24 Facts About Rowena Wallace

Rowena Wallace was born on 23 August 1947 and is an English-born Australian stage and screen actress, most especially in the genre of television soap opera.

Rowena Wallace 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.

Rowena Wallace was born in Coventry, West Midlands, England, as an only child.

Rowena Wallace moved to Australia with her parents when she was five, settling in the state of Queensland.

At age fifteen, having left school and attended a business college at the insistence of her parents, Rowena Wallace decided to become an actress.

Rowena Wallace joined an advertising agency while still performing in the theatre at night.

Rowena Wallace presented the afternoon news and weather and a children's show.

Rowena Wallace starred in the movie as the female lead, opposite international Italian film star Walter Chiari.

The marriage lasted just over a year, and Rowena Wallace has had no long-term relationships since then.

In 1984 Rowena Wallace won a Gold Logie for the portrayal during an era when Gold Logies were usually won by major television personalities and hosts but not actors.

Rowena Wallace was the first woman soap actress to win the award since it was opened up to Most Popular Australian Personality.

Rowena Wallace was not the first female to win the Gold Logie, that honour going to Australian actress Lorrae Desmond.

Rowena Wallace left Sons and Daughters after three years, with her final scenes going to air early in 1985 just after her Gold Logie win.

Rowena Wallace claimed in a reunion documentary that she left due to exhaustion from playing such an intense character.

Rowena Wallace claimed she regretted walking away from the role as she did not get the later acting offers she had anticipated.

Late in the show's run, with ratings in decline, Rowena Wallace was returned to the series in an attempt to boost the show's popularity.

Rowena Wallace's return lasted ten weeks but did little to halt the show's dwindling ratings, and the show was cancelled shortly afterwards.

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

In 2007 Rowena Wallace joined the cast of Neighbours for several months.

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

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

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

At the age of nineteen, Rowena Wallace was diagnosed with scoliosis.

Between July 1999 and November 2003, Rowena 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.