Paula Duncan
Acting
Biography
Paula Margaret Duncan is an Australian actress. Her numerous television roles include playing Nurse Lisa Brooks in The Young Doctors, Detective Danni Francis in Cop Shop, for which she twice won the Logie Award for Most Popular Actress, Lorelei Wilkinson in Prisoner, Janet Bryant in Richmond Hill and Bridget Jackson in Home and Away.
Born: September 15, 1952
Place of Birth: Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
Known For
Unsound
A disillusioned musician's romantic spark is ignited by a young trans man as they work together to save his community nightclub for the deaf.
The Young Doctors
The Young Doctors is an Australian early evening soap opera. The series was set in the fictional Albert Memorial hospital and primarily concerned with romances between younger members of the hospital staff, rather than typical medical issues and procedures. It screened on the Nine Network from Monday, 8 November 1976 until Wednesday, 30 March 1983.
First Dates Australia
When the First Dates restaurant sets the table, hopeful singles from across the country will have a chance of meeting their dream partner. They’ve turned their backs on online dating in the hope of meeting someone special face-to-face, and they’ll meet their potential love match for the very first time in the restaurant.
Braille
Nick is a broken blind man who enlists the services of three young thieves to break into a prision, which holds a precious diamond and finish the job he started fifteen years ago.
Cop Shop
Cop Shop is a long running Australian police drama television series produced by Crawford Productions that ran for eight seasons between 1977 and 1984. It comprised 582 one hour episodes.
Strange Bedfellows
Two 'very straight' old timers have to learn how to pass as a loving gay couple after falsely claiming same-sex status to take advantage of newly legislated tax laws.
Breakers
Breakers is an Australian television series, that was made and aired on Network Ten between 1998 and 1999. It was shown in Ireland on TV3 and City Channel. It was also screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom and TV4 in New Zealand.
Number 96
Number 96 was a popular Australian soap opera set in a Sydney apartment block. Don Cash and Bill Harmon of the Cash Harmon Television production company, produced the series for Network Ten, which requested a Coronation Street-type serial, and specifically one that explored adult subjects. The premise, original story outlines, and the original characters were devised by David Sale who also wrote the scripts for the first episodes and continued as script editor for much of the show's run. The series proved to be a huge success, running from 1972 until 1977. Number 96 was so popular it spawned a feature film version, filmed in December 1973. Number 96 was known for its sex scenes and nudity, somewhat risque at the time, and for its comedy characters. The series was the first Australian soap opera to feature an openly gay character.
Jenny Kissed Me
A woman moves away from her boyfriend because she suspects his feelings towards her pre-teen daughter. He tries to find them in the sordid side of Melbourne.
Cass
Torn by the conflict between society and her own life, as well as her failing marriage and love for another woman, Cass desperately tried to pull together the pieces of her shattered life.
Filmography
as Angela
as Herself
as Madam
as Pauline
as Yvonne Philpot
as Jennifer Haywood
as Gaynor
as Danni Francis