Briony Behets

Born: 1951-07-21

Briony Behets (born 21 July 1951) is an English-Australian former actress who found fame acting in Australian television soap operas of the 1970s and 1980s. At age 17 she was accepted into the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, studying there for two years. After completing the course she travelled to the United States as part of a student exchange project, working there as a nightclub dancer. Behets subsequently enjoyed several high-profile television roles in Australia. She was an original cast member of soap opera Number 96 playing Helen Eastwood in 1972 but her character was written out of the serial after only a few months. She was subsequently a member of the original cast of another adult soap The Box starting in 1974 and her role in that series lasted 14 months. After leaving The Box she appeared for a short stint in Bellbird before taking an ongoing role in the school-based teen soap Class of '75. Film roles included the joint lead with Judy Morris in The Trespassers (1976) for which she was nominated for a Best Actress Award, Raw Deal (1977), Inside Looking Out (1977), Long Weekend (1978). In the 2000s she also guest starred in some US drama series such as JAG. She returned to Neighbours in July 2008, in another role as Kate Newton a romantic interest for Harold Bishop. She had also starred alongside Ian Smith in Neighbours 21 years earlier in 1987 when she played a different character. Her latest role saw her as a regular on The Saddle Club series three as the second actor to portray Mrs. Reg.


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Not Quite Hollywood

as Self
Released: 2008-08-28

As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art...

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Long Weekend

as Marcia
Released: 1979-03-29

When a suburban couple goes camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature...

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Allie & Me

as Woman in Salon
Released: 1997-10-01

Beverly Hills wife Michelle catches her husband in bed with her best friend Allie, who works at...

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Skin Deep

as Barbara Kennedy
Released: 1983-01-01

Drama and tensions rise as two determined partners in a successful Australian fashion empire...

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Night of Fear

as Horse Girl
Released: 1973-03-16

A young girl who has just spent an afternoon playing tennis and making love with a man, gets...

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The Heroes

as Alice
Released: 1988-01-01

Based on a true story, The Heroes follows one of the most extraordinary and heroic exploits of...

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Alvin Rides Again

as Girl in Taxi
Released: 1974-12-16

Alvin Purple, a man who can't hold down a job because of his voracious sexual appetite,...

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Nightmares

as Angela
Released: 1980-10-30

A little girl named Cathy tries to keep her mother from making out with a man while driving one...

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Cassandra

as Helen
Released: 1987-05-12

A young woman has eerie flashes of recovered memories of her brother committing a murder,...

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The Trespassers

as Penny
Released: 1976-08-18

In 1970, political journalist Richard lives with Penny but is having an affair with actress Dee....

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Inside Looking Out

as Elizabeth
Released: 1977-11-24

The marriage of Robert and Elizabeth is collapsing, both concentrating on their jobs...

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JAG

as Jenny
First aired: 1995-09-23

Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Melba Drummond
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Number 96

as Helen Eastwood (credit only)
First aired: 1972-03-13

Number 96 was a popular Australian soap opera set in a Sydney apartment block. Don Cash and Bill...

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Number 96

as Helen Eastwood
First aired: 1972-03-13

Number 96 was a popular Australian soap opera set in a Sydney apartment block. Don Cash and Bill...

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The Flying Doctors

as Jean Lambert
First aired: 1986-05-15

The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved...

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E Street

as Margaret Bennett
First aired: 1989-01-24

An Australian television soap opera, set in a tough fictional inner-city district called...

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Homicide

as Helen Green
First aired: 1964-10-20

Homicide was an Australian television police drama series The series dealt with the homicide...

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The Saddle Club

as Elizabeth Regnery
First aired: 2001-02-06

The Saddle Club is a children's television series based on the books written by Bonnie Bryant...

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Matlock Police

as Joyce Roberts
First aired: 1971-02-25

Matlock Police is an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for...

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The Young Doctors

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-11-08

The Young Doctors is an Australian early evening soap opera. The series was set in the fictional...

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Bluey

as Karen Wallace
First aired: 1976-08-02

At Melbourne's Russell Street Police Headquarters, Sgt. "Bluey" Hills, unable to work within the...

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The Evil Touch

as Miss Prentice
First aired: 1973-06-19

The Evil Touch is an Australian-produced television series, originally broadcast in Australia in...

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Flair

as Samantha Harmon
First aired: 1990-08-01

Tessa returns home to Melbourne to establish her own label while battling her devious younger...

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