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Arna-Maria Winchester
Born(1949-11-30)30 November 1949
Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Died7 December 2008(2008-12-07) (aged 59)
Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActress
ChildrenPutu Winchester
FamilyJoan Winchester

Arna-Maria Winchester was an Australian actress, appearing on film, TV and in the theatre.[1][2]

Career

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Winchester played the lead role of Carmel Stilson in the 1980 science fiction thriller film The Chain Reaction,[3][4] alongside Steve Bisley. She also played Doona Douglas in the 1984 TV film Man of Letters,[5] opposite Warren Mitchell.

Her other film credits included sex-comedy sequel Alvin Rides Again (1974), Sidecar Racers (1975), adventure film Eliza Fraser (1976), TV movie Cass (1978), fantasy comedy horror Pandemonium (1987) and thriller Initiation (1987). She also appeared as herself in the documentary film, Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! about Australian New Wave cinema of the 1970s and 1980s.

Winchester also appeared in numerous television series. From 1983 to 1984, she played one of the lead roles as daughter Christine King in the 1983 TV series Kings.[6] She also appeared in 1982 World War I drama miniseries 1915 as Brigid Scott.

Winchester had guest roles, in several Crawford Productions series including Ryan,[1] Homicide[7] Division 4 and Matlock Police. Further guest credits included Spyforce, Boney, Certain Women, Silent Number, Shannon's Mob, The Box, Cop Shop, Bellamy, A Country Practice, Special Squad, miniseries The Dirtwater Dynasty and Rafferty's Rules. She made later guest appearances in E Street, Heartbreak High, The Lost World, All Saints and H2O: Just Add Water.

Winchester's stage appearances[8] included Come Live With Me at Sydney's Phillip Theatre in 1971,[1] The Hell Of It and Baby Baby at Sydney's Stables Theatre in 1982[2][9] and La Musica at Lookout Theatre in 1996.[10][11]

Personal life

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Winchester was married to Terry Stanton and lived with him in Bali, where she opened a clothing boutique, while Stanton worked as a hotel manager.

She gave birth to son, Putu (meaning 'first born') Sugiarta Winchester-Stanton in Denpasar on New Year's Eve. Putu is also an actor, best known for playing Dennis Klinsmann in Heartbreak High from 1997 to 1999, from the age of 18. While pregnant with Putu, Winchester was bitten by a wild dog and underwent injections which compromised her health for the rest of her life.

Stanton became violent after a motorcycle accident in Bali, which led to Winchester moving back to Australia with her son, and her marriage ending.

Winchester has a grandson, Ryder.[12]

Death

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Winchester passed away from a brain tumour in Byron Bay in 2008. At her wake, her son Putu and ex-husband Stanton got into a physical fight, resulting in Stanton being placed in a coma and eventually passing away. Putu was cleared of any wrongdoing in his father's death.[12]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Type
1974 Alvin Rides Again Nancy Feature film
1975 Sidecar Racers Marlene Feature film
1976 Eliza Fraser Mrs Cameron Feature film
McManus MPB Policewoman Farrow TV movie
1977 Out of It Hitch-Hiker Film
1978 Cass TV movie
1980 The Chain Reaction Carmel Stilson Feature film
1984 Man of Letters Doona Douglas TV movie
1985 Taking a Look Woman Short film
1987 Coda Dr Steiner TV movie
Pandemonium B. De Woolf / Wife Feature film
Initiation Sal Feature film
1997 Dust Off the Wings Guest Film
1992 September Her Short film
2008 Mixed Bag Brigid Short film
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! Herself Documentary film

Television

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Year Title Role Type
1969–1975 Homicide Mary Callaghan / Pam Condon / Shirley White / Valerie Kersten / Margaret Jackson 5 episodes
1970 Phoenix Five Leonian S1E3: "To End Is to Begin"
1971 The Comedy Game S1E4: "Gaudeamus Igitur"
1971–1972 Spyforce Jill Stewart 3 episodes
1972 Boney Robin Pointer S1E9: "Boney and the Black Virgin"
1972–1974 Matlock Police Poppy Reid / Julie Turner / Judy Winter 3 episodes
1973 Certain Women
The Evil Touch Jeanette / Evie 2 episodes
1973; 1974 Ryan Misty / Terri Davis 2 episodes
1973; 1975 Division 4 Janie / Melanie 2 episodes
1974 This Love Affair Diane S1E3: "Good Time Charley – The Chequer Cab Kid"
1975 Silent Number Leah S1E31: "The Outlook for Monday"
Shannon's Mob Ingrid S1E10: "The Playpen"
1976 The Box Ann Chambers 2 episodes
Up The Convicts
1980–1982 Cop Shop Ruth Hill / Nancy O'Neil 4 episodes
1981 Bellamy Gwen S1E1: "The Massage Girl Murders"
Sporting Chance S1E5: "99th in the World"
1982 1915 Brigid Scott Miniseries, 3 episodes
1983 The Dismissal Miniseries, episode 2
A Country Practice Frances McNichol 2 episodes
1983–1984 Kings Christine King 13 episodes
1984 Special Squad Cassie Summers Episode 17: "Wild Man"
1985–1987 The Fast Lane S1E7: "The Sound of One Hand Counting"
1988 The Dirtwater Dynasty Mrs Tarbox Miniseries, episode 1
1989 Rafferty's Rules Rose Willis S5E5: "Out of Line"
1991 Boys from the Bush Gloria Goodson Episode 2: "Poetic Galah"
1993 E Street Helen Newman Episode 396
1997 Heartbreak High Michelle Williams S5E34
2000; 2001 The Lost World Hagen Queen / Lor 2 episodes
2002 All Saints Susanne Zinenko S5E31: "Where the Heart Is"
2006 H2O: Just Add Water Aunt Thea S1E7: "Moon Spell"

Theatre

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Year Title Role Type
1969 The Imaginary Invalid Louise Theatre Royal, Hobart
Mrs Porter and the Angel Tatty Hollow PACT Youth Theatre, Sydney
1971 Come Live With Me Phillip St Theatre, Sydney
1973 Jugglers Three Keren Playbox Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
1974 The Chapel Perilous Sally Banner Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company
1975 Ivanov Sydney Opera House
A Programme on Farce UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney
1976 Look Back In Anger Monash University with The Alexander Theatre Company
1981 Outside Edge Ginnie Marian St Theatre, Sydney
1982 The Hell Of It Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
Baby Baby Myra Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
1985 Steaming Seymour Centre, Sydney, Canberra Theatre
1996 La Musica Lookout Theatre
2004 Howard the Arselicker Seymour Centre, Sydney with 24HRRR

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Arna as Ryan star", The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 July 1973
  2. ^ a b Wagner, Lucy (12 November 1982), "Arna Winchester stages own one-woman show", The Sydney Morning Herald
  3. ^ Bennett, Colin (26 September 1980), "Encounters of the Geiger kind", The Age
  4. ^ McDonald, Dougal (26 September 1980), "An exciting chase but chance lost", The Canberra Times
  5. ^ Lee Lewes, Jacqueline (5 August 1984), "Mitchell the Magnificent!", The Sydney Morning Herald
  6. ^ Lee Lewes, Jacqueline (19 June 1983), "Meet the Kings, Nine's newest drama family*", The Sydney Morning Herald
  7. ^ "Customs hold up TV cops in Paradise", The Age, 27 November 1975
  8. ^ a b "Arna-Marie Winchester theatre credits". AusStage.
  9. ^ Lewis, Berwyn (16 November 1982), "On life, death, and incomprehension", The Sydney Morning Herald
  10. ^ Morrison, Peter (4 October 1996), "Love's bumpy ride", The Australian Jewish News
  11. ^ Dunne, Stephen (2 September 1996), "Unlikable two, cliched, tortuous and twee", The Sydney Morning Herald
  12. ^ a b https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/heartbreak-high-star-putu-winchesters-tragic-fall-from-fame-231748305.html
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