 1979 Absent Friends Diane Liverpool Playhouse 1979 A Flea in Her Ear Raymonde Liverpool Playhouse Uncle Vanya Sonya Sydney Theatre Company Tartuffe Marianne Sydney Theatre Company 1985 The Real Thing Charlotte Sydney Opera House with STC 2004 Afterplay Sonya Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne with Stable Productions

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## References

1. [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746566/](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746566/)

1. ["Lyndel Rowe"](https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/65656). [AusStage](/source/AusStage)

1. ["Lyndel Rowe"](https://theatricalia.com/person/1x5t/lyndell-rowe). Theatricalia.

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