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Rowena Wallace (born 23 August 1947) is an English-born Australian actress, most especially in the genre of soap opera. She is best known for her Gold Logie-winning role as Patricia "Pat The Rat" Hamilton/Morrell/Palmer in ''Sons and Daughters'' ==Early life and budding career== Rowena Wallace was born in Coventry, West Midlands, an only child. She moved to Australia with her parents when she was five. Initially she grew up in Cairns and later moved to Brisbane at the age of 12 years. There, she attended Kedron State High School and was taken by her mother to dancing lessons at, and also persuaded to join, the Twelfth Night Theatre under the artistic direction of Joan Whalley in Bowen Hills. Her father was a pilot for Ansett Airlines. At age fifteen, having left school and attended a business college at the insistence of her parents, Wallace decided to become an actress. She joined an advertising agency while still performing in the theatre at night. Her first television role was in Brisbane as an entertainer on the variety show ''Theatre Royal'' (hosted by George Wallace, Jr., no relation). She also hosted the afternoon news and weather and a children's show. At the age of nineteen, Wallace was diagnosed with scoliosis (curvature of the spine). She has required painkillers almost continuously since then. While Wallace was working in television in Brisbane, Barry Creyton persuaded the producers of a new series to fly her down to Sydney to audition for the lead role in their show; as a result Wallace won the role of Margie Harris in ''You Can't See 'Round Corners'' and moved to Sydney.〔 After completing ''Corners'', she went on to star as the juvenile lead in a hit comedy stage production with John McCallum and Googie Withers. The show, ''Relatively Speaking'', played to packed audiences in Melbourne.〔 On 12 February 1970, the film ''Squeeze a Flower'' had its world premiere in Sydney. Wallace starred in the movie as the female lead, opposite international film veteran, Walter Chiari. By 1972, she had found work intermittently. In 1973 she married George Assang (d. 1997), a Thursday Island-born jazz singer known professionally as Vic Sabrino.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Classic Australian Television Interview Rowena Wallace )〕 The marriage lasted just over a year, and Wallace has had no long-term relationships since then. In the late 1970s she appeared frequently in Australian television, with an ongoing role in the soap opera ''Number 96'' in 1975–1976, followed by a regular role in the police drama ''Cop Shop'', playing policeman's wife Pamela Taylor.〔 After leaving that series she played a mentally unbalanced remand prisoner named Anne Griffin in ''Prisoner'' for several weeks in late 1980. Also in mini series "The Mesmerist" character & year unknown - 1980/81? 〔 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「Rowena Wallace」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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