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Ilona Rodgers (born 28 April 1942) is a British-born actress who has been based in New Zealand since the mid-1980s and later then in Australia. ==Career == Rodgers breakthrough roles in British television included an adaptation of ''Martin Chuzzlewit'' and Carol in ''The Sensorites'', a six-episode adventure from BBC science-fiction series ''Doctor Who''. She also made guest appearances in ''The Saint'' and ''The Avengers''. Rodgers first lived in New Zealand from 1973, appearing in soap opera ''Close to Home'' and successful goldmining drama ''Hunter's Gold'' (retitled ''Scott Hunter'' in some territories). Between 1978 and the mid-1980s she lived in Australia. There she appeared in television programmes ''The Sullivans'', ''Sons and Daughters'' (as Patricia Hamilton's sister, Margaret Dunne) and the 1985 Australian miniseries ''Anzacs'' (as Lady Thea Barrington), as well as nine episodes of long-running prison drama ''Prisoner'' (in 1983). Her ''Prisoner'' character, Zara Moonbeam, a medium who claimed to have clairvoyant powers, was forced by Nola McKenzie (Carole Skinner) into impersonating Bea Smith's (Val Lehman) deceased daughter Debbie. Hopes that Bea would thus commit suicide, thinking she had witnessed her daughter's ghost, did not go to plan, but Rodgers' character made it out of prison alive. After relocating back to New Zealand, her work included medical soap ''Shortland Street'' and presenting duties on a light entertainment and advertorial program called ''Good Morning''. Rodger's best-known role in New Zealand is probably TV series Gloss. She starred in ''Gloss'' for three seasons, from 1987 to 1990, playing bossy magazine editor Maxine Redfern. The series was about a fictional publishing empire run by the Redfern family 〔()〕 Later Rodgers played Australian wife to New Zealand comedy legend Billy T James on the final, sitcom version of "The Billy T James Show" (1990). Her stage work has included one-woman play ''Shirley Valentine'', ''By Degrees'' written by Roger Hall and ''Three Tall Women'' by Edward Albee. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ilona Rodgers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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