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Melissa Jaffer
Gladstone, Queensland, Austrailia
Melissa Jaffer (born December 1, 1936) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her television roles, but has also appeared in many Australian films. Jaffer has made many…
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Melissa Jaffer (born December 1, 1936) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her television roles, but has also appeared in many Australian films. Jaffer has made many appearances in television series, including Kings, Mother and Son, G. P., Brides of Christ, Grass Roots and All Saints. Jaffer is probably best known to international audiences for her role as aging mystic Utu-Noranti Pralatong in the science fiction series Farscape. In 1976, Jaffer tied for the first AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role opposite Jacki Weaver for her performance in Caddie. In 1980 she played the part of Cousin Edie in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's children's television series The Nargun and the Stars. In the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road she played the role of "Keeper of the Seeds". The short film Dear Life is her latest project.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2022
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Movie Clementine
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2019
Strangers
Movie
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2015
Mad Max: Fury Road
Movie Keeper of the Seeds
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2004
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
TV show Utu-Noranti Pralatong
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2003
Snobs
TV show Gwen
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2003
BlackJack
Movie Helen Kirsten
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2001
The Farm
TV show Helen Cooper
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2000
My Mother Frank
Movie Sister Sebastian
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2000
Grass Roots
TV show Fran Smith
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1999
Komodo
Movie Patrick's Grandmother
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1999
Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien
Movie Granny Marshall
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1999
The Lost World
TV show Crazy Old Woman
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1999
Farscape
TV show Nilaam
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1998
All Saints
TV show Eileen Sullivan
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1992
The Distant Home
Movie Mrs. Webster
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1992
You and Me and Uncle Bob
Movie Sylvie
More credits
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1991
Brides of Christ
TV show Sister Attracta
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1991
Police Rescue
TV show Gwen
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1989
The Delinquents
Movie Aunt Westbury
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1989
E Street
TV show Queenie
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1987
The Harp in the South
TV show Miss Sheily
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1986
Land of Hope
TV show
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1984
The Coolangatta Gold
Movie Ballet Teacher
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1984
Singles
TV show Gloria
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1983
Molly
Movie Aunt Jenny
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1983
Kindred
Movie Shirley
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1982
Starstruck
Movie Mrs. Booth
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1978
Weekend of Shadows
Movie Vi
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1976
Do I Have to Kill My Child?
Movie Mrs. Hammond
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1976
Caddie
Movie Leslie
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1975
Ride a Wild Pony
Movie Mrs. Pirie
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1974
The Cars That Ate Paris
Movie Beth
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Out Of Love
TV show
