Kirsty Child

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Kirsty Child
Born	Australia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1965-2013
Known for	Roles on Prisoner Neighbours as Carmel Taylor
Spouse	Peter Adams (1968–1999, his death)

Kirsty Child is an Australian character actress most notable for her roles in the television series Prisoner and Neighbours.

Career

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Child first appeared on television in several character roles in Crawford Productions' series such as Homicide. Her film roles include Country Town (1971) and the Australian film adaptation of Joan Lindsay's Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975).

In 1979, Child starred in Prisoner as Anne Yates, a prison officer turned drug dealer, for 10 episodes. She returned in 1983 as Glynis Johnson, and then again in 1985 as Willie Beecham, a prominent, 51-episode role.

In 1989, she had a leading role in the drama series Inside Running, along with various guest roles on television series Cop Shop and Blue Heelers.

She played Carmel Tyler in the soap opera Neighbors in 2002 and reprised the role between 2012 and 2013.^[1]

Personal life

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Child is the widow of New Zealand-born Australian actor Peter Adams, who died in December 1999.

Filmography (selected)

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Film

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Year	Title	Role	Type
1971	Country Town	Julie	Feature film
1975	Picnic at Hanging Rock	Miss. Lumley	Feature film
1985	Handle with Care	Shirley	TV movie
1998	Crackers	Charge Nurse	Feature film

Television

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Year	Title	Role	Type
1965	My Brother Jack		TV miniseries, episode 1.2
1966-1972	Homicide	5 character roles	TV series
1970	Catalyst		TV play
1971-1973	Matlock Police	3 character roles	TV series
1969-1975	Division 4	4 character roles	TV series
1980	Young Ramsay	Jocelyn Scott	TV series
1981	The Mike Walsh Show	Guest - Herself with Peter Adams	TV series, 1 episode
1981	The Patchwork Hero	Aunt Ivy	TV series
1977-1984	Cop Shop	Various roles	TV series
1985	The Fast Lane	Eunice	TV series
1986	A Fortunate Life	Mrs. Bibby	TV miniseries
1979, 1985-1986	Prisoner	Officer Anne Yates (season 1, 1979, 10 episodes), Glynis Johnson, Willie Beecham. (1984-86, 51 episodes)	TV series
1989	In Melbourne Today	Guest - Herself & Peter Adams	TV series, 1 episode
1989	Inside Running	Beverly Lamb	ABC TV series
1992	Mother and Son	Meredith	TV series
1991-1992	Boys from the Bush	Corrie	TV series
1992	Bligh	Nurse	TV series
2001	Halifax f.p.	Female Doctor	TV series
1993-2001	Blue Heelers	2 character roles	TV series
2009	City Homicide	Elaine Shepparton	TV series
2011	Winners and Losers	Judy Mitchell	TV series
2002-2013	Neighbours	Carmel Taylor	TV series

References

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^ "Family reunion on Ramsay Street". Channel 5. Northern & Shell. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.

External links

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Kirsty Child at IMDb

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