Colette Mann has been in the entertainment industry for over 50 years.
21 Facts About Colette Mann
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Colette Mann had previously appeared in the latter series in 1995 in an eight-week role.
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Colette Mann has appeared in The Flying Doctors and Blue Heelers television series and the 2000 film The Dish.
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Colette Mann has written two books and had a column in New Idea magazine.
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Colette Mann resigned from the role in March 1982 to pursue other projects and her final episode was broadcast in August 1982.
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Colette Mann did however make guest appearances in 1983 and 1984.
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Colette Mann has appeared in The Flying Doctors, MDA and Blue Heelers.
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In 1988, Colette Mann portrayed the role of "Edith Fraser" in the American television movie Outback Bound, which starred American actors Donna Mills and John Schneider.
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From late 1995, Colette Mann briefly took over the role of Cheryl Stark in the soap opera Neighbours for eight weeks when Caroline Gillmer was taken ill.
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From February 2012, Colette Mann joined the cast of Neighbours again as regular character Sheila Canning.
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Colette Mann has appeared for numerous Screen Star Events in the UK.
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Colette Mann revealed in an interview in 2022 with Talking Prisoner that during the filming for series 7 of Wentworth she had a cameo alongside Val Lehman and Fiona Spence as the series at the time had not been formally renewed for its final series, she said that they filmed their cameo for the final episode of series 7 but the scene was not used in the scenes that went to air.
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Colette Mann has been a presenter on the TV shows The Don Lane Show, Hey Hey It's Saturday, What's Cooking, Good Morning Australia and The Circle.
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Colette Mann has been a fill-in presenter for Glenn Ridge on talk back radio MTR 1377.
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Colette Mann appeared on Jeremy Vine Channel 5 in July 2019.
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Colette Mann was part of a three-woman troupe in the 1980s called the Mini Busettes with fellow Prisoner actresses Jane Clifton and Betty Bobbitt.
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Colette Mann was a member of the original Australian cast of Godspell in 1971.
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Colette Mann played the role of Buttercup in Opera Australia's production of HMS Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan in 2005.
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Colette Mann appeared on stage as Shirley, the battleaxe owner of Broken Hill pub, in Priscilla Queen of the Desert - the Musical in 2010.
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In 2023, Colette Mann joined the pantomime in the UK for Beauty and The Beast for its 2023 season.
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Colette Mann has written two books, It's A Colette Mann's World and Give Me A Break, and writes for New Idea magazine as a feature writer about her family and sons.