Wendy Hughes

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

48

Gender

Female

Birthday

1952-07-29

Day of death

2014-03-08 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Wendy Hughes

Biography

Wendy Hughes (29 July 1952 – 8 March 2014) was an Australian actress known for her work in theatre, film and television. Hughes was an award-winning actress. Her career spanned more than forty years and established her reputation as one of Australia's finest and most prolific actors. Her biggest role was in Lonely Hearts, played in 1982 (this film was the beginning of a long collaboration with director Paul Cox). In her later career she acted in Happy New Year along with stars Peter Falk and Charles Durning. In 1993 she played Dr. Carol Blythe, M. E. in Homicide: Life on the Street. In the late 1990s, she starred in State Coroner and Paradise Road. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wendy Hughes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Star Trek: The Next Generation

  • Homicide: Life on the Street

    Homicide: Life on the Street

  • The Man from Snowy River

    The Man from Snowy River

  • Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

    Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

  • Number 96

    Number 96

  • Donor

    Donor

  • Puzzle

    Puzzle

  • Princess Caraboo

    Princess Caraboo

  • Hoodwink

    Hoodwink

  • Happy New Year

    Happy New Year

  • The Caterpillar Wish

    The Caterpillar Wish

  • Return to Eden

    Return to Eden

  • Kostas

    Kostas

  • Paradise Road

    Paradise Road

  • City Homicide

    City Homicide

  • Newsfront

    Newsfront

  • Lust and Revenge

    Lust and Revenge

  • My First Wife

    My First Wife

  • Salvation

    Salvation

  • An Indecent Obsession

    An Indecent Obsession

  • Remember Me

    Remember Me

  • Jock Petersen

    Jock Petersen

  • A Woman Named Jackie

    A Woman Named Jackie

  • Amerika

    Amerika

  • I Can't Get Started

    I Can't Get Started

  • State Coroner

    State Coroner

  • Power Without Glory

    Power Without Glory

  • Not Quite Hollywood

    Not Quite Hollywood

  • Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue

    Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue

  • The Man Who Sued God

    The Man Who Sued God

  • My Brilliant Career

    My Brilliant Career

  • The Heist

    The Heist

  • Lucinda Brayford

    Lucinda Brayford

  • The View from Greenhaven

    The View from Greenhaven

  • A Dangerous Summer

    A Dangerous Summer

  • Careful, He Might Hear You

    Careful, He Might Hear You

  • Boundaries of the Heart

    Boundaries of the Heart

  • Sidecar Racers

    Sidecar Racers

  • Shadows of the Peacock

    Shadows of the Peacock

  • The Alternative

    The Alternative

  • Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train

    Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train

  • Lonely Hearts

    Lonely Hearts

  • High Rolling

    High Rolling

  • Constructing Australia

    Constructing Australia

  • Is There Anybody There?

    Is There Anybody There?

  • Duet for Four

    Duet for Four

  • Luigi’s Ladies

    Luigi’s Ladies

  • Touch and Go

    Touch and Go