Linda Cropper

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Linda Cropper (born 1 January 1958) is an Australian actress, primarily known for her role as Geraldine Proudman in the TV series Offspring and as Dame Nellie Melba in the television series Melba. A shortened version of Melba was selected for screening as a film at a Royal Command Performance before Queen Elizabeth II in London.

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Linda Cropper
Born (1958-01-01) 1 January 1958 (age 67)
OccupationActress
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Career

Television

Cropper's television credits include roles in ABC miniseries Palace of Dreams, Edens Lost, Ring of Scorpio, Bordertown, Wildside, Water Rats, All Saints, White Collar Blue and The Pacific. She had a recurring role as Xhalax Sun during the third season of the Australian-American science fiction series Farscape.[citation needed]

Film

Cropper's film credits include Teesh and Trude (2002), Little Fish (2005) and Fool's Gold (2008).[citation needed]

Theatre

Cropper's many theatre credits include Simon Phillip's co-production of Poor Boy for the Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company, and the role of Lady Macbeth in Bell Shakespeare's Macbeth. Other credits with Bell Shakespeare include Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, As You Like It and Hamlet. Sydney Theatre Company credits include Arcadia, A Month in the Country, Top Girls, and Great Expectations. She played the solo role Melbourne Theatre Company's production of The Architect by Aidan Fennessy in 2018.[1]

Filmography

Television

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Year Title Role Type Ref
1980 Spring & Fall C.E.S. Officer TV series, episode 1: 'Close Comfort'
1984 Five Mile Creek Tillie TV series, 1 episode
A Country Practice Joy Walker TV series, 2 episodes
1985 Palace of Dreams Miriam Mendel TV miniseries, 10 episodes
1986 Cyclone Tracy Joycie TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1987 Melba Nellie Melba / Nellie Mitchell Armstrong 'Melba' TV miniseries, 8 episodes
1988 Rafferty's Rules TV series, 1 episode
Mike Willesee's Australians Lola Montez TV film series, episode 6: 'Lola Montez'
Spit MacPhee Betty Arbuckle TV miniseries, 4 episodes
Edens Lost Stevie TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1989 Bodysurfer Anthea TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1990 Ring Of Scorpio Marlene Walker TV miniseries, 3 episodes
The Private War of Lucinda Smith Lucinda Smith TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1992 Children of the Dragon Monica TV miniseries, 2 episodes
In Sydney Today Guest TV series, 1 episode
Cluedo Matilda Mayberry TV series, 1 episode
1993 Review Guest Presenter TV series, 1 episode
G.P. Shelley TV series, 1 episode
1994; 1997 Good Morning Australia Guest TV series, 2 episodes
1994; 1997 What's Cooking? Guest TV series, 2 episodes
1995 Bordertown Bev Stafford TV miniseries, 10 episodes
1997 Ten News Herself TV series, 1 episode
Return To Jupiter Computer TV series, 13 episodes
1998 Wildside Carol Wilson TV series, 1 episode
1999-2000 Water Rats Charlie Driscoll TV series, 7 episodes
2000-2001 Farscape Xhalas Sun / Fento TV series, 5 episodes
2002 All Saints Anita Murphy TV series, 1 episode
2002-2003 White Collar Blue Fran Hoffman TV pilot & 7 other episodes
2004 Frank Hurley: The Man who Made History Narrator (voice) TV documentary
2006 McLeod's Daughters Trudi Webb TV series, 2 episodes
2008 Connected: The Power of Six Degrees Narrator (voice) Film documentary
2009 Fairweather Men Narrator (voice) TV documentary
2010 The Pharaoh Who Conquered the Sea Narrator (voice) TV documentary
2010 Satisfaction Loretta Hawkes TV series, 1 episode
2010-2017 Offspring Geraldine Proudman TV series, 86 episodes [2]
2010 The Pacific Mary Frank Sledge TV miniseries, 4 episodes
2011 The Secret History of Eurovision Narrator (voice) TV special
2011 Seduction in the City Narrator TV series, 1 episode
2012 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Veronique Sarcelle TV series, 1 episode
2013 Redfern Now Coroner TV series, 1 episode
2014 Old School Barb TV series, 1 episode
2016 Howard on Menzies: Building Modern Australia Narrator (voice) TV series documentary, 2 episodes
2016 Rake Ms Crown TV series, 2 episodes
2017 The Leftovers The Nun TV series, 2 episodes
2018 Studio 10 Guest TV series, 1 episode
2018 Pine Gap Dani Griffin TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2020 How to Stay Married Claire TV series, 1 episode
2024 High Country Rose de Vigny TV series, 8 episodes [3]
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Film

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1986Going SaneIrene CarterFeature film
1994The Seventh FloorVivianFeature film
1996Little White LiesTesslerFeature film
1997 The Hostages[4] Wendy TV film
1997Sidewinder - Titanic DaysDianneFilm short
1997BlackrockDianeFeature film
1998With or Without YouAudreyFeature film
1999PassionMrs. LoweryFeature film
1999EnvyKateFeature film
2001 My Husband, My Killer Megan Kalajzich TV film
2002Teesh and TrudeTrudy (Trude)Feature film
2002The NuggetRoadhouse WaitressFeature film
2005Little FishDeniseFeature film
2006 Answered By Fire Liz Savage TV film
2007 The Tank Film short
2008 Dream Life Dawn TV film
2008Fool's GoldTess's AttorneyFeature film
2010 Suburbia Mary Film short
2013 Welcome to Iron Knob Auntie Marg Film short
2018 Upgrade Pamela Feature film
2019 Koko: A Red Dog Story Loop-Group ADR Feature film
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Year Title Role Company
1978The Threepenny OperaNIDA Theatre
1979Lost to the DevilMaggieNeutral Bay Music Hall
1979CabaretSallyCivic Playhouse, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company
1979Under Milk WoodCivic Playhouse, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company
1979The Miracle WorkerAunt EvCivic Playhouse, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company
1980Cyrano de BergeracRefreshment Girl / Lise / Sister MartheSydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1980VolponeCeliaNimrod Theatre
1981Celluloid HeroesAlison MackayOpera Theatre, Adelaide, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth
1981The DresserIreneTheatre Royal, Sydney, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Townsville Civic Theatre, Pilbeam Theatre, Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth
1981ChinchillaRomola de PulszkySydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1982AmadeusConstanze WeberTheatre Royal, Sydney with Sydney Theatre Company
1982Tristram ShandyNimrod Theatre
1984A Midsummer Night's DreamMelbourne Athenaeum with Melbourne Theatre Company
1986The Madras HouseSydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1988The Mortal FalconWharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1988An Ideal HusbandWharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1988LootWharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1990The Secret RaptureKatherine GlassSydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1990Three SistersMashaSydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1991Three Stories High - Julia's Song / Painted Woman / Koori LoveBelvoir Street Theatre
1992The Marriage of FigaroThe CountessSuncorp Theatre, Brisbane
1992VassaNIDA Studio
1993Top GirlsWharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1993The IdiotCrossroads Theatre, Sydney with Fisher Stein Productions
1994King LearSydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2000A Month in the CountrySydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2002HippolytusGovernment House, Sydney with Bell Shakespeare
2003HamletGertrudeSydney Opera House, Orange Civic Theatre, Playhouse Canberra, Ford Theatre, Geelong, Playhouse, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Hobart with Bell Shakespeare
2003As You Like ItPlayhouse, Melbourne with Bell Shakespeare
2004Twelfth NightMariaSydney Opera House, Playhouse, Melbourne, Playhouse Canberra, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Orange Civic Theatre with Bell Shakespeare
2005Death VariationsSeymour Centre with East Coast Theatre Company
2006Romeo and JulietLady CapuletPlayhouse, Canberra, Playhouse, Melbourne, Sydney Opera House with Bell Shakespeare
2007MacbethLady MacbethAustralian national tour with Bell Shakespeare
2009Poor BoyVivSouthbank Theatre, Sydney Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company / Sydney Theatre Company
2011And No More Shall We PartPamStables Theatre with Griffin Theatre Company
2012The MousetrapMrs BoyleSydney Theatre, Playhouse Canberra, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Dunstan Playhouse, St. James Theatre, Wellington, QPAC
2014NoraHelenBelvoir Theatre
2014GhostsHelene AlvingMelbourne Theatre Company[5]
2015Elektra / OrestesClytemnestraBelvoir Theatre
2018The ArchitectHelen PyefinchSouthbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
2019Australian RealnessMotherMalthouse Theatre
2021–22Grand HorizonsNancyRoslyn Packer Theatre
ArcadiaSydney Theatre Company
Great ExpectationsSydney Theatre Company
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Accolades

In 2010, Cropper was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance Satisfaction, and also in the 1989 AACTAs for Best Actress in a Miniseries, for Edens Lost.[citation needed]

She won the Green Room Award (Performer, Theatre Companies) in 2019 for her 2018 performance in The Architect.[7]

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