Joanne Samuel
Actor
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joanne Samuel (born 1957 in Camperdown, Sydney, Australia) is an actress who remains best known for her role as the screen wife of Mel Gibson in the 1979 film Mad Max.
Prior to her appearance in the film, Samuel had made guest appearances in police procedurals Matlock Police and Homicide. She was then a regular cast member in television soap operas Class of '74, The Sullivans and The Young Doctors. She left The Young Doctors very suddenly – the producers kindly wrote her out of the show quickly as she was offered the Mad Max role after a fellow Young Doctors actress who had been due to take the role fell ill. Samuel later returned to television in the regular role of Kelly Morgan-Young in Skyways (TV series).
Samuel later guest starred in Hey Dad! as Jeanette Taylor and All Saints, and played the school principal in The Wiggles in their film The Wiggles Movie.
Samuel is married to Tony Ahern. They have several children. They live in the Blue Mountains suburb of Blackheath and Samuel has retired from acting. Samuel is active in the local Baptist church. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joanne Samuel, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​
As Director
Filmography
Mad Max
as Jessie Rockatansky 1979
Mad Max 2
as Jessie Rockatansky (archive footage) (uncredited) 1981
Not Quite Hollywood
as Self 2008
My Pet Dinosaur
as Doris Mercher 2017
Alison's Birthday
as Alison Findlay 1981
Nightmaster
as Sonia Spane 1988
The Wiggles Movie
as Mrs. Bingle 1997
The Madness of Max
as Self 2015
Acute Misfortune
as Magistrate 2018
Mad Max Exposed
as self 2022
Christmas Down Under
as Barbara Parker 2021
What About Sal?
as Alice 2024
Queen of the Road
as Rosy Costello 1984
Early Frost
as Chris 1982
Spook
1988
Gallagher's Travels
as Sally Woodrow 1987