Tina Bursill was born on 24 July 1951 and is an Australian actress.
12 Facts About Tina Bursill
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Tina Bursill played Louise Carter on the television series Skyways and Sonia Stevens on Prisoner.
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Tina Bursill played Meryl Knight in the Nine Network drama series Doctor Doctor.
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Tina Bursill studied drama at the National Institute of Dramatic Art and graduated in 1971.
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Tina Bursill started her career in musicals and stand-up comedy, before being cast in more serious roles in theatre.
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Tina Bursill made her television debut in 1973, appearing in the lead role of short-lived comedy series The People Next Door as Meg Penrose.
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Tina Bursill was a regular character in daily soap opera The Unisexers which was launched in February 1975 on the Nine Network, however the program's low ratings led to its cancellation and removal from broadcast after only three weeks.
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In 1983, Tina Bursill was cast in the role of Sonia Stevens on Network Ten's cult classic prison drama series Prisoner, in which she was introduced in the fifth season as a devious vice queen imprisoned for heroin trafficking.
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Tina Bursill had previously appeared in Heartbreak High the year before as TV news reporter, Trish Ferro.
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Tina Bursill is known for her recurring roles on the Seven Network soap opera Home and Away during the fourth season and fourteenth season as Lois Crawford and Stella Patterson respectively.
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In 2023 Tina Bursill appeared in the Australian television series One Night.
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Tina Bursill made her feature film debut in 1975 when she was cast in The Great Macarthy, a sports comedy with John Jarratt and Barry Humphries.