Melissa Jaffer
Melissa Jaffer (born December 1, 1936) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her television roles, but has also appeared in many Australian films.
Jaffer has made many appearances in television series, including Kings, Mother and Son, G. P., Brides of Christ, Grass Roots and All Saints. Jaffer is probably best known to international audiences for her role as aging mystic Utu-Noranti Pralatong in the science fiction series Farscape. In 1976, Jaffer tied for the first AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role opposite Jacki Weaver for her performance in Caddie. In 1980 she played the part of Cousin Edie in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's children's television series The Nargun and the Stars.
In the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road she played the role of "Keeper of the Seeds". The short film Dear Life is her latest project.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 4.555 |
| Birthday | 1936-12-01 |
| Place of Birth | Gladstone, Queensland, Austrailia |
| Also Known As |
1974
The Cars That Ate Paris
5.482/85
After the death of his brother on the road, unemployed and unstable drifter Arthur Waldo stays for a while in the rural Australian town of Paris as th...
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The Cars That Ate Paris
1982
Starstruck
5.6/11
A Sydney teen tries to make it as a rock singer, with help from her odd 14-year-old cousin.
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Starstruck
1975
Ride a Wild Pony
6.2/8
Scott, a poor farm boy, is given a wild pony from a wealthy ranch owner's herd to ride to and from school. Scott and his pony soon become an inseparab...
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Ride a Wild Pony
1976
Caddie
5.8/5
Proud and classy Caddie Marsh is forced to get a job as a barmaid and raise two children on her own after her husband walks out on her.
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Caddie
2000
My Mother Frank
4/2
When a meddlesome mother enrolls in university with her son, old and new worlds collide with awesome consequences.
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My Mother Frank
1978
Weekend of Shadows
0/0
In the 1930s, a farmer's wife in a small town is murdered. Suspicion falls on a Polish labourer and a posse is formed to catch him.
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Weekend of Shadows
2015
Mad Max: Fury Road
7.61/22263
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed figh...
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Mad Max: Fury Road
1983
Molly
0/0
After Dan collapses at a train station, he enlists Maxie to watch his beloved dog, Molly. Maxie develops a soft spot for her new furry companion - a d...
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Molly
1992
The Distant Home
5/2
Government authorities incarcerate a girl whose extraterrestrial origin is discovered after an accident with a car.
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The Distant Home
2000
The Farm
0/0
After the death of his father, Tom Cooper want to modernise the family farm, and borrows a lot of money. When disaster strikes, the loan cannot be rep...
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The Farm
2019
Strangers
0/0
When aged-care facility workers find two residents in bed together, familial tensions rise.
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Strangers
1992
You and Me and Uncle Bob
0/0
Two children who play cupid to an unlikely older couple: a chorus girl and an unemployed butcher.
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You and Me and Uncle Bob
1984
The Coolangatta Gold
5/3
Steve Lucas is a nineteen year old who is filled with the burning resentment of being forced to live in his brother's shadow. His brother Adam, is bur...
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The Coolangatta Gold
1989
The Delinquents
5.021/24
A small town in Australia, in the late 1950s: Brownie and Lola are deeply in love. But because they are under-age, their parents are against their rel...
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The Delinquents
1999
Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien
0/0
A young girl obsessed with watching the heavens bets her telescope with the local bully that their oddly acting new neighbours are not aliens from out...
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Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien
1976
Do I Have to Kill My Child?
0/0
A disturbing drama about a young mother who physically abuses her baby. Feeling overwhelmed and aware that she's not coping after the birth of her thi...
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Do I Have to Kill My Child?
2003
BlackJack
7/1
Jack Kempson started out as an idealistic cop. Thirty years on, he remains relentless in tracking down villains, but has lost confidence in his moral...
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BlackJack
1999
Komodo
5.026/89
During the 70's, some Komodo Dragon eggs were dumped on an North Carolina island. Somehow, the baby Komodos survived, and twenty years later they have...
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Komodo
2022
Three Thousand Years of Longing
6.89/1291
A solitary scholar discovers an ancient bottle while on a trip to Istanbul and unleashes a djinn who offers her three wishes. Filled with reluctance,...
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Three Thousand Years of Longing
1983
Kindred
0/0
Penny is in her mid-twenties. For years she has suffered from the sexual assaults of her father, who is now beginning to take an interest in her young...
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