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    Briony Behets

    1951-07-21 (73 years old) in London, England, UK

    Briony Behets (born 21 July 1951) is an English-Australian former actress who found fame acting in Australian television soap operas of the 1970s and 1980s. At age 17 she was accepted into the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, studying there for two years. After completing the course she travelled to the United States as part of a student exchange project, working there as a nightclub dancer. Behets subsequently enjoyed several high-profile television roles in Australia. She was an original cast member of soap opera Number 96 playing Helen Eastwood in 1972 but her character was written out of the serial after only a few months. She was subsequently a member of the original cast of another adult soap The Box starting in 1974 and her role in that series lasted 14 months. After leaving The Box she appeared for a short stint in Bellbird before taking an ongoing role in the school-based teen soap Class of '75. Film roles included the joint lead with Judy Morris in The Trespassers (1976) for which she was nominated for a Best Actress Award, Raw Deal (1977), Inside Looking Out (1977), Long Weekend (1978). In the 2000s she also guest starred in some US drama series such as JAG. She returned to Neighbours in July 2008, in another role as Kate Newton a romantic interest for Harold Bishop. She had also starred alongside Ian Smith in Neighbours 21 years earlier in 1987 when she played a different character. Her latest role saw her as a regular on The Saddle Club series three as the second actor to portray Mrs. Reg.

    Movies

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    Not Quite Hollywood
    68 %|Aug 28, 2008
    Comedy, Documentary
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    Allie & Me
    30 %|Oct 1, 1997
    Comedy
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    The Heroes
    53 %|Jan 1, 1988
    Drama, Action, War
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    Cassandra
    69 %|May 12, 1987
    Horror, Fantasy
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    Skin Deep
    100 %|Jan 1, 1983
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Nightmares
    52 %|Oct 30, 1980
    Horror, Thriller
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    Long Weekend
    61.34 %|Mar 29, 1979
    Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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    Inside Looking Out
    0 %|Nov 24, 1977
    Drama
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    The Trespassers
    0 %|Aug 18, 1976
    Drama
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    Alvin Rides Again
    48 %|Dec 16, 1974
    Comedy
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    Night of Fear
    55 %|Mar 16, 1973
    Horror, Thriller

    Series

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    The Saddle Club
    63 %|Feb 6, 2001
    Family, Drama
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    JAG
    73 %|Sep 23, 1995
    Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
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    Flair
    20 %|Aug 1, 1990
    Drama
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    E Street
    72 %|Jan 24, 1989
    Soap, Drama
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    The Flying Doctors
    60.709999999999994 %|May 15, 1986
    Drama
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    Murder, She Wrote
    75 %|Sep 30, 1984
    Mystery, Crime, Drama
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    The Young Doctors
    67 %|Nov 8, 1976
    Soap, Drama
    actor
    Alvin Purple
    0 %|Aug 13, 1976
    Comedy
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    Bluey
    60 %|Aug 2, 1976
    Drama, Crime
    actor
    Class of...
    0 %|Mar 18, 1974
    Drama
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    The Evil Touch
    55 %|Jun 19, 1973
    Drama
    actor
    Birds in the Bush
    0 %|May 3, 1972
    Comedy
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    Number 96
    45 %|Mar 13, 1972
    Comedy, Crime, Drama
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    Number 96
    45 %|Mar 13, 1972
    Comedy, Crime, Drama
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    Matlock Police
    75 %|Feb 25, 1971
    Drama
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    Homicide
    43 %|Oct 20, 1964
    Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure