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Helen Scott (actress)

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Helen Scott
Born
Helen Hough

Australia
Occupation(s)Actress (stage and television)
Known forA Country Practice as Matron Marta Kurtesz (original character)

Helen Scott (née Hough) is an Australian actress best known for her work in theatre and on television. She has also appeared in musicals in England.

Biography

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Scott remains most well known for her role as Matron Marta Kurtesz, an original character in television serial A Country Practice in 1981. She played the character utilizing an Eastern European accent. One of her primary story-arcs in the serial was her brief romance with Dr. Terence Elliott (played by Shane Porteous), however she left the series in 1983, with her character returning to her native Budapest, Hungary with an old friend. She was replaced as Matron by actress Joan Sydney, who would have a long run playing the role of Maggie Sloane until 1990, and then appearing again when the series, which aired originally on Network Seven, was briefly relaunched by Network Ten in 1994.

Musicals

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In 1960, Scott acted in the Frank Loesser's musical, "The Most Happy Fella", at the Coliseum in London, England with Inia Te Wiata, Edwin Steffe, Art Lund, Libi Staiger, Jack DeLon, Helena Leahy, Walter Midgley, William Dickie, Alan Jones, and Art Lund in the cast.[1]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Type
1977 Death Cell (as Helen Hough) TV movie
1978 The Scalp Merchant Support role (as Helen Hough) TV movie
1979 Money in the Bank (as Helen Hough) TV movie
1979 Patrol Boat (as Helen Hough) TV series, 1 episode
1980 People Like Us (as Helen Hough) TV movie
1981 The Young Doctors Sister Norma Campbell (as Helen Hough) TV series
1981-1983 A Country Practice Matron Marta Kurtesz (as Helen Scott) TV series, 126 episodes
1988 The Last Resort Recurring role TV series
1991 Chances Carol Hawkins TV series, 1 episode
1996; 1998 Water Rats Mary Beth Endicott TV series, 1 episode
1997 Big Sky Pam McWilliam TV series, 3 epsidoes
1998 Water Rats Joy Godfrey TV series, 1 episode
2000 Above the Law TV series, 1 episode
2001 All Saints Sheila McArsle TV series, 1 episode
2011 Today Tonight Guest (with A Country Practice cast: Brian Wenzel, Lorrae Desmond, Andrew Blackman, Michelle Pettigrove, Josephine Mitchell, Wendy Strehlow, John Tarrant, Judith McGrath & Emily Nichol) TV series, 1 episode
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  1. ^ "Helen Scott | Actress". IMDb. Retrieved 8 September 2024.