# Penne Hackforth-Jones

Penne Hackforth-Jones (5 August 1949 – 17 May 2013) was an American-born Australian actress and biographer.

## Early life

Penelope Beatrix Hackforth-Jones was born in August 1949 in Greenwich, Connecticut, to Paul and Susan Felicity (née Gullett) Hackforth-Jones and was a granddaughter of Sir Henry Gullett and niece of Jo Gullett, both Australian politicians. She lived with her family in England before relocating to Australia in 1964. After completing her secondary education at St Catherine's School, Toorak in 1966 she attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney until graduating in 1968.

## Career

In 1969, Hackforth-Jones made her first credited on-screen appearance in the Australian television series Riptide. She later appeared in such Australian television series as Bellbird, Butterfly Island, Homicide, Matlock Police, Division 4, Cop Shop, Tandarra, Cash and Company, Young Ramsay, Punishment, Bellamy, A Country Practice, Mother and Son, Tanamera – Lion of Singapore, Murder Call, All Saints, Chandon Pictures, :30 Seconds and The Doctor Blake Mysteries. She also appeared in Episode 169 of Australian sitcom Hey Dad..!.
Her feature film roles included Dr. Sort in Alvin Purple (1973), the bridal shop manager in Muriel's Wedding (1994), Mrs Pike in Paradise Road (1997), Cynthia Dodds in Mao's Last Dancer (2009), and Mrs Johnson in The Tree (2010). She was featured in a long-running television advertisement series for Kellogg's Sultana Bran in the 1980s/90s.

## Writing

Hackforth-Jones was the author of a biography of her great-grandmother, novelist Barbara Baynton, titled Barbara Baynton – Between Two Worlds.

## Death

Penne Hackforth-Jones died of lung cancer on 17 May 2013, aged 63, in Melbourne. She never married, and was survived by her three sisters. The Daily Telegraph featured an article on Hackforth-Jones in its history section on 21 May.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1972 | The Cousin from Fiji | | TV movie |
| 1973 | Libido | Nun (segment "The Priest") | Feature film |
| 1973 | Alvin Purple | Liz Sort | Feature film |
| 1973 | The Wicked City | | TV movie |
| 1974 | Alvin Rides Again | Woman Cricketer | Feature film |
| 1974 | The Wanderer | | Short film |
| 1975 | Down the Wind | Sara | Feature film |
| 1977 | A Woman in the House | | TV movie |
| 1977 | Image of Death | Maureen | TV movie |
| 1977 | End of Summer | | Teleplay |
| 1978 | A Woman in the House | | TV movie |
| 1979 | The Journalist | Gillie Griffiths | Feature film |
| 1982 | Running On Empty | Dave | Feature film |
| 1982 | Happy Endings (aka Last Breakfast In Paradise) | Angela Jones | Short film |
| 1983 | Hardy Wilson - A Living Memory | Narrator | Film documentary |
| 1984 | The Old Curiosity Shop | Voice | Animated TV movie |
| 1985 | Don't Call Me Girlie | Narrator | Film documentary |
| 1985 | Time's Raging | Jane | TV movie |
| 1986 | That's Democracy | Narrator | Film documentary |
| 1988 | After Marcuse | Gillian | TV movie |
| 1989 | Kokoda Crescent | Carol | Feature film |
| 1990 | More Winners: Boy Soldiers | Elizabeth Barnes | TV movie |
| 1991 | People First | | Film documentary |
| 1993 | For Whose Sake? | | Film short |
| 1993 | Irresistible Force | Lieutenant Governor | TV movie (US) |
| 1993 | The Door | Mother | Short film |
| 1993 | Butterfly Island | Mary Travers | TV movie |
| 1994 | Muriel's Wedding | Bridal Manageress #2 | Feature film |
| 1997 | Diana & Me | Pollock | Feature film |
| 1997 | Paradise Road | Mrs. Pike | Feature film |
| 1998 | Kissing Katie Sandstrom | | Short film |
| 2000 | Black and White | Mrs. Aston | Feature film |
| 2002 | Heroes' Mountain | Annette Diver | TV movie |
| 2003 | Why We Ponder | Mother | Short film |
| 2005 | Barely Visible | | Short film |
| 2006 | Reasons Beyond Me | Jone | Short film |
| 2008 | Bitter & Twisted | Jackie Samvini | Feature film |
| 2009 | Mao's Last Dancer | Cynthia Dodds | Feature film |
| 2010 | The Tree | Mrs Johnson | Feature film |
| 2010 | Purple Flowers | Grandmother | Short film |
| 2013 | We've All Been There | Joan | Short film |

### Television

| Title | Year | Role | Type |
| 1968 | Contrabandits | | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1969 | Riptide | Sally Tennant / Dancer | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1971-74 | Division 4 | Jo / Gwen / Sue Weston | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1971-74 | Matlock Police | Kath Murphy / Amy Fielding / Holly Evans / Anne / Sue Mathews / Christine Miller | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 1972-74 | Homicide | Senior Constable Jill Cregan / Sharon Smith / Anne Kelly / Vicky Hill | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 1971 | Man from Property | | TV pilot |
| 1972 | Number 96 | Noelene Sutcliffe | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1972-74 | Bellbird | Ginny Campbell | TV series, 349 episodes |
| 1972 | A Time for Love | | TV series, 1 episode: "Next Time Will Be Better" |
| 1973 | Behind the Legend | Helena Rubinstein | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1973 | Ryan | Jana / Helen | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1974 | Three Men of the City | Jeannie Martin | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1975 | Cash and Company | Jessica Johnson | TV series, 13 episodes |
| 1976 | The Emigrants | June Parker | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 1976 | Tandarra | Jessica Johnson | TV series, 13 episodes |
| 1977 | Young Ramsay | Emma Carroll | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1978-81 | Cop Shop | Sgt. Joan Dawson / Ann Connors / Jackie Warren / Jennifer Treloar | TV series, 7 episodes |
| 1979 | Tickled Pink | Marilyn | TV series, 1 episode: "One Day Miller" |
| 1979 | Skyways | Lady Pamela Griff | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1979 | The Young Doctors | Lois Norton | TV series |
| 1979 | Patrol Boat | | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1981 | Bellamy | Inez | TV series, 1 episode: "The Fizz" |
| 1981 | Holiday Island | Dellie Kramer | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1981 | Punishment | Heather Rogers | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1981 | The Sullivans | | TV series |
| 1983; 1993 | A Country Practice | Pam Foley / Martha Lynch / Cassandra James | TV series, 19 episodes |
| 1985-87 | Butterfly Island | Mary Travers / Mary | TV series, 30 episodes |
| 1986 | Mother and Son | Community Medical Officer Joan | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1987; 1989 | Rafferty's Rules | Sinclair / Danielle | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1989; 1994 | G.P. | Adele de Beer / Mrs. Barton | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1989 | Bodysurfer | Angela Lang | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1989 | Tanamera - Lion of Singapore | Mama Jack | TV miniseries, 7 episodes |
| 1989 | Dolphin Cove | | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1990 | Embassy | | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1991 | Hey Dad..! | Kate Eastwood | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1991 | Hampton Court | Mrs. Barrett | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1991 | Golden Fiddles | Mrs. Craig | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1992 | Boney | Eve | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997 | Murder Call | Ena Booth | TV series, 1 episode: "Ashes to Ashes" |
| 1997 | The Adventures of Sam | The Dragon Empress (voice) | Animated TV series, 1 episode |
| 1999-2003 | All Saints | Dr. Nicola Hartley / Elise Fletcher | TV series, 11 episodes |
| 2003 | Grass Roots | Lani Leonard | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2006 | Headland | Judge Hildegarde Rosedale | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Chandon Pictures | Helen | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2009 | :30 Seconds | Pat Evans | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2012 | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Reverend Mother | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2012 | Conspiracy 365 | Sister Jerome | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2013 | The Doctor Blake Mysteries | Nell Clasby | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Paper Giants: Magazine Wars | Camilla Parker-Bowles (voice recording) | TV miniseries, 1 episode |

### Television (as self)

| Title | Year | Role | Type |
| 1973 | Inside Alvin Purple | Herself | TV special |
| 1984 | Earthwatch | Herself | TV series, 1 episode: "Natives On Trial" |
| 1992 | English at Work | Herself | TV series |
| 1997 | The Movie Show | Herself (with Bruce Beresford & Tessa Humphries) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997 | Monday to Friday | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |

## Theatre

| Title | Year | Role | Type |
| 1967 | The Beaux' Stratagem | | UNSW |
| 1967 | Camino Real | Lady Mulligan | UNSW |
| 1967 | The Insect Play | Philanthropist | UNSW |
| 1967 | The Fire on the Snow | Washerwoman | UNSW |
| 1967 | Alfie | Gilda | Jane Street Theatre |
| 1967 | Play | Woman Two | Jane Street Theatre |
| 1968 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Queen Hippolyta / Queen Titania | Old Tote Theatre |
| 1968 | The Matchmaker | Miss Flora Van Huysen | Old Tote Theatre |
| 1968 | The Beaux' Stratagem | Dorinda | Old Tote Theatre |
| | Tom Jones | Sophy | Playhouse, Perth |
| 1969 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Negro Woman | Playhouse, Perth |
| 1969 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Cecily Cardew | Playhouse, Perth |
| 1969 | Vanity Fair | Amelia Sedley | Playhouse, Perth |
| 1969 | The House on the Cliff | | Playhouse, Perth |
| 1969 | The Audition | Miss Roberts | Playhouse, Perth |
| 1969 | The Man Most Likely To | Shirley Hughes | Playhouse, Perth |
| 1969 | Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime | | Playhouse, Perth |
| 1969 | Out of the Crocodile | | Playhouse, Perth |
| 1969 | Love Locked Out | | Playhouse, Perth |
| 1970 | The Guardsman | | Playhouse, Perth, Old Tote Theatre |
| 1971 | The Real Inspector Hound | | Theatre Royal, Hobart |
| 1971 | The Audition | | Theatre Royal, Hobart |
| 1971 | The Bandwagon | Lorraine Roach | Theatre Royal, Hobart, Princess Theatre, Launceston |
| 1971 | The Legend of King O'Malley | Assistant Stage Manager | Phillip Theatre |
| 1976 | Martello Towers | | St Martins Theatre |
| 1979 | Kookaburra | Kath Palmer | ABC Radio |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result |
| 1976 | Tandarra | Penguin Awards | Best Actress in a Television Series | Won |
| 1976 | Tandarra | Sammy Awards | Best Actress in a Television Series | Won |
| 1990 | Kokoda Crescent | Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |