1. Early life
    Career in England  Career in New Zealand  Career in Australia  Return to New Zealand 

2. Stage Work

3. Filmography
    Film  Television 

4. References

5. External links

Ilona Rodgers (born 28 April 1942) is an English-born actress of stage, television and film, born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, where she started her career, she later went on to appear in New Zealand and Australian productions

Early life

Career in England

Rodgers trained in both Bristol and Surrey, starting her career on the stage, breakthrough roles came in British television included Carol in The Sensorites, a six-episode adventure in BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who. She also acted in an adaptation of Martin Chuzzlewit, and made guest appearances in The Avengers, Adam Adamant Lives!, The Beverly Hillbillies^[1][2] and The Saint.

Career in New Zealand

Rodgers first lived in New Zealand from 1973, appearing in soap opera Close to Home and successful goldmining drama Hunter's Gold (retitled Scott Hunter in some territories).

Career in Australia

Between 1978 and the mid-1980s she lived in Australia. There, she appeared in television programmes The Sullivans, over 200 episodes of Sons and Daughters (as Patricia Hamilton's sister, Margaret Dunne) and the 1985 Australian miniseries Anzacs (as Lady Thea Barrington), as well as nine episodes of Prisoner in 1983 as character Zara Moonbeam, an imprisoned medium who claimed to have clairvoyant powers.

Return to New Zealand

After relocating back to New Zealand, her work included medical soap Shortland Street and presenting duties on a light entertainment and advertorial program called Good Morning.

Rodger's best-known role in New Zealand is probably TV series Gloss. She starred in Gloss for three seasons, from 1987 to 1990, playing bossy magazine editor Maxine Redfern. The series was about a fictional publishing empire run by the Redfern family.^[3]

Rodgers played Australian wife to New Zealand comedian Billy T James in the final, sitcom version of The Billy T James Show (1990).

Stage Work

Her stage work has included one-woman play Shirley Valentine,^[4] By Degrees written by Roger Hall, and Three Tall Women by Edward Albee.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

• {{IMDb name|id=0734714|name=Ilona Rodgers}}
• NZ On Screen Biography http://www.nzonscreen.com/person/ilona-rodgers/biography

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