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Elizabeth "Liz" Harris is a retired Australian stage and television actress who appeared on a number of popular television series and films from the mid-1960s up until her retirement in 1993. She is best known for her role as ''Liza'' in the 1960s children's television series ''Adventure Island'' but also playing recurring characters ''Sally Dempster'' in ''Prisoner'' and ''Clover Owen-Jones'' in ''A Country Practice'' in her later career. She was also the wife of longtime Australian television and radio star Leonard Teale. They married on 18 December 1968. ==Biography== Elizabeth Harris made her television acting debut on ''Consider Your Verdict'' in 1962. From 1962 to 1966 she co-hosted an Australian version of ''Video Village'', with Danny Webb, on Channel 7. She was then cast in the children's television series ''The Magic Circle Club'' and made several guest appearances on ''Homicide'' between 1965-66. She also starred in a second children's series, ''Adventure Island'' (1967) with co-star Ernie Bourne (replacing original host Nancy Cato who had been injured during production),〔Moran, Albert and Chris Keating. ''Historical Dictionary of Australian Radio and Television''. Langham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2007. (pg. 243) ISBN 0-8108-5370-1〕 in what became her breakout role as the series heroine ''Lisa'', and ''Hunter'' (1968). In July 1968, she also performed at St. Martin's Theatre with Charles Chilton, Joan Littlewood and Ted Allen in a ''London Theatre Workshop'' stage production of ''Oh, What a Lovely War!''. She took an absence from television acting for several years but made brief appearances on ''The 40s in Swing Time'' (1973), ''Alvin Purple'' (1976) and ''King's Men'' (1979). In 1982, she was cast as ''Sally Dempster'' in the cult soap opera ''Prisoner''.〔Museum of Broadcast Communications (2004). "Prisoner." In H. Newcomb (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Television (Vol. I, 2nd ed.). New York and London: CRC Press. (pg. 1827) ISBN 1-57958-411-X〕〔Mercado, Andrew. ''Super Aussie Soaps: Behind the Scenes of Australia's Best Loved TV Shows''. Melbourne: Pluto Press Australia, 2004. (pg. 138) ISBN 1-86403-191-3〕 Although she appeared on the series briefly, Harris had a memorable role as an alcoholic wife of a businessman. She is eventually sent to prison for running over her husband and attempted suicide after it was revealed that she was physically abusive to her young daughter. She also appeared on ''Sons and Daughters'' and ''A Country Practice'' that same year. Her recurring role as ''Clover Owen-Jones'' in the latter series would continue on and off for the next nine years. Harris continued to make television appearances during the 1980s with supporting roles in television films ''Skin Deep'' (1983), ''Shout! The Story of Johnny O'Keefe'' (1985) and the television series ''Relative Merits'' in 1987. Her final television appearance was in ''G.P.'' in 1993. In January 2004, she appeared at a special book signing and screening of Lisa Milner's ''Fighting Films'' with Michael Craig and Jack Thompson. Her attendance was in honor of her late husband Leonard Teale who worked with the film company as a voice actor during the 1950s. 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「Liz Harris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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