
Person
Penne Hackforth-Jones
Acting · 1943–2013 · Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Biography
Penne Hackforth-Jones (August 5, 1949 – May 17, 2013) was an American-born Australian actress and biographer. Hackforth-Jones lived with her family in England before relocating to Australia in 1964. She gratuated National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1968. In 1969, Hackforth-Jones made her first credited on-screen appearance in the Australian television series Riptide, and later appeared in such Australian television series. Penne Hackforth-Jones died at the age of 64 after battling lung cancer. She never married, and was survived by her three sisters.
Known for

Home and Away
1988

Number 96
1972

All Saints
Elise Fletcher

Homicide
Anne Kelly

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Reverend Mother

Rafferty's Rules
Sinclair

The Doctor Blake Mysteries
Nell Clasby

headLand
Judge Hildegard Rosedale

Butterfly Island
Mary
Bony
Eve
Filmography
- 2013We've All Been ThereJoan
- 2013The Doctor Blake MysteriesNell Clasby
- 2012Miss Fisher's Murder MysteriesReverend Mother
- 2011Purple FlowersGrandmother
- 2010The TreeMrs. Johnson
- 2008Bitter & TwistedJackie Samvini
- 2007Chandon Pictures
- 2005headLandJudge Hildegard Rosedale
- 2002Black and WhiteMrs. Aston
- 1999The Adventures of Sam: Search for the Dragon
- 1998All SaintsElise Fletcher
- 1997Diana & MePollock
- 1997Paradise RoadMrs. Pike
- 1994Muriel's WeddingBridal Manageress #2
- 1993Irresistible ForceLieutenant Governor
- 1993The DoorMother
- 1992BonyEve
- 1989BodysurferAngela Lang
- 1989Kokoda CrescentCarol
- 1988Home and Away
- 1988After MarcuseGillian
- 1987Rafferty's RulesSinclair
- 1985Time's RagingJane
- 1985Don't Call Me GirlieNarrator
- 1985Butterfly IslandMary
- 1984The Old Curiosity Shop
- 1982Running on EmptyDave
- 1981Punishment
- 1979The JournalistGillie Griffiths
- 1978Image of DeathMaureen
- 1976Tandarra
- 1975Down the Wind
- 1975Cash and Company
- 1974Alvin Rides AgainWoman Cricketer
- 1973Alvin PurpleDr. Liz Sort
- 1973Libido
- 1972Number 96
- 1964HomicideAnne Kelly
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