# Arna-Maria Winchester

Arna-Maria Winchester is an Australian actress, appearing on film, TV and in the theatre.

## Career

Winchester played the main role in the 1980 film The Chain Reaction and the 1983 TV series Kings. Other featured screen roles include 1915, Ryan Homicide and Man of Letters.
Winchester's stage appearances include Come Live With Me (Phillip Theatre, 1971), The Hell Of It and Baby Baby (Stables Theatre, 1982) and La Musica (Lookout Theatre, 1996)

## Personal life

Winchester was married to Terry Stanton and lived with him in Bali, where she opened a clothing boutique, while Stanton worked as a hotel manager.
She gave birth to son, Putu (meaning 'first born') Sugiarta Winchester-Stanton in Denpasar on New Year's Eve. Putu is also an actor, best known for playing Dennis Klinsmann in Heartbreak High from 1997 to 1999, from the age of 18. While pregnant with Putu, Winchester was bitten by a wild dog and underwent injections which compromised her health for the rest of her life.
Stanton became violent after a motorcycle accident in Bali, which led to Winchester moving back to Australia with her son, and her marriage ending.
Winchester has a grandson, Ryder.

## Death

Winchester passed away from a brain tumour in Byron Bay in 2008. At her wake, her son Putu and ex-husband Stanton got into a physical fight, resulting in Stanton being placed in a coma and eventually passing away. Putu was cleared of any wrongdoing in his father's death.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1974 | Alvin Rides Again | Nancy | Feature film |
| 1975 | Sidecar Racers | Marlene | Feature film |
| 1976 | Eliza Fraser | Mrs Cameron | Feature film |
| 1976 | McManus MPB | Policewoman Farrow | TV movie |
| 1977 | Out Of It | Hitch-Hiker | Film |
| 1978 | Cass | | TV movie |
| 1980 | The Chain Reaction | Carmel Stilson | Feature film |
| 1984 | Man of Letters | Doona Douglas | TV movie |
| 1985 | Taking a Look | Woman | Short film |
| 1987 | Coda | Dr Steiner | TV movie |
| 1987 | Pandemonium | B. De Woolf / Wife | Feature film |
| 1987 | Initiation | Sal | Feature film |
| 1997 | Dust Off the Wings | Guest | Film |
| 1992 | September | Her | Short film |
| 2008 | Mixed Bag | Brigid | Short film |
| 2008 | Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | Herself | Documentary film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1969–75 | Homicide | Mary Callaghan / Pam Condon / Shirley White / Valerie Kersten / Margaret Jackson | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 1970 | Phoenix Five | Leonian | TV series, S1E3: "To End Is to Begin" |
| 1971 | The Comedy Game | | TV series, S1E4: "Gaudeamus Igitur" |
| 1971–72 | Spyforce | Jill Stewart | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1972 | Boney | Robin Pointer | TV series, S1E9: "Boney and the Black Virgin" |
| 1972–74 | Matlock Police | Poppy Reid / Julie Turner / Judy Winter | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1973 | Certain Women | | TV series |
| 1973 | The Evil Touch | Jeanette / Evie | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1973; 1974 | Ryan | Misty / Terri Davis | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1973; 1975 | Division 4 | Janie / Melanie | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1974 | This Love Affair | Diane | TV series, S1E3: "Good Time Charley - The Chequer Cab Kid" |
| 1975 | Silent Number | Leah | TV series, S1E31: "The Outlook for Monday" |
| 1975 | Shannon’s Mob | Ingrid | TV series, S1E10: "The Playpen" |
| 1976 | The Box | Ann Chambers | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1976 | Up the Convicts | | TV series |
| 1980–82 | Cop Shop | Ruth Hill / Nancy O'Neil | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 1981 | Bellamy | Gwen | TV series, S1E1: "The Massage Girl Murders" |
| 1981 | Sporting Chance | | TV series, S1E5: "99th in the World" |
| 1982 | 1915 | Brigid Scott | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1983 | The Dismissal | | TV miniseries, episode 2 |
| 1983 | A Country Practice | Frances McNichol | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1983–84 | Kings | Christine King | TV series, 13 episodes |
| 1984 | Special Squad | | TV series, episode: "Wild Man" |
| 1985–87 | The Fast Lane | | TV series, S1E7: "The Sound of One Hand Counting" |
| 1988 | The Dirtwater Dynasty | Mrs Tarbox | TV miniseries, episode 1 |
| 1989 | Rafferty's Rules | Rose Willis | TV series, S5E5: "Out of Line" |
| 1991 | Boys from the Bush | Gloria Goodson | TV series, episode 2: "Poetic Galah" |
| 1993 | E Street | Helen Newman | TV series, episode 396 |
| 1997 | Heartbreak High | Michelle Williams | TV series, S5E34 |
| 2000; 2001 | The Lost World | Hagen Queen / Lor | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2002 | All Saints | Susanne Zinenko | TV series, S5E31: "Where the Heart Is" |
| 2006 | H2O: Just Add Water | Aunt Thea | TV series, S1E7: "Moon Spell" |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1969 | The Imaginary Invalid | Louise | Theatre Royal, Hobart |
| 1969 | Mrs Porter and the Angel | Tatty Hollow | PACT Youth Theatre, Sydney |
| 1971 | Come Live With Me | | Phillip Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 1973 | Jugglers Three | Keren | Playbox Theatre, Melbourne with MTC |
| 1974 | The Chapel Perilous | Sally Banner | Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company |
| 1975 | Ivanov | | Sydney Opera House |
| 1975 | A Programme on Farce | | UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney |
| 1976 | Look Back In Anger | | Monash University with The Alexander Theatre Company |
| 1981 | Outside Edge | Ginnie | Marian Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 1982 | The Hell Of It | | Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company |
| 1982 | Baby Baby | Myra | Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company |
| 1985 | Steaming | | Seymour Centre, Sydney, Canberra Theatre |
| 1996 | La Musica | | Lookout Theatre |
| 2004 | Howard the Arselicker | | Seymour Centre, Sydney with 24HRRR |