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- Full Name
- Maggie Kirkpatrick
- Born
- January 29, 1941
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- Age
- 85 years
- Zodiac Sign
- Capricorn
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- Nationality
- 🇦🇺 Australia
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- Profession
- Actress
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Biography
Maggie Kirkpatrick is 85 years old, an actress, from Australia.
Margaret Anne Kirkpatrick (née Downs; born 29 January 1941) is an Australian stage and screen actress who has appeared in numerous theatre, television and feature film roles since the late 1950s. Kirkpatrick starred in the TV series Prisoner (known as Prisoner: Cell Block H in the UK and North America), portraying the character "The Freak" Joan Ferguson, a prison officer with a sinister and cold personality.
She performed in the premiere Australian production of the musical Wicked as Madame Morrible. Kirkpatrick has appeared in numerous TV series including Richmond Hill, Water Rats, G.P. and Blue Heelers, as well as two roles in All Saints and Home and Away. In 2019, she released her autobiography The Gloves Are Off: The Inside Story From Prisoner to Wicked.
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