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| birth_place = [[Coventry]], [[West Midlands]], [[England]]
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| occupation = Television actor
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| known_for = ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]'' as Patricia "Pat the Rat" Hamilton/Morrell/Palmer
| yearsactive = 1967–current
| notable_works= {{bulleted|''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]'' (TV series) as Anne Griffin|''[[Home and Away]]'' (TV series) as June Reynolds|''[[Neighbours]]'' (TV series) as Mary Casey}}
| spouse = [[George Assang]] (1973–74; divorced)
| yearsactive = 1962–present
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'''Rowena Wallace''' (born 23 August 1947) is an [[England|English]]-born [[Australians|Australian]] [[Actor|actress]], most especially in the genre of [[soap opera]]. She is best known for her [[Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television|Gold Logie]]-winning role as Patricia "Pat The Rat" Hamilton in ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]''.


'''Rowena Wallace''' (born 23 August 1947) is an English-born Australian stage and screen [[actress]], most especially in the genre of television [[soap opera]]. She is best known for her [[Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television|Gold Logie]]-winning role as conniving Patricia "Pat the Rat" Hamilton/Morrell/Palmer in ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]'', being the first soap star to win the Gold Logie.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.bgmagency.com.au/uploaded/cv/WALLACE%20Rowena.pdf | title=CV Rowena Wallace | website=www.bgmagency.com.au}}</ref> After leaving the series and being replaced in the role by [[Belinda Giblin]], Wallace returned in the final season as Patricia's sister Pamela Hudson.
==Early life and budding career==
Rowena Wallace was born in [[Coventry]], [[West Midlands]], an only child. She moved to [[Australia]] with her parents when she was five. Initially she grew up in [[Cairns]] and later moved to [[Brisbane]] at the age of 12 years. There, she attended [[Kedron State High School]] and was taken by her mother to dancing lessons at, and also persuaded to join, the [[Twelfth Night Theatre]] in [[Bowen Hills, Queensland|Bowen Hills]]. Her father was a pilot for [[Ansett Australia|Ansett Airlines]].


She started her career on the small screen in the late 60's in serial ''[[You Can't See 'Round Corners (TV series)|You Can't See 'Round Corners]]'' as well as appearing in that serial's film version and then had regular roles in TV series including [[Crawford Productions]] ''[[Division 4]]'', ''[[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]]'' and ''[[Cop Shop]]'' and in 1980-1981 became well known for her stint as Anne Griffin in [[cult series]] ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner.]]''
At age fifteen, having left school and attended a business college at the insistence of her parents, Wallace decided to become an actress. She joined an advertising agency while still performing in the theatre at night. Her first television role was in Brisbane as an entertainer on the variety show ''Theatre Royal'' (hosted by George Wallace, Jr., no relation). She also hosted the afternoon news and weather and a children's show. At the age of nineteen, Wallace was diagnosed with [[scoliosis]] (curvature of the spine). She has required [[Analgesic|painkiller]]s almost continuously since then.


After ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]'', she subsequently appeared primarily in guest roles and cameos in numerous TV serials, before again returning to more permanent fixtures in regular roles from 2000 to 2003 in ''[[Home and Away]]'' as [[June Reynolds]], in ''[[Neighbours]]'' in 2007 as [[Mary Casey (Neighbours)|Mary Casey]] and in ''[[Deadly Women]]'' as gangland figure [[Judy Moran]] in 2012.
While Wallace was working in television in Brisbane, [[Barry Creyton]] persuaded the producers of a new series to fly her down to Sydney to audition for the lead role in their show; as a result Wallace won the role of Margie Harris in ''[[You Can't See 'Round Corners]]'' and moved to Sydney.<ref name=pwcp/>


She has appeared as herself as a panellist on talk show ''[[Beauty and the Beast (talk show)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' and featured regularly on [[Bert Newton]]'s popular morning breakfast show ''[[Good Morning Australia (1992-2005)|Good Morning Australia]]''.
After completing ''Corners'', she went on to star as the juvenile lead in a hit comedy stage production with [[John McCallum (actor)|John McCallum]] and [[Googie Withers]]. The show, ''[[Relatively Speaking]]'', played to packed audiences in Melbourne.<ref name=pwcp/>


==Early life==
On 12 February 1970, the film ''[[Squeeze a Flower]]'' had its world premiere in Sydney. Wallace starred in the movie as the female lead, opposite international film veteran, [[Walter Chiari]]. By 1972, she had found work intermittently. In 1973 she married [[George Assang]] (d. 1997), a [[Thursday Island, Queensland|Thursday Island]]-born jazz singer known professionally as Vic Sabrino.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/INTVWrowena.htm|title=Classic Australian Television Interview Rowena Wallace|work=TV Eye No 3|date=October 1994}}</ref> The marriage lasted just over a year, and Wallace has had no long-term relationships since then.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}
{{BLP unreferenced section|date=April 2023}}
Rowena Wallace was born in [[Coventry]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], England, as an only child. She moved to Australia with her parents when she was five, settling in the state of Queensland. Her father was a pilot for [[Ansett Australia|Ansett Airlines]]. Initially she grew up in [[Cairns]] and later moved to [[Brisbane]] at the age of 12 years. There, she attended [[Kedron State High School]]. After finishing school she became interested in acting and was taken by her mother to dancing lessons at, and was also persuaded to join, the [[Twelfth Night Theatre]] under the artistic direction of [[Joan Whalley]].


At age fifteen, having left school and attended a business college at the insistence of her parents, Wallace decided to become an actress. She joined an advertising agency while still performing in the theatre at night.
In the late 1970s she appeared frequently in Australian television, with an on-going role in the soap opera ''[[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]]'' in 1975–1976, followed by a regular role in the police drama ''[[Cop Shop]]'', playing policeman's wife Pamela Taylor.<ref name=pwcp/> After leaving that series she played a mentally unbalanced [[remand prisoner]] named Anne Griffin in ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]'' for several weeks in late 1980.<ref name=pwcp/>


==Career==
==Sons and Daughters&nbsp;– television highlight==
Wallace's most famous role was in the soap opera ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]'', in which she played Patricia Palmer, starting in 1982.<ref name=pwcp>{{cite web|url=http://www.memorabletv.com/rowenawallace/career.htm|title=Rowena Wallace Career Page|accessdate=7 Feb 2010}}</ref> Nicknamed ''Pat the Rat'', the character became an immensely popular bitch figure in the series and its most famous character.
==Gold Logie and Logies==
In 1984 Wallace won a [[Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television|Gold Logie]] for the portrayal<ref name=pwcp/> during an era when Gold Logies were usually won by major television personalities and hosts but not actors. She was the first woman to win the award since it was opened up to Most Popular Australian Personality.{{Clarify|date=December 2012|reason="Opened up" means what? What was it before? No caps?}}


===Early roles===
Wallace also received [[Logie Award#Silver Logie|Silver Logie]]s for:
Wallace's first television role was in Brisbane as an entertainer on the variety show [[Theatre Royal (Australian TV series)|Theatre Royal]] hosted by [[George Leonard Wallace|George Wallace Jnr]] (no relation). She also presented the afternoon news and weather and a children's show.
*Most Popular Lead Actress (1983);
*Most Popular Actress (1984);
*Best Actress in a Series (1984); and
*Best Lead Actress in a Series (1985).


While she was working in Brisbane, [[Barry Creyton]] persuaded the producers of a new series to fly Wallace down to Sydney to audition for the lead role in their show. As a result Wallace won the role of Margie Harris in ''[[You Can't See 'Round Corners (TV series)|You Can't See 'Round Corners]]'' in 1967 and moved to Sydney. She would also feature in the [[You Can't See 'round Corners|1969 film version]].<ref name=pwcp/>
Wallace left ''Sons and Daughters'' after three years, with her final scenes going to air in early 1985 just after her Gold Logie win.<ref name=pwcp/> The popularity of her character led to it being recast, with [[Belinda Giblin]] assuming the role of a returning Patricia after extensive cosmetic surgery had altered her facial features. Late in the show's run, with ratings in decline, Wallace was returned to the series in an attempt to boost the show's popularity. With Giblin remaining in the show, Wallace now played a new character, that of Patricia's long-lost identical twin sister Pamela. Her return lasted ten weeks but did little to halt the show's dwindling ratings, and the show was cancelled shortly afterwards.


After completing ''Round Corners'', she went on to star as the juvenile lead in a short run tv series called "The Rovers",meanwhile she also stars in the hit comedy stage production between takes of 'The Rovers' with [[John McCallum (actor)|John McCallum]] and [[Googie Withers]]. The show, ''[[Relatively Speaking (1965 play)|Relatively Speaking]]'', played to packed audiences in Melbourne.<ref name=pwcp/>
==Later career==
Between July 1999 and November 2003, Wallace was collecting a disability support pension, despite being actively employed by television series such as ''[[Water Rats (TV series)|Water Rats]]'', ''[[Beauty and the Beast (TV show)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', and ''[[Good Morning Australia]]''.<ref name=jail/> In October 2005, she was charged with [[social security]] fraud, and given a suspended sentence of six months imprisonment.<ref name=jail>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/actor-spared-jail-for-benefits-fraud/2005/10/11/1128796528918.html|title=Actor spared jail for benefits fraud|date=12 October 2005|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|author=Kate McClymont}}</ref>


On 12 February 1970, the film ''[[Squeeze a Flower]]'' had its world premiere in Sydney. Wallace starred in the movie as the female lead, opposite international Italian film star [[Walter Chiari]]. By 1972, she had found work intermittently. In 1973 she married [[George Assang]], some 20 years her senior, a [[Thursday Island, Queensland|Thursday Island]]-born jazz singer and actor known professionally as Vic Sabrino.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/INTVWrowena.htm|title=Classic Australian Television Interview Rowena Wallace|work=TV Eye No 3|date=October 1994}}</ref> The marriage lasted just over a year, and Wallace has had no long-term relationships since then.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}
Between 1999 and 2003 Wallace had also completed a stint in the daily soap opera ''[[Home and Away]]'' as June Reynolds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.backtothebay.net/features/bestchar/68-40.shtml|title=Best Character Awards : 68 to 40...|page=66|accessdate=7 Feb 2010}}</ref>


"The Rovers" was a production that soon led to the Number 96 smash hit sitcom..
In 2007 Wallace joined the cast of ''[[Neighbours]]'' for several months.<ref name=pat>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/thetvguys/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/pat_the_rat_is_back/|title=Pat the Rat is back|author=Marcus Casey|date=11 April 2007|publisher=Daily Telegraph|accessdate=7 Feb 2010}}</ref> She played [[Mary Casey (Neighbours)|Mary Casey]], an unstable woman<ref name=pat/> who ended up in prison for the [[false imprisonment]] of [[Pepper Steiger]]. Mary's cellmate turned out to be [[Sky Mangel]].
Produced by NLT Productions, executive producer was Bill Harmon and producer Don Cash, who would become famous for creating Number 96. The series was created by Roger Mirams and starred Rowena Wallace, Edward Hepple, Noel Trevarthen and child actor Grant Seiden.
The storylines revolve around the adventures of the crew of the ‘Pacific Lady’, an island schooner owned by Captain Sam McGill (or ‘Cap’ for short), played by Hepple, Bob Wild (a freelance photographer) played by Trevarthen and Rusty Collins, a wildlife journalist (played by Wallace).


===''Number 96'' and ''Prisoner''===
In August 2010, Wallace was the subject of a ''[[Today Tonight]]'' special feature on the [[Seven Network]], where she was reportedly nearly broke and on the verge of becoming homeless. The following week, an outpouring of offers to take her in came from Australians around the country.


In the late 1970s she appeared frequently on Australian television, with an ongoing role in the soap opera ''[[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]]'' in 1975–1976, followed by a regular role in the police drama ''[[Cop Shop]]'', playing policeman's wife Pamela Taylor.<ref name=pwcp/> After leaving that series she played a mentally unbalanced [[remand prisoner]] named Anne Griffin in ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]'' for several weeks in late 1980.
In March 2011, she was the subject of more media coverage, this time because the unit she occupies at subsidised rent in [[Wonthaggi]], Victoria is due for demolition in August 2011 and she fears she will have nowhere to live. The rents in Wonthaggi have doubled or even tripled due to the [[Wonthaggi desalination plant|Wonthaggi Desalination Plant]] being constructed nearby, but her pension would not even cover her rent.<ref>[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/gold-logie-winner-rowena-wallace-needs-a-home/story-e6frf96x-1226025043966 Herald Sun, 21 March 2011, Gold Logie winner Rowena Wallace needs a home]</ref>

===''Sons and Daughters''===

Rowena Wallace's most famous role was in the soap opera ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]'', in which she played Patricia Dunne/Hamilton/Morrell/Palmer; starting in 1981.<ref name=pwcp>{{cite web|url=http://www.memorabletv.com/rowenawallace/career.htm|title=Rowena Wallace Career Page|access-date=7 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127045423/http://memorabletv.com/rowenawallace/career.htm|archive-date=27 November 2010}}</ref> Nicknamed ''Pat the Rat'', the character became an immensely popular bitch figure in the series; its most famous character.

In 1984 Wallace won a [[Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television|Gold Logie]] for the portrayal<ref name=pwcp/> during an era when Gold Logies were usually won by major television personalities and hosts but not actors. She was the first woman soap actress to win the award since it was opened up to Most Popular Australian Personality.{{Clarify|date=December 2012|reason="Opened up" means what? What was it before? No caps?}}. She was not the first female to win the Gold Logie, that honour going to Australian actress [[Lorrae Desmond]]. Wallace also received 4 [[Logie Award#Silver Logie|Silver Logie]]s.

Wallace left ''Sons and Daughters'' after three years, with her final scenes going to air early in 1985 just after her Gold Logie win.<ref name=pwcp/> Wallace claimed in a reunion documentary that she left due to exhaustion from playing such an intense character. She also claimed she regretted walking away from the role as she did not get the later acting offers she had anticipated. The popularity of her character led to it being recast, with [[Belinda Giblin]] assuming the role of a returning Patricia after extensive cosmetic surgery had altered her facial features. Late in the show's run, with ratings in decline, Wallace was returned to the series in an attempt to boost the show's popularity. With Giblin remaining in the show, Wallace now played a new character, that of Patricia's long-lost identical twin sister Pamela. Her return lasted ten weeks but did little to halt the show's dwindling ratings, and the show was cancelled shortly afterwards.

===''Home and Away'' and ''Neighbours''===

Between years 2000 and 2003 Wallace appeared in the weeknight soap opera ''[[Home and Away]]'' as June Reynolds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.backtothebay.net/features/bestchar/68-40.shtml|title=Best Character Awards : 68 to 40...|page=66|access-date=7 February 2010}}</ref>

In 2007 Wallace joined the cast of ''[[Neighbours]]'' for several months.<ref name=pat>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/thetvguys/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/pat_the_rat_is_back/|title=Pat the Rat is back|first=Marcus|last=Casey|date=11 April 2007|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=7 February 2010}}</ref> She played Mary Casey, an unstable woman<ref name=pat/> who ended up in prison for the [[false imprisonment]] of [[Pepper Steiger]]. Mary's cellmate turned out to be [[Sky Mangel]].

===Other roles===

In 2012 Wallace starred as Melbourne gangland matriarch [[Judy Moran]] in the [[Foxtel]] series ''[[Deadly Women]]''.<ref>https://m.facebook.com/FOXTEL/photos/a.10150236821355074.476209.14922765073/10152072044190074 {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>

In September 2016 Wallace had a cameo in Wonthaggi Theatrical Group's production of ''[[Little Shop of Horrors (musical)|Little Shop of Horrors]]'' as the narrator.

==Personal life==

Wallace was briefly married to [[George Assang]] from 1973 to 1974.

At the age of nineteen, Wallace was diagnosed with [[scoliosis]]. She has required [[Analgesic|painkiller]]s almost continuously since then.

Between July 1999 and November 2003, Wallace was collecting a [[disability pension|disability support pension]], despite being actively employed by television series such as ''[[Water Rats (TV series)|Water Rats]]'', ''[[Beauty and the Beast (talk show)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', and ''[[Good Morning Australia (1992–2005)|Good Morning Australia]]''.<ref name=jail/> In October 2005, she was charged with [[social security]] fraud, and given a suspended sentence of six months imprisonment.<ref name=jail>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/actor-spared-jail-for-benefits-fraud/2005/10/11/1128796528918.html|title=Actor spared jail for benefits fraud|date=12 October 2005|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|author=Kate McClymont}}</ref>

In August 2010, Wallace was the subject of a ''[[Today Tonight]]'' special feature on the [[Seven Network]], where she was reportedly nearly broke and on the verge of becoming homeless. The following week, a number of offers to take her in were made by Australians around the country.

In March 2011, she was the subject of more media coverage, this time because the unit she occupied at [[subsidised rent]] in [[Wonthaggi]], Victoria was due for demolition in August 2011 and she feared she would have nowhere to live. The rent in Wonthaggi had doubled or even tripled due to the [[Wonthaggi desalination plant|Wonthaggi Desalination Plant]] being constructed nearby, but her pension would not even cover her rent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/gold-logie-winner-rowena-wallace-needs-a-home/story-e6frf96x-1226025043966|title=Herald Sun, 21 March 2011, Gold Logie winner Rowena Wallace needs a home}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

* [[You Can't See 'round Corners]] (1967/1969) ... Margie Harris
===Film===
* [[Contrabandits]] (1968) ... Carole

* [[Hunter]] (1968) ... Sue
{| class="wikitable sortable"
* [[Riptide (TV series)|Riptide]] (1969) ... Cathy Smith
|-
* [[Squeeze a Flower]] (1970) ... June Phillips
! Year
* [[The Rovers (TV series)|The Rovers]] (1969–1970) ... Rusty Collins
! Title
* [[Dynasty (TV series)|Dynasty]] (1970–1971) ... Betty Westlake/Jill Campbell
! Role
* [[Spyforce]] (1971) ... Trish Mathews
! class="unsortable" | Type
* [[Barrier Reef (TV series)|Barrier Reef]] (1971–1972) ... Tracey Deane
|-
* [[Matlock Police]] (1971–1973) ... Kate White/Susan Stone
|1969
* [[Boney (TV series)|Boney]] (1972) ... Kat Loader
|''[[You Can't See 'round Corners]]''
* [[...And Millions Die!]] (1973) ... Maggi Christopher
|Margie Harris
* [[Homicide (Australian TV series)|Homicide]] (1972–1973) ... Primrose Taylor
|Feature film
* [[Out of Love]] (1974) ... Julia Martin
|-
* [[The Evil Touch]] (1974) ... Jean
|1970
* [[Silent Number]] (1974) ... Sylvia Marsh
|''[[Squeeze a Flower]]''
* [[Ryan (TV series)|Ryan]] (1973–1974) ... Holly Beckett/Sue Ogilvie
|June Phillips
* [[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]] (1975–1976) ... Muriel Thompson
|Feature film
* [[Shannon's Mob]] (1975) ... Estelle
|-
* [[Murcheson Creek]] (1976) ... Karen Fields
|1976
* [[Division 4]] (1971–1976) ... WPC Jane Bell/Andrea Hayes
|''A Break In The Music''
* [[McCloud (TV series)|McCloud]] (1976) ... Police Detective
|Role unknown
* [[Power Without Glory]] (1976) ... Harriet Marshall
|Film short
* [[Bluey (TV series)|Bluey]] (1977) ... Jean Anderson
|-
* [[Glenview High]] (1977) ... Pam Wilson
|1981
* [[Cop Shop]] (1977) ... Pamela Taylor
|''[[Puberty Blues (film)|Puberty Blues]]''
* [[Bobby Dazzler]] (1978) ... Ruth Rierdon
|Mrs. Knight
* [[Burn the Butterflies]] (1979) ... Dr. Trish Morrison
|Feature film
* [[Water Under the Bridge]] (1980) ... Honor Mazzini
|-
* [[Holiday Island]] (1981) ... Marjorie Quaid
|1982
* [[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]] (1980–1981) ... Anne Griffin
|''{{sortname|The|Dark Room|The Dark Room (1982 film)}}''
* [[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]] (1982–1985) ... Patricia Dunne Hamilton Morrell Palmer
|Liz Llewellyn
* [[Glass Babies]] (1985) ... Dr Ruth McCrae
|Feature film
* [[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]] (1987) ... Pamela Hudson
|-
* [[Strike of the Panther]] (1988) ... Sgt. Lucy Andrews
|1985
* [[More Winners: The Big Wish]] (1990) ... Queen
|''[[Relatives (1985 film)|Relatives]]''
* [[A Country Practice]] (1992) ... Justice Patricia Lincoln
|Nancy Peterson
* [[Echo Point]] (1995) ... Elizabeth O'Connor
|Feature film
* [[Pacific Drive]] (1996) ... Mara de Villenois
|-
* [[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]] (2000) ... Katrina Ford
|1986
* [[Water Rats (TV series)|Water Rats]] (2000) ... Dolly Munro
|''[[Backstage (1988 film)|Backstage]]''
* [[The Finder (Australian TV series)|The Finder]] (2001) ... Irene Davidson
|Evelyn Hough
* [[Home and Away]] (2001–2003) ... June Reynolds
|Feature film
* [[Code 11-14]] (2003) ... Mrs. Shaw
|-
* [[Neighbours (TV series)|Neighbours]] (2007) ... Mary Casey
|1987
* [[Mind Fire]] (2011 ''IN PRODUCTION'') ... Dr. Rebecca Ryder
|''[[Strike of the Panther]]''
|Lucy Andrews
|Feature film
|-
|1989
|''[[Cappuccino (film)|Cappuccino]]''
|Anna
|Feature film
|-
|1995
|''[[Blackwater Trail]]''
|Beth
|Feature film
|-
|1998
|''Desire''
|Role unknown
|Film short (Tropfest)
|-
|2012
|''Ryder Country''
|Rebecca Ryder
|Feature film
|-
|2019
|''Magdala Rose''
|Lady Corba de Péreille
|Feature film <ref>{{Citation|title=Magdala Rose (2019) - IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7950848/|language=en|access-date=2020-12-07}}</ref>
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Type
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Theatre Royal (Australian TV series)|Theatre Royal]]''
| Herself
| TV series
|-
| 1964
| ''Beauty and the Beast''
| Herself
| TV series
|-
| 1967-1968
| ''[[You Can't See 'Round Corners (TV series)|You Can't See 'Round Corners]]''
| Margie Harris
| TV series, 26 episodes
|-
| 1968
| ''[[Contrabandits]]''
| Carole
| TV series, episode: "A Game for Two Players"
|-
| 1968
|''[[Hunter (1967 TV series)|Hunter]]''
| Sue
| TV series, 1 Episode: "Sue"
|-
| 1969
|''[[Riptide (Australian TV series)|Riptide]]''
| Cathy Smith
| TV series, Episode 3: "Affair at Mangrove Creek"
|-
| 1969
|''[[Riptide (Australian TV series)|Riptide]]''
| Xena
| TV series, Episode 21 : "Good Friday Island"
|-
| 1969–1970
| ''{{sortname|The|Rovers|The Rovers (TV series)}}''
| Rusty Collins
| TV series, 39 episodes
|-
| 1970–1971
| ''[[Dynasty (Australian TV series)|Dynasty]]''
| Betty Westlake / Jill Campbell
| TV series, episode 4: "Young Jim Westlake", "Corrida for A Stuntman"
|-
| 1970–1971
|''[[Barrier Reef (TV series)|Barrier Reef]]''
| Tracey Deane
| TV series, 22 episodes
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Spike Milligan|Spike Milligan Special]]''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 1971
| ''[[What for Marianne?]]''
|
| TV film
|-
| 1971
|''[[Spyforce]]''
| Patricia "Trish" Mathews
| TV series, episode 24: "The Lovers"
|-
| 1971; 1973
| ''[[Matlock Police]]''
| Sally Broughton / Kate White / Susan Stone
| TV series, 3 episodes: "Olsen's Ghost", "Cup Fever", "Jeff's Missing"
|-
| 1971–1974; 1975
| ''[[Division 4]]''
| Andrea Hayes / Betty Miller / Brenda Kelly / Ann Marshall / WPC Diane Webster / WPC Jane Bell
| TV series, 15 episodes
|-
| 1971
| ''Vision Escalator''
|
| TV film
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Boney (TV series)|Boney]]''
| Kat Loader
| TV series, episode 3: "Boney Meets The Daybreak Killer"
|-
| 1972–1973
| ''[[Homicide (Australian TV series)|Homicide]]''
| WPC Primrose Taylor / Ruth Morgan
| TV series, 2 episodes: "I Love You Primrose Taylor", "Follow The Leader"
|-
| 1973
| ''A Brace and a Bit''
|
| TV pilot
|-
| 1973
| ''[[And Millions Will Die|And Millions Will Die!]]''
| Maggi Christopher
| TV film
|-
| 1973–1974
| ''[[Ryan (TV series)|Ryan]]''
| Kate / Sue Ogilvie / Zita / Holly Beckett
| TV series, 4 episodes: "King's Bishop to Queen Three"; "Miss. Ogilvie Repents"; "Red Alert"; "Goodbye Holly Beckett"
|-
| 1974
| ''{{sortname|The|Evil Touch}}''
| Jean Lewis
| TV series, episode 20: "Kadaitcha Country"
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Silent Number (TV series)|Silent Number]]''
|Sylvia Marsh
| TV series, episode 8: "Dark Corridors"
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Out of Love (Australian TV series)|Out of Love]]''
| Julia Martin
| TV series, episode 1: "I Don't Want To Know"
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Shannon's Mob]]''
| Estelle
| TV series, episode 9: "Loser Takes All"
|-
| 1975
| ''Prophet in Love''
|
| TV film
|-
| 1975–1976
| ''[[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]]''
| Muriel Thompson
| TV series, 18 episodes
|-
| 1976
| ''[[McCloud (TV series)|McCloud]]''
| Jennifer McGee
| TV series, Season 6, episode 7: "Night Of The Shark"
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Power Without Glory]]''
| Harriet Marshall
| TV miniseries, 11 episodes
|-
| 1976
|''[[Murcheson Creek]]''
| Karen Fields
| TV film
|-
| 1976
|''[[List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions|Taggart's Treasure]]''
|
| TV film
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Bobby Dazzler]]''
| Ruth Rierdon
| TV series, episode 14: "The New Guard"
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Bluey (1976 TV series)|Bluey]]''
| Jean Anderson
| TV series, episode 26: "The Changeling"
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Moynihan (TV series)|Moynihan]]''
|
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Going Home (TV series)|Going Home]]''
| Jacqueline Newton
| TV film
|-
| 1977–1979
| ''[[Cop Shop]]''
| Pamela Taylor
| TV series, 158 episodes
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Glenview High]]''
| Pam Wilson
| TV series, episode 10: "Quiet Nights and Silent Deaths"
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Catspaw (TV series)|Catspaw]]''
| Kate Keppel
| TV series, 7 episodes
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Burn the Butterflies]]''
| Dr. Trish Morrison
| Teleplay / TV film
|-
| 1979
| ''Ray Lawler Trilogy''
| Presenter
| Teleplay series, 3 episodes
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Water Under the Bridge (miniseries)|Water Under the Bridge]]''
| Honor Mazzini
| TV miniseries, 4 episodes
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Skyways (TV series)|Skyways]]''
| Ann Wallace
| TV series, episode 148: "Spaces"
|-
| 1980–1981
| ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]''
| Anne Griffin
| TV series, 8 episodes
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Holiday Island]]''
| Marjorie Quinn
| TV series, 2 episodes: "Zack", "Island Queen"
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Outbreak of Love (miniseries)|Outbreak of Love]]''
| Diana Von Flugel
| TV miniseries
|-
| 1981
| ''{{sortname|The|Willow Bend Mystery}}'' (aka ''The Mesmerist'')
| Linda
| TV miniseries, 5 episodes screened in 1983
|-
| 1982–1985
| ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]''
| Patricia Hamilton / Patricia Morrell / Patricia Palmer
| TV series, 480 episodes
|-
| 1982–1985
| ''The Annual [[TV Week Logie Awards]]''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 1982-1988
| ''[[Channel Seven Perth Telethon]]''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Parkinson In Australia]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1984
| ''On the Edge of Survival''
| Presenter
| TV special
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Russian Spectacular With Torvill And Dean]]''
| Host
| TV Special
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Tonight With Bert Newton]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1985
| ''[[The Mike Walsh Show]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Glass Babies]]''
| Dr Gloria McCrae
| TV miniseries, 2 episodes
|-
| 1985
|''[[Midday (Australian TV program)|The Midday Show]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1985
| ''Return to Children in Crisis''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 1986
| ''A Chance to Live''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 1987
| ''Fight for Survival''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]''
| Pamela Hudson
| TV series, 40 episodes
|-
| 1988
| ''Tender Loving Care''
|
| TV pilot, never aired
|-
| 1988
| ''[[All the Way (TV series)|All the Way]]''
| Elaine Seymour
| TV miniseries, 3 episodes
|-
| 1988-1989
| ''[[All the Way (TV series)|All the Way]]''
| Elaine Seymour
| TV series, 26 episodes
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Logie Awards of 1989|The 31st Annual TV Week Logie Awards]]''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 1989
| ''Save the Children''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Midday (Australian TV program)|The Midday Show]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Mission: Impossible (1988 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]''
| Major Natalia Zorbuskaya
| TV series, episode 8: "The Pawn"
|-
| 1989
| ''[[G.P.]]''
|
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1989
| ''[[In Melbourne Today]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Flair (miniseries)|Flair]]''
| Pamela Winter-Smith
| TV miniseries; 2 episodes
|-
| 1990
| ''Some of My Children''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Winners (Australian TV series)|More Winners: The Big Wish]]''
| The Queen
| TV film series, 1 episode
|-
| 1991
| ''Cry Children''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Tonight Live with Steve Vizard]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1991
|''In Sydney Today''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1992
| ''[[60 Minutes (Australian TV program)|60 Minutes]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Hinch Live|Hinch]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1992
| ''[[The Morning Show (TV program)|The Morning Show]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1992
|''{{sortname|The|Flying Doctors}}''
| Paulina Giglia
| TV series, Season 9, episode 27: "Wimp"
|-
| 1992
| ''{{sortname|A|Country Practice}}''
| Justice Patricia Lincoln
| TV series, Season 12, episode 71: "Nothing But the Truth: Part 1"
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Midday (Australian TV program)|Ray Martin at Midday]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1993
| ''Real Life''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1993
| ''[[The Great Outdoors (Australian TV series)|The Great Outdoors]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Midday (Australian TV program)|Midday with Derryn Hinch]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1994
| ''Ernie and Denise''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1994
| ''Live It Up''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1994
| ''TVTV''
| Herself
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1994
|''[[Seven News|Seven Nightly News]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1994-2002
| ''[[Good Morning Australia (1992 TV program)|Good Morning Australia]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 2 episode
|-
| 1994
| ''Kilroy Down Under''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1994
| ''Day to Day''
| Guest
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1994
|''World Vision: Vision for a Better World Appeal''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Roy and HG]]''
| Guest
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1995
| ''[[G.P.]]''
| Elizabeth Armstrong
| TV series, episode 24: "Private Faces, Public Places"
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Midday (Australian TV program)|Midday]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Echo Point]]''
| Elizabeth O'Connor
| TV series, 5 episodes
|-
| 1995
|''[[A Current Affair (Australian TV program)|A Current Affair]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Wire TV]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1995
|''World Vision: Vision for a Better World Appeal''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 1996
| ''[[This Is Your Life (Australian TV series)|This Is Your Life]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Shark Bay (TV series)|Shark Bay]]''
| Clarissa Delaney
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Sale of the Century]]''
| Contestant
| TV series, 1 episode: "Super Logies Challenge"
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Wheel of Fortune (Australian game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]''
| Contestant
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1997-1998
| ''[[Pacific Drive (TV series)|Pacific Drive]]''
| Mara de Villenois / Mara Devlin
| TV series
|-
| 1998
| ''Mouthing Off''
| Guest
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Elle McFeast|McFeast Live]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Midday (Australian TV program)|Midday with Kerri-Anne]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Beauty and the Beast (talk show)|Beauty and the Beast]]''
| Herself
| TV series
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Denise (TV program)|Denise]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2000
| ''[[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]]''
| Katrina Ford
| TV series, Season 3, episode 4: "Eye Of The Beholder"
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Pizza (TV series)|Pizza]]''
| Anne Griffin
| TV series, episode 9: "Gambling Pizza"
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Water Rats (TV series)|Water Rats]]''
| Dolly Munro
| TV series, Season 5, episode 30: "Remember This"
|-
| 2000
| ''[[This Is Your Life (Australian TV series)|This Is Your Life]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode "Rowena Wallace"
|-
| 2000–2003
| ''[[Home and Away]]''
| [[List of Home and Away characters (2000)#June Reynolds|June Reynolds]]
| TV series, 20 episodes
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Ground Zero (TV program)|Ground Zero]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2001
| ''{{sortname|The|Finder|The Finder (film)}}'' (aka ''Trackdown'')
| Irene Davidson
| TV film
|-
| 2002
| ''The Best of Aussie Cop Shows''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 2002
| ''The Best of Aussie Drama''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 2003
| ''Code 11-14''
| Mrs. Shaw
| TV film
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Getaway (TV series)|Getaway]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Celebrity Overhaul]]''
| Herself
| TV series
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Today Tonight]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2005
| ''[[10 News First|Ten News]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Nine News]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Seven News]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2005
| ''[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2006; 2010
| ''[[A Current Affair (Australian TV program)|A Current Affair]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 3 episodes
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Temptation (Australian game show)|Temptation]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Sunday (Australian TV program)|Sunday]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Where Are They Now? (Australian TV program)|Where Are They Now]]''
| Guest - Herself with ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]'' cast: Tom Richards, Ian Rawlings, Ally Fowler, Peter Phelps, Belinda Giblin
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Neighbours]]''
| Recurring role: [[List of Neighbours characters (2007)#Mary Casey|Mary Casey]]
| TV series, 14 episodes
|-
| 2007
| ''9am with David & Kim''
| Guest
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Today Tonight]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2009
| ''[[50 Years Of Channel 7 Brisbane]]''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 2010
|''[[Today Tonight]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Today Tonight]]''
| Herself with 'Sons and Daughters' cast: Tom Richards, Cornelia Frances, Ally Fowler, Noel Hodda, Sarah Kemp, Alyce Platt, Antonia Murphy & Stephen Comey
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Today Tonight]]''
| Herself with [[Val Lehman]], [[Brian Wenzel]] & [[Gerard Kennedy (actor)|Gerard Kennedy]])
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Deadly Women]]''
| Judy Moran
| TV series<ref>{{Cite web|title=Foxtel|url=https://m.facebook.com/FOXTEL/photos/a.10150236821355074.476209.14922765073/10152072044190074|access-date=2020-12-07|website=m.facebook.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Micro Nation (TV series)|Micro Nation]]''
| Tottie Nesbit
| TV series, episode: "Meet Pullamawang"
|-
| 2012
| ''[[A Current Affair (Australian TV program)|A Current Affair]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2013
| ''The 1980s''
| Herself / Pat the Rat
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Studio 10]]''
| Studio Guest
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2016
| ''[[The Morning Show (TV program)|The Morning Show]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2017
| ''Decades: The 1980s''
| Herself / Pat the Rat
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Studio 10]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2022
| ''7 News Spotlight: The Fame Game - What Happens After the Applause Fades''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2023
| ''[[The Morning Show (TV program)|The Morning Show]]''
| Herself & Desiree Smith
| TV series, 1 episode
|}

==Theatre==
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Type
|-
| 1963 || ''[[Hamlet]]'' || ||
|-
| 1964 || ''[[Calamity Jane (musical)|Calamity Jane]]'' || Jane || [[La Boite Theatre Company|La Boite]]
|-
| 1965 || ''[[King Lear]]'' || ||
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Little Red Riding Hood]]'' || ||
|-
| 1966 || ''God Save the Queen'' || ||
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Relatively Speaking (play anthology)|Relatively Speaking]]'' || Virginia || [[Phillip Street Theatre]], [[Princess Theatre (Melbourne)|Princess Theatre, Melbourne]], [[Canberra Theatre Centre|Canberra Theatre]], [[Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide]], [[Theatre Royal, Hobart]]
|-
| 1973 || ''A Break in the Music'' || || [[Independent Theatre]]
|-
| 1973 ||''By Candlelight'' || ||
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Old Times]]'' || || [[University of New South Wales|UNSW]] Studio One
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Rattle of a Simple Man]]'' || Cyrenne || [[Regal Theatre, Perth]]
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Stepping Out (play)|Stepping Out]]'' || || [[Regal Theatre, Perth]], Opera Theatre, Adelaide, [[Comedy Theatre, Melbourne]], [[Canberra Theatre Centre]]
|-
| 1986-87 || ''A Coupla White Chicks'' || ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Bedroom Farce (play)|Bedroom Farce]]'' || || [[The Playhouse Theatre (Perth)|Playhouse Theatre, Perth]]
|-
| 1989 || ''[[How the Other Half Loves]]'' || || [[Glen Street Theatre]], Laycock Street Theatre, [[Twelfth Night Theatre]], [[Home of the Arts, Gold Coast|Gold Coast Arts Centre]]
|-
| 1989 || ''[[42nd Street (musical)|42nd Street]]'' || ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Blithe Spirit (play)|Blithe Spirit]]'' || || Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, [[Twelfth Night Theatre]], [[Home of the Arts, Gold Coast|Gold Coast Arts Centre]], Laycock Street Theatre, [[Sydney Opera House]]
|-
| 1991 || ''Double Act'' || || Australian national tour
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Same Time, Next Year (play)|Same Time, Next Year]]'' || || [[Glen Street Theatre]], [[The Playhouse Theatre (Perth)|Playhouse Theatre, Perth]]
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Lend Me a Tenor (musical)|Lend Me a Tenor]]'' || || [[Glen Street Theatre]]
|-
| 1993 || ''Deceptions'' || || [[Riverside Theatres Parramatta]]
|-
| 1994 || ''Night of 1001 Stars'' || ||
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Rebecca (musical)|Rebecca]]'' || || [[Twelfth Night Theatre]]
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Follies]]'' || ||
|-
| 2000 || ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' || Frau Schmidt || [[Burswood Dome]], [[Adelaide Festival Centre|Festival Theatre, Adelaide]]
|-
| 2001 || ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]'' || ||
|-
| 2002 || ''Bench'' || || [[Darlinghurst Theatre]]
|-
| 2003 || ''[[The Full Monty (play)|The Full Monty]]'' || Molly MacGregor || [[State Theatre (Melbourne)|State Theatre, Melbourne]]
|-
| 2006 || ''Mavis Bramston Reloaded'' || Various characters || [[Brisbane City Hall]], Twin Towns Services Club
|-
| 2008 || ''Theatresports'' || ||
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Little Shop of Horrors (musical)|Little Shop of Horrors]]'' || Narrator || Wonthaggi Theatrical Group
|-
| 2020 || ''[[The Secret Garden (musical)|The Secret Garden]]'' || Mrs Medlock || [[Sydney Lyric|Sydney Lyric Theatre]] (cancelled due to [[COVID-19|COVID]])
|}
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==Awards==

{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Work
! Result
|-bgcolor=silver
| 1983
| [[Logie Awards]]
| Silver Logie for Most Popular Lead Actress
| ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]''
| {{Won}}
|- bgcolor=gold
| 1984
| Logie Awards
| [[Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television|Gold Logie]]
| ''Sons and Daughters''
| {{won}}
|- bgcolor=silver
| 1984
| Logie Awards
| Silver Logie for Most Popular Actress
| ''Sons and Daughters''
| {{won}}
|-bgcolor=silver
| 1984
| Logie Awards
| Silver Logie for Best Actress in a Series
| ''Sons and Daughters''
|{{won}}
|- bgcolor=silver
| 1985
| Logie Awards
| Silver Logie for Best Lead Actress in a Series
| ''Sons and Daughters''
| {{won}}
|}


==References==
==References==

<references/>
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==

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* {{IMDb name|id=0908845|name=Rowena Wallace}}
* [http://www.femail.com.au/rowena-wallace.htm Femail article]
* [http://www.femail.com.au/rowena-wallace.htm Femail article]


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Rowena Wallace
Born (1947-08-23) 23 August 1947 (age 77)
Coventry, West Midlands, England
OccupationActress
Years active1962–present
Known forSons and Daughters as Patricia "Pat the Rat" Hamilton/Morrell/Palmer
Notable work
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1973; div. 1974)​

Rowena Wallace (born 23 August 1947) is an English-born Australian stage and screen actress, most especially in the genre of television soap opera. She is best known for her Gold Logie-winning role as conniving Patricia "Pat the Rat" Hamilton/Morrell/Palmer in Sons and Daughters, being the first soap star to win the Gold Logie.[1] After leaving the series and being replaced in the role by Belinda Giblin, Wallace returned in the final season as Patricia's sister Pamela Hudson.

She started her career on the small screen in the late 60's in serial You Can't See 'Round Corners as well as appearing in that serial's film version and then had regular roles in TV series including Crawford Productions Division 4, Number 96 and Cop Shop and in 1980-1981 became well known for her stint as Anne Griffin in cult series Prisoner.

After Sons and Daughters, she subsequently appeared primarily in guest roles and cameos in numerous TV serials, before again returning to more permanent fixtures in regular roles from 2000 to 2003 in Home and Away as June Reynolds, in Neighbours in 2007 as Mary Casey and in Deadly Women as gangland figure Judy Moran in 2012.

She has appeared as herself as a panellist on talk show Beauty and the Beast and featured regularly on Bert Newton's popular morning breakfast show Good Morning Australia.

Early life

[edit]

Rowena Wallace was born in Coventry, West Midlands, England, as an only child. She moved to Australia with her parents when she was five, settling in the state of Queensland. Her father was a pilot for Ansett Airlines. Initially she grew up in Cairns and later moved to Brisbane at the age of 12 years. There, she attended Kedron State High School. After finishing school she became interested in acting and was taken by her mother to dancing lessons at, and was also persuaded to join, the Twelfth Night Theatre under the artistic direction of Joan Whalley.

At age fifteen, having left school and attended a business college at the insistence of her parents, Wallace decided to become an actress. She joined an advertising agency while still performing in the theatre at night.

Career

[edit]

Early roles

[edit]

Wallace's first television role was in Brisbane as an entertainer on the variety show Theatre Royal hosted by George Wallace Jnr (no relation). She also presented the afternoon news and weather and a children's show.

While she was working in Brisbane, Barry Creyton persuaded the producers of a new series to fly Wallace down to Sydney to audition for the lead role in their show. As a result Wallace won the role of Margie Harris in You Can't See 'Round Corners in 1967 and moved to Sydney. She would also feature in the 1969 film version.[2]

After completing Round Corners, she went on to star as the juvenile lead in a short run tv series called "The Rovers",meanwhile she also stars in the hit comedy stage production between takes of 'The Rovers' with John McCallum and Googie Withers. The show, Relatively Speaking, played to packed audiences in Melbourne.[2]

On 12 February 1970, the film Squeeze a Flower had its world premiere in Sydney. Wallace starred in the movie as the female lead, opposite international Italian film star Walter Chiari. By 1972, she had found work intermittently. In 1973 she married George Assang, some 20 years her senior, a Thursday Island-born jazz singer and actor known professionally as Vic Sabrino.[3] The marriage lasted just over a year, and Wallace has had no long-term relationships since then.[citation needed]

"The Rovers" was a production that soon led to the Number 96 smash hit sitcom.. Produced by NLT Productions, executive producer was Bill Harmon and producer Don Cash, who would become famous for creating Number 96. The series was created by Roger Mirams and starred Rowena Wallace, Edward Hepple, Noel Trevarthen and child actor Grant Seiden. The storylines revolve around the adventures of the crew of the ‘Pacific Lady’, an island schooner owned by Captain Sam McGill (or ‘Cap’ for short), played by Hepple, Bob Wild (a freelance photographer) played by Trevarthen and Rusty Collins, a wildlife journalist (played by Wallace).

Number 96 and Prisoner

[edit]

In the late 1970s she appeared frequently on Australian television, with an ongoing role in the soap opera Number 96 in 1975–1976, followed by a regular role in the police drama Cop Shop, playing policeman's wife Pamela Taylor.[2] After leaving that series she played a mentally unbalanced remand prisoner named Anne Griffin in Prisoner for several weeks in late 1980.

Sons and Daughters

[edit]

Rowena Wallace's most famous role was in the soap opera Sons and Daughters, in which she played Patricia Dunne/Hamilton/Morrell/Palmer; starting in 1981.[2] Nicknamed Pat the Rat, the character became an immensely popular bitch figure in the series; its most famous character.

In 1984 Wallace won a Gold Logie for the portrayal[2] during an era when Gold Logies were usually won by major television personalities and hosts but not actors. She was the first woman soap actress to win the award since it was opened up to Most Popular Australian Personality.[clarification needed]. She was not the first female to win the Gold Logie, that honour going to Australian actress Lorrae Desmond. Wallace also received 4 Silver Logies.

Wallace left Sons and Daughters after three years, with her final scenes going to air early in 1985 just after her Gold Logie win.[2] Wallace claimed in a reunion documentary that she left due to exhaustion from playing such an intense character. She also claimed she regretted walking away from the role as she did not get the later acting offers she had anticipated. The popularity of her character led to it being recast, with Belinda Giblin assuming the role of a returning Patricia after extensive cosmetic surgery had altered her facial features. Late in the show's run, with ratings in decline, Wallace was returned to the series in an attempt to boost the show's popularity. With Giblin remaining in the show, Wallace now played a new character, that of Patricia's long-lost identical twin sister Pamela. Her return lasted ten weeks but did little to halt the show's dwindling ratings, and the show was cancelled shortly afterwards.

Home and Away and Neighbours

[edit]

Between years 2000 and 2003 Wallace appeared in the weeknight soap opera Home and Away as June Reynolds.[4]

In 2007 Wallace joined the cast of Neighbours for several months.[5] She played Mary Casey, an unstable woman[5] who ended up in prison for the false imprisonment of Pepper Steiger. Mary's cellmate turned out to be Sky Mangel.

Other roles

[edit]

In 2012 Wallace starred as Melbourne gangland matriarch Judy Moran in the Foxtel series Deadly Women.[6]

In September 2016 Wallace had a cameo in Wonthaggi Theatrical Group's production of Little Shop of Horrors as the narrator.

Personal life

[edit]

Wallace was briefly married to George Assang from 1973 to 1974.

At the age of nineteen, Wallace was diagnosed with scoliosis. She has required painkillers almost continuously since then.

Between July 1999 and November 2003, Wallace was collecting a disability support pension, despite being actively employed by television series such as Water Rats, Beauty and the Beast, and Good Morning Australia.[7] In October 2005, she was charged with social security fraud, and given a suspended sentence of six months imprisonment.[7]

In August 2010, Wallace was the subject of a Today Tonight special feature on the Seven Network, where she was reportedly nearly broke and on the verge of becoming homeless. The following week, a number of offers to take her in were made by Australians around the country.

In March 2011, she was the subject of more media coverage, this time because the unit she occupied at subsidised rent in Wonthaggi, Victoria was due for demolition in August 2011 and she feared she would have nowhere to live. The rent in Wonthaggi had doubled or even tripled due to the Wonthaggi Desalination Plant being constructed nearby, but her pension would not even cover her rent.[8]

Filmography

[edit]

Film

[edit]
Year Title Role Type
1969 You Can't See 'round Corners Margie Harris Feature film
1970 Squeeze a Flower June Phillips Feature film
1976 A Break In The Music Role unknown Film short
1981 Puberty Blues Mrs. Knight Feature film
1982 The Dark Room Liz Llewellyn Feature film
1985 Relatives Nancy Peterson Feature film
1986 Backstage Evelyn Hough Feature film
1987 Strike of the Panther Lucy Andrews Feature film
1989 Cappuccino Anna Feature film
1995 Blackwater Trail Beth Feature film
1998 Desire Role unknown Film short (Tropfest)
2012 Ryder Country Rebecca Ryder Feature film
2019 Magdala Rose Lady Corba de Péreille Feature film [9]

Television

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Year Title Role Type
1964 Theatre Royal Herself TV series
1964 Beauty and the Beast Herself TV series
1967-1968 You Can't See 'Round Corners Margie Harris TV series, 26 episodes
1968 Contrabandits Carole TV series, episode: "A Game for Two Players"
1968 Hunter Sue TV series, 1 Episode: "Sue"
1969 Riptide Cathy Smith TV series, Episode 3: "Affair at Mangrove Creek"
1969 Riptide Xena TV series, Episode 21 : "Good Friday Island"
1969–1970 The Rovers Rusty Collins TV series, 39 episodes
1970–1971 Dynasty Betty Westlake / Jill Campbell TV series, episode 4: "Young Jim Westlake", "Corrida for A Stuntman"
1970–1971 Barrier Reef Tracey Deane TV series, 22 episodes
1971 Spike Milligan Special Herself TV special
1971 What for Marianne? TV film
1971 Spyforce Patricia "Trish" Mathews TV series, episode 24: "The Lovers"
1971; 1973 Matlock Police Sally Broughton / Kate White / Susan Stone TV series, 3 episodes: "Olsen's Ghost", "Cup Fever", "Jeff's Missing"
1971–1974; 1975 Division 4 Andrea Hayes / Betty Miller / Brenda Kelly / Ann Marshall / WPC Diane Webster / WPC Jane Bell TV series, 15 episodes
1971 Vision Escalator TV film
1972 Boney Kat Loader TV series, episode 3: "Boney Meets The Daybreak Killer"
1972–1973 Homicide WPC Primrose Taylor / Ruth Morgan TV series, 2 episodes: "I Love You Primrose Taylor", "Follow The Leader"
1973 A Brace and a Bit TV pilot
1973 And Millions Will Die! Maggi Christopher TV film
1973–1974 Ryan Kate / Sue Ogilvie / Zita / Holly Beckett TV series, 4 episodes: "King's Bishop to Queen Three"; "Miss. Ogilvie Repents"; "Red Alert"; "Goodbye Holly Beckett"
1974 The Evil Touch Jean Lewis TV series, episode 20: "Kadaitcha Country"
1974 Silent Number Sylvia Marsh TV series, episode 8: "Dark Corridors"
1974 Out of Love Julia Martin TV series, episode 1: "I Don't Want To Know"
1975 Shannon's Mob Estelle TV series, episode 9: "Loser Takes All"
1975 Prophet in Love TV film
1975–1976 Number 96 Muriel Thompson TV series, 18 episodes
1976 McCloud Jennifer McGee TV series, Season 6, episode 7: "Night Of The Shark"
1976 Power Without Glory Harriet Marshall TV miniseries, 11 episodes
1976 Murcheson Creek Karen Fields TV film
1976 Taggart's Treasure TV film
1976 Bobby Dazzler Ruth Rierdon TV series, episode 14: "The New Guard"
1977 Bluey Jean Anderson TV series, episode 26: "The Changeling"
1977 Moynihan TV series, 1 episode
1977 Going Home Jacqueline Newton TV film
1977–1979 Cop Shop Pamela Taylor TV series, 158 episodes
1977 Glenview High Pam Wilson TV series, episode 10: "Quiet Nights and Silent Deaths"
1978 Catspaw Kate Keppel TV series, 7 episodes
1979 Burn the Butterflies Dr. Trish Morrison Teleplay / TV film
1979 Ray Lawler Trilogy Presenter Teleplay series, 3 episodes
1980 Water Under the Bridge Honor Mazzini TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1980 Skyways Ann Wallace TV series, episode 148: "Spaces"
1980–1981 Prisoner Anne Griffin TV series, 8 episodes
1981 Holiday Island Marjorie Quinn TV series, 2 episodes: "Zack", "Island Queen"
1981 Outbreak of Love Diana Von Flugel TV miniseries
1981 The Willow Bend Mystery (aka The Mesmerist) Linda TV miniseries, 5 episodes screened in 1983
1982–1985 Sons and Daughters Patricia Hamilton / Patricia Morrell / Patricia Palmer TV series, 480 episodes
1982–1985 The Annual TV Week Logie Awards Herself TV special
1982-1988 Channel Seven Perth Telethon Herself TV special
1983 Parkinson In Australia Herself TV series, 1 episode
1984 On the Edge of Survival Presenter TV special
1984 Russian Spectacular With Torvill And Dean Host TV Special
1984 Tonight With Bert Newton Herself TV series, 1 episode
1985 The Mike Walsh Show Herself TV series, 1 episode
1985 Glass Babies Dr Gloria McCrae TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1985 The Midday Show Herself TV series, 1 episode
1985 Return to Children in Crisis Herself TV special
1986 A Chance to Live Herself TV special
1987 Fight for Survival Herself TV special
1987 Sons and Daughters Pamela Hudson TV series, 40 episodes
1988 Tender Loving Care TV pilot, never aired
1988 All the Way Elaine Seymour TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1988-1989 All the Way Elaine Seymour TV series, 26 episodes
1989 The 31st Annual TV Week Logie Awards Herself TV special
1989 Save the Children Herself TV special
1989 The Midday Show Herself TV series, 1 episode
1989 Mission: Impossible Major Natalia Zorbuskaya TV series, episode 8: "The Pawn"
1989 G.P. TV series, 1 episode
1989 In Melbourne Today Herself TV series, 1 episode
1990 Flair Pamela Winter-Smith TV miniseries; 2 episodes
1990 Some of My Children Herself TV special
1990 More Winners: The Big Wish The Queen TV film series, 1 episode
1991 Cry Children Herself TV special
1991 Tonight Live with Steve Vizard Herself TV series, 1 episode
1991 In Sydney Today Herself TV series, 1 episode
1992 60 Minutes Herself TV series, 1 episode
1992 Hinch Herself TV series, 1 episode
1992 The Morning Show Herself TV series, 1 episode
1992 The Flying Doctors Paulina Giglia TV series, Season 9, episode 27: "Wimp"
1992 A Country Practice Justice Patricia Lincoln TV series, Season 12, episode 71: "Nothing But the Truth: Part 1"
1993 Ray Martin at Midday Herself TV series, 1 episode
1993 Real Life Herself TV series, 1 episode
1993 The Great Outdoors Herself TV series, 1 episode
1994 Midday with Derryn Hinch Herself TV series, 1 episode
1994 Ernie and Denise Herself TV series, 1 episode
1994 Live It Up Herself TV series, 1 episode
1994 TVTV Herself ABC TV series, 1 episode
1994 Seven Nightly News Herself TV series, 1 episode
1994-2002 Good Morning Australia Herself TV series, 2 episode
1994 Kilroy Down Under Herself TV series, 1 episode
1994 Day to Day Guest TV series, 1 episode
1994 World Vision: Vision for a Better World Appeal Herself TV special
1995 Roy and HG Guest TV series, 1 episode
1995 G.P. Elizabeth Armstrong TV series, episode 24: "Private Faces, Public Places"
1995 Midday Herself TV series, 1 episode
1995 Echo Point Elizabeth O'Connor TV series, 5 episodes
1995 A Current Affair Herself TV series, 1 episode
1995 Wire TV Herself TV series, 1 episode
1995 World Vision: Vision for a Better World Appeal Herself TV special
1996 This Is Your Life Herself TV series, 1 episode
1996 Shark Bay Clarissa Delaney TV series, 1 episode
1996 Sale of the Century Contestant TV series, 1 episode: "Super Logies Challenge"
1997 Wheel of Fortune Contestant TV series, 1 episode
1997-1998 Pacific Drive Mara de Villenois / Mara Devlin TV series
1998 Mouthing Off Guest TV series, 1 episode
1998 McFeast Live Herself TV series, 1 episode
1998 Midday with Kerri-Anne Herself TV series, 1 episode
2000 Beauty and the Beast Herself TV series
2000 Denise Herself TV series, 1 episode
2000 All Saints Katrina Ford TV series, Season 3, episode 4: "Eye Of The Beholder"
2000 Pizza Anne Griffin TV series, episode 9: "Gambling Pizza"
2000 Water Rats Dolly Munro TV series, Season 5, episode 30: "Remember This"
2000 This Is Your Life Herself TV series, 1 episode "Rowena Wallace"
2000–2003 Home and Away June Reynolds TV series, 20 episodes
2001 Ground Zero Herself TV series, 1 episode
2001 The Finder (aka Trackdown) Irene Davidson TV film
2002 The Best of Aussie Cop Shows Herself TV special
2002 The Best of Aussie Drama Herself TV special
2003 Code 11-14 Mrs. Shaw TV film
2005 Getaway Herself TV series, 1 episode
2005 Celebrity Overhaul Herself TV series
2005 Today Tonight Herself TV series, 1 episode
2005 Ten News Herself TV series, 1 episode
2005 Nine News Herself TV series, 1 episode
2005 Seven News Herself TV series, 1 episode
2005 ABC News Herself TV series, 1 episode
2006; 2010 A Current Affair Herself TV series, 3 episodes
2006 Temptation Herself TV series, 1 episode
2006 Sunday Herself TV series, 1 episode
2007 Where Are They Now Guest - Herself with Sons and Daughters cast: Tom Richards, Ian Rawlings, Ally Fowler, Peter Phelps, Belinda Giblin TV series, 1 episode
2007 Neighbours Recurring role: Mary Casey TV series, 14 episodes
2007 9am with David & Kim Guest TV series, 1 episode
2008 Today Tonight Herself TV series, 1 episode
2009 50 Years Of Channel 7 Brisbane Herself TV special
2010 Today Tonight Herself TV series, 1 episode
2011 Today Tonight Herself with 'Sons and Daughters' cast: Tom Richards, Cornelia Frances, Ally Fowler, Noel Hodda, Sarah Kemp, Alyce Platt, Antonia Murphy & Stephen Comey TV series, 1 episode
2012 Today Tonight Herself with Val Lehman, Brian Wenzel & Gerard Kennedy) TV series, 1 episode
2012 Deadly Women Judy Moran TV series[10]
2012 Micro Nation Tottie Nesbit TV series, episode: "Meet Pullamawang"
2012 A Current Affair Herself TV series, 1 episode
2013 The 1980s Herself / Pat the Rat TV series, 1 episode
2014 Studio 10 Studio Guest TV series, 1 episode
2016 The Morning Show Herself TV series, 1 episode
2017 Decades: The 1980s Herself / Pat the Rat TV series, 1 episode
2020 Studio 10 Herself TV series, 1 episode
2022 7 News Spotlight: The Fame Game - What Happens After the Applause Fades Herself TV series, 1 episode
2023 The Morning Show Herself & Desiree Smith TV series, 1 episode

Theatre

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Year Title Role Type
1963 Hamlet
1964 Calamity Jane Jane La Boite
1965 King Lear
1965 Little Red Riding Hood
1966 God Save the Queen
1970 Relatively Speaking Virginia Phillip Street Theatre, Princess Theatre, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Theatre Royal, Hobart
1973 A Break in the Music Independent Theatre
1973 By Candlelight
1974 Old Times UNSW Studio One
1981 Rattle of a Simple Man Cyrenne Regal Theatre, Perth
1985 Stepping Out Regal Theatre, Perth, Opera Theatre, Adelaide, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre Centre
1986-87 A Coupla White Chicks
1987 Bedroom Farce Playhouse Theatre, Perth
1989 How the Other Half Loves Glen Street Theatre, Laycock Street Theatre, Twelfth Night Theatre, Gold Coast Arts Centre
1989 42nd Street
1990 Blithe Spirit Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Twelfth Night Theatre, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Laycock Street Theatre, Sydney Opera House
1991 Double Act Australian national tour
1992 Same Time, Next Year Glen Street Theatre, Playhouse Theatre, Perth
1993 Lend Me a Tenor Glen Street Theatre
1993 Deceptions Riverside Theatres Parramatta
1994 Night of 1001 Stars
1997 Rebecca Twelfth Night Theatre
2000 Follies
2000 The Sound of Music Frau Schmidt Burswood Dome, Festival Theatre, Adelaide
2001 The Vagina Monologues
2002 Bench Darlinghurst Theatre
2003 The Full Monty Molly MacGregor State Theatre, Melbourne
2006 Mavis Bramston Reloaded Various characters Brisbane City Hall, Twin Towns Services Club
2008 Theatresports
2016 Little Shop of Horrors Narrator Wonthaggi Theatrical Group
2020 The Secret Garden Mrs Medlock Sydney Lyric Theatre (cancelled due to COVID)

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Awards

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Year Association Category Work Result
1983 Logie Awards Silver Logie for Most Popular Lead Actress Sons and Daughters Won
1984 Logie Awards Gold Logie Sons and Daughters Won
1984 Logie Awards Silver Logie for Most Popular Actress Sons and Daughters Won
1984 Logie Awards Silver Logie for Best Actress in a Series Sons and Daughters Won
1985 Logie Awards Silver Logie for Best Lead Actress in a Series Sons and Daughters Won

References

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  1. ^ "CV Rowena Wallace" (PDF). www.bgmagency.com.au.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Rowena Wallace Career Page". Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Classic Australian Television Interview Rowena Wallace". TV Eye No 3. October 1994.
  4. ^ "Best Character Awards : 68 to 40..." p. 66. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  5. ^ a b Casey, Marcus (11 April 2007). "Pat the Rat is back". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  6. ^ https://m.facebook.com/FOXTEL/photos/a.10150236821355074.476209.14922765073/10152072044190074 [user-generated source]
  7. ^ a b Kate McClymont (12 October 2005). "Actor spared jail for benefits fraud". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  8. ^ "Herald Sun, 21 March 2011, Gold Logie winner Rowena Wallace needs a home".
  9. ^ Magdala Rose (2019) - IMDb, retrieved 7 December 2020
  10. ^ "Foxtel". m.facebook.com. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  11. ^ "AusStage".
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