Victoria Longley | |
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Born |
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
24 September 1960
Died | 29 August 2010 St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia |
(aged 49)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1985–2009 |
Victoria Constance Mary Longley (24 September 1960 – 29 August 2010) was an Australian actress. She worked extensively in television.
She debuted in a film called The More Things Change as a pregnant au pair. An early foray into television was in the epic miniseries The Dirtwater Dynasty, opposite Hugo Weaving. In the ABC television series, The Mercury, not-so-loosely based on the Sunday Age, she played a senior journalist, with Geoffrey Rush cast as editor, believed to be modelled on Bruce Guthrie.
Her television credits included: Murder Call, Wildside, Water Rats, Farscape, The Alien Years, Turtle Beach, Young Lions, and All Saints.
Longley died from breast cancer, aged 49, in St Leonards, New South Wales.