Patsy King


Patsy King is a retired Australian character actress of theatre and television and commercial voice over. She was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. King trained as a Shakespearean actress with the National Theatre, she spent her early years in the United Kingdom. After appearing in a few made for TV movies in the 1960s she subsequently started in television during the 1970s, and appeared in many Australian television series, including: Power Without Glory; Homicide; Division 4; Hunter; Bellbird; The Sullivans; Chopper Squad; Bluey; Out of Love; Good Morning, Mr. Doubleday; The Long Arm. She was also a hostess of children's television programs Play School and Adventure Island. She found her largest audience as Erica Davidson, an original cast member of the cult soap opera Prisoner, from 1979 to 1983, with guest reappearances in 1984, after which she retired from television. King has appeared in numerous theatre roles including both modern period pieces since the early 1960s, and although retired from the small screen, she appeared in the theatre production Love Letters in 2009.

Theatre

SOURCE: AusStage.
Her theatre stage credits, from 1951 onwards, include the Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Blithe Spirit, Absurd Person Singular, A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur, Half a Sixpence, Love for Love. She earned the Erik Award for her portrayal of Agnes in Fourposter, and has also received the Melbourne critics' award. As of 1990, King was a regular theatre actress and performer, although briefly returned to the theatre in 2009 in the stage play, ''Love Letters

Selected Plays

Filmography