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Sarah Kemp (actress)

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Sarah Kemp
Born
Gypsie Mary Kemp

24 February 1937
Died9 January 2015(2015-01-09) (aged 77)
Other namesGypsy Kemp
OccupationActress
Years active1969–2008
Known forSons and Daughters (TV series) as Charlie Bartlett (544 episodes)

Sarah Kemp (born Gypsie Mary Kemp, 24 February 1937 – 9 January 2015) was an Australian-born actress, who started her acting career in the United Kingdom, she was best known for starring in the Australian soap opera Sons and Daughters, playing the character of dizzy socialite Charlie Bartlett, from 1982 to 1987.

Career

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Kemp, who was born as Gypsie Mary Kemp on 24 February 1937 in Melbourne, Victoria and started her career in the United Kingdom, with credits including the film A Touch of the Other (1970), two episodes of the Doctor Who story Day of the Daleks (1972), and a 1972 episode of The Benny Hill Show. She was in the series Shoestring, which appeared on BBC television between 1979 and 1980, playing an Australian hitchhiker.

She then returned to her native Australia and starred in Sons and Daughters. She appeared in A Sporting Chance in 1981. Her last credited role was in the TV movie Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 in 1993. She quit acting and worked as an English teacher.[1]

Kemp briefly dabbled in politics running for the seat of Bennelong in the 1998 Australian federal election on the Unity Party ticket and also ran New South Wales Legislative Council in 1999 also on the Unity ticket.[2]

Death

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Kemp died at Bellingen Hospital in New South Wales on 9 January 2015, due to lung cancer, aged 77.[3]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Type
1970 A Touch of the Other Shirley (as Gypsie Kemp) Feature film, UK
1979 Yesterday's Hero Redhead in Disco (as Gypsie Kemp) Feature film, UK
2008 The Gift Elizabeth Short film

Television

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Year Title Role Type
1969 Z Cars Guest role: Nurse TV series UK, 1 episode
1972 Doctor Who Guest role: U.N.I.T. Radio Operator (as Gypsie Kemp) TV series UK, 2 episodes
1972 The Benny Hill Show Herself (as Gypsie Kemp) TV series UK, 1 episode
1973 The Tarbuck Follies Herself (as Gypsie Kemp) TV movie, UK
1977 Happy Ever After Guest role: Telephonist (as Gypsie Kemp) TV series UK, 1 episode
1979 Shoestring Guest role: Hitch Hiker (as Gypsie Kemp) TV series UK, 1 episode
1981 A Sporting Chance Guest role: Kerry ABC TV series, 1 episode
1982 The Young Doctors Guest role: Maureen Cawley TV series, 1 episode
1982–1987 Sons and Daughters Recurring/Regular role: Charlie Bartlett TV series, 550 episodes
1988 A Country Practice Guest role TV series, 1 episode
1993 Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 Hilary Vette TV movie, Australia/US
1994; 1995 G.P. Guest role: Sister ABC TV series, 1 episode
1995 G.P. Guest role: Kerry ABC TV series, 1 episode
2011 Today Tonight Herself with 'Sons and Daughters' cast: Rowena Wallace, Tom Richards, Stephen Comey, Ally Fowler, Alyce Platt, Cornelia Frances & Antonia Murphy TV series, 1 episode

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Sons and Daughters: a tribute to the classic Aussie soap of the 1980s". Sonsandaughters.co.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "New South Wales 1999 Election Results" (PDF). ABC Election Archives. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Vale: Sarah Kemp". TVtonight.com.au. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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