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Carol Burns (born 1947) has worked in film, television and theatre in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Career Highlights
Born and bred in Brisbane, Carol first shot to fame in her award winning performance in the now cult TV program, Prisoner
Prisoner (TV series)

Prisoner is an Australian television soap opera which was set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a List of fictional prisons women's prison....
, in which she played tough lesbian bikie, Frankie Doyle. A highly experienced and versatile theatre actress, Burns has also appeared in films including The Mango Tree
The Mango Tree

The Mango Tree is a Miles Franklin Award winning novel by Australian author Ronald McKie.References...
, Bad Blood
Bad Blood

Bad Blood is an English phrase referring to enmity between two people or groups.The phrase may also refer to:...
, Starstruck
Starstruck (1982 film)

Starstruck is a 1982 in film Australian comedy-drama musical film starring Jo Kennedy, Ross O'Donovan and Margo Lee about two teenagers trying to make their break into the music industry....
, and Strikebound.

Carol Burns had acted exclusively in the theatre for ten years before acting in film or on television.






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Carol Burns (born 1947) has worked in film, television and theatre in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Career Highlights


Born and bred in Brisbane, Carol first shot to fame in her award winning performance in the now cult TV program, Prisoner
Prisoner (TV series)

Prisoner is an Australian television soap opera which was set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a List of fictional prisons women's prison....
, in which she played tough lesbian bikie, Frankie Doyle. A highly experienced and versatile theatre actress, Burns has also appeared in films including The Mango Tree
The Mango Tree

The Mango Tree is a Miles Franklin Award winning novel by Australian author Ronald McKie.References...
, Bad Blood
Bad Blood

Bad Blood is an English phrase referring to enmity between two people or groups.The phrase may also refer to:...
, Starstruck
Starstruck (1982 film)

Starstruck is a 1982 in film Australian comedy-drama musical film starring Jo Kennedy, Ross O'Donovan and Margo Lee about two teenagers trying to make their break into the music industry....
, and Strikebound.

Carol Burns had acted exclusively in the theatre for ten years before acting in film or on television. As a founding member of the Queensland Theatre Company, based in Brisbane, she has been a major contributor to its success. In 2005, Carol performed in the Queensland Theatre Company's sell-out season of Edward Albee's production of The Goat. As part of the 2007 season, she is appearing in The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie is a play by Tennessee Williams that was originally written as a screenplay for MGM, to whom Williams was contracted . The play premiered in Chicago in 1944, and in 1945 won the prestigious New York Drama Critics Circle Award....
 by Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams was an American playwright who received many of the top theatrical awards. He moved to New Orleans in 1939 and changed his name to "Tennessee", the state of his father's birth....
. She has also performed for La Boite Theatre
La Boite Theatre

La Boite Theatre Company is a major Australian theatre company, based in Brisbane. It is the second largest theatre company in Queensland, after Queensland Theatre Company....
.

Awards and nominations


  • Logie Awards - Best Lead Actress in a Series - Prisoner
    Prisoner (TV series)

    Prisoner is an Australian television soap opera which was set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a List of fictional prisons women's prison....
     (1979) - won
  • Australian Film Institute
    Australian Film Institute

    The Australian Film Institute , established in 1958, is an organisation that promotes Australian film and television through the annual Australian Film Institute Awards, a membership program and AFI film events throughout the year....
     - Best Actress in a Guest Role in a Television Drama Series - Blue Heelers (1994) - episode - "Deadly Fascination" - nominated
  • Australian Film Institute
    Australian Film Institute

    The Australian Film Institute , established in 1958, is an organisation that promotes Australian film and television through the annual Australian Film Institute Awards, a membership program and AFI film events throughout the year....
     - Best Actress in a Lead Role - Strikebound (1984) -nominated
  • Australian Film Institute
    Australian Film Institute

    The Australian Film Institute , established in 1958, is an organisation that promotes Australian film and television through the annual Australian Film Institute Awards, a membership program and AFI film events throughout the year....
     - Best Actress in a Supporting Role - The Mango Tree
    The Mango Tree

    The Mango Tree is a Miles Franklin Award winning novel by Australian author Ronald McKie.References...
     (1977) - nominated
  • Queensland Actors Equity Award - Best Established Artist - (2006) - won


Articles and Interviews



External links

  • View diary of written in 1863-1864 and narrated by Carol Burns. This virtual book is held at the State Library of Queensland, reference code OM71-14.