Melanie Salomon
OccupationActress
Notable worksE Street · Edens Lost · Pell Mell

Melanie Salomon is an Australian actress. She was an original cast member on E Street, where she played Rhonda Berry.[1][2] Salomon signed a 12-month contract with the show. She initially struggled to relate to her character, who she described as an "innocent country girl", but she grew fond of her.[3] Salomon also featured in Edens Lost[4] and wrote and starred in the one woman stage show Pell Mell[5][6] for which she won the 1987 AWGIE Award for Comedy Revue/Sketch.[7] She joined the cast of The Comedy Company for their 1990 season. [8]

On stage she appeared in Carols by Laserlight with the Magpie Theatre Company in 1985[9] Characters (alongside her sister Mandy) at the Sydney Trade Union Club in 1984,[10] The Headbutt at Belvoir Street Theatre in 1991,[11] and playing Erica in Hating Alison Ashley with the Toe Truck Theatre at the Seymour Centre 1987.[12]

References

  1. ^ Oliver, Robin (5 January 1989). "New names to lather with". The Age. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  2. ^ Preston-Fitzsimmons, Harry (17 December 2019), "E Street comes to DVD", Daily Nightly
  3. ^ Reinhold, Leigh (4 February 1989). "Easy street it ain't!". TV Week. p. 59.
  4. ^ Pottinger, Paul (23 February 1989), "An Eden found for Melanie", The Sydney Morning Herald
  5. ^ Evans, Bob (14 July 1986), "Childhood revisited", The Sydney Morning Herald
  6. ^ Portus, Martin (10 June 1986), "Home, home on the stage", The Sydney Morning Herald
  7. ^ "AWGIE Award Winners 1968-2006", Australian Writers Guild
  8. ^ O'Neill, Helen (9 July 1986), "The Ha! Ha! cavalry", The Sydney Morning Herald
  9. ^ Evans, Bob (6 December 1985), "Hark, these angels herald an unholy Christmas", The Sydney Morning Herald
  10. ^ Bell, Glennys (31 January 1984), "People", The Bulletin, p. 69
  11. ^ Healy, Ken (24 November 1991), "A rumbustious tale that crashes through", The Sydney Morning Herald
  12. ^ Kippax, H.G. (5 June 1987), "Comedy of youth", The Sydney Morning Herald