Susan Lyons

Susan Lyons


in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Movies for Susan Lyons...

Corroboree
Title: Corroboree
Character: Verna
Released: June 11, 2007
Type: Movie
A beautiful young man has been summoned to an eerie meditation retreat by a dying theatre director. The young man has been given a tape of instructions; over a weekend he must perform scenes from the director's life. He visits different rooms encountering five actresses who all portray key women in the director's life. They rehearse the boy to play the lead role in an as yet 'unmade film'. The dying director watches young boy's progress as he searches to inhabit the director's identity. It's an Alice in Wonderland tale and an unpredictable journey of self discovery for all concerned...
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In a Savage Land
Title: In a Savage Land
Character: Helen Stevens
Released: October 21, 1999
Type: Movie
Two anthropologists married to each other go to an island off of Papua New Guinea for field research in pre-World War II. Eventually the war breaks out and many lives are disrupted and complicated.
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Title: Farscape
Character: Sierjna
Released: March 19, 1999
Type: TV
A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.
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Crackers
Title: Crackers
Character: Hilary Dredge
Released: July 9, 1998
Type: Movie
Larceny, adultery, sabotage and treachery. Yes, just your typical Christmas with the Dredge family! Twelve-year-old Joey Dredge is in trouble again. Expelled for jumping off the school roof, he's haunted by his father's death and hates his mother's new boyfriend and his bullying son. Compounding his misery is the knowledge he has to spend Christmas with them at the family beach house. Things look grim until the unexpected arrival of great-grandfather Albert, fresh from a stint in prison. Forced to share the back shed with this swearing, farting and devious octogenarian, Joey's life changes. Between barbecuing the family dog, performing a self-burial and causing his intended step-father to consume a startling amount of hash, Joey learns a few life lessons from Albert, who despite his many vices may give Joey the strength to accept the past and embrace the future.
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The Territorians
Title: The Territorians
Character: Anne McCabe
Released: September 9, 1996
Type: Movie
A young Aboriginal policeman and a detective from the city investigate a series of apparently unmotivated murders taking place in the remote outback.
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Title: Sun on the Stubble
Character: Ellie Gunther
Released: July 14, 1996
Type: TV
Various stories of Bruno and his German Australian family, living in early 1930s rural South Australia.
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Title: Mercury
Released: May 2, 1996
Type: TV
Mercury was an Australian TV series that launched in 1996. It featured Geoffrey Rush.
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Napoleon
Title: Napoleon
Character: Napoleon's Mom (voice)
Released: June 30, 1995
Type: Movie
The adventures of Golden Retriever pup Napoleon and his friend, the parrot Birdo Lucci.
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The Roly Poly Man
Title: The Roly Poly Man
Character: Sandra Burnett
Released: December 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Private detective Dirk Trent, a collector of cigarette butts, a "smooth" ladies man, a wearer of bad suits, and he's convinced there's more to an incident he caught on tape, where a man seemed about to murder his mistress with an axe. Delving deeper, the film enters some seldom-trodden territory as it slips easily into horror and sci-fi, while still maintaining the hilarious dialogue
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Title: Halifax f.p.
Character: Helen de Castro
Released: October 9, 1994
Type: TV
Halifax f.p. is an Australian television crime series produced by Nine Network from 1994 to 2002. The series stars Rebecca Gibney as Doctor Jane Halifax, a forensic psychiatrist investigating cases involving the mental state of suspects or victims. The series is set in Melbourne. The producers of the film were Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier; Australian Film Finance Corporation and aired on the Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd 21 Episodes of 90 and 102 minutes each were produced, and the series has screened in more than 60 countries. The budget for each episode was an average of $1.3 million. Funding came in part from the Australian Film Finance Corporation and Film Victoria.
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No Worries
Title: No Worries
Character: Ellen Bell
Released: March 31, 1994
Type: Movie
A family is forced off their farm due to drought, and move to Sydney.
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Ebbtide
Title: Ebbtide
Character: Alison
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Lawyer Jeff Warren takes over a compensation case after the sudden death of one of his legal partners. His subsequent investigations, and growing obsession with the enigmatic Ellen Fielding, compromise his values and his view of himself as a winner. His attempts to solve the complex intrigues lead him to be accused of the murder of Ellen's husband, Harry, and even his longtime partner and friend, Alison, finds it difficult to believe that he is innocent. His moral dilemma leads him into a final graphic confrontation, with unexpected results.
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Title: Police Rescue
Character: Janet
Released: February 14, 1991
Type: TV
Police Rescue was an Australian television series The series dealt with the New South Wales Police Rescue Squad based in Sydney and their work attending to various incidents from road accidents to train crashes.
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Wendy Cracked a Walnut
Title: Wendy Cracked a Walnut
Character: Caroline
Released: August 2, 1990
Type: Movie
An Australian salesman's bored wife escapes in a fantasy world with her dream lover.
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Title: E Street
Character: Nancy Plimshaw
Released: January 24, 1989
Type: TV
An Australian television soap opera, set in a tough fictional inner-city district called Westside. The stories revolve around the local community there. Created by Forrest Redlich and produced by Network Ten from 24 January 1989 to 13 May 1993.
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The Riddle of the Stinson
Title: The Riddle of the Stinson
Character: Jean Batten
Released: July 25, 1988
Type: Movie
A true story. In 1937, a routine passenger and mail flight crashes during bad weather on a flight between Brisbane and Sydney. A local bushman begins his own search, and finds the wreckage and two survivors ten days after the crash.
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The Good Wife
Title: The Good Wife
Character: Mrs. Fielding
Released: May 14, 1987
Type: Movie
In pre-WWII Australia, a love triangle develops between a man, his wife and the man's brother.
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The Winds of Jarrah
Title: The Winds of Jarrah
Character: Diana Venness
Released: June 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Australia 1946. A young woman escapes from an unhappy affair to become tutor to three children who are being raised by their uncle.
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Title: For the Term of His Natural Life
Character: Sarah
Released: May 23, 1983
Type: TV
In 1830s England, a young man from a good but troubled family is unjustly convicted of stealing a watch. He's transported to Van Diemen's Land where he suffers under the enmity of Lt. Frere while falling in love with Sylvia, the Warden's daughter. Meanwhile, back in England, an imposter lays claim to the young man's inheritance.