Jill Forster
Australian actress

Jill Forster

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Introduction

Jill Forster (born 1936) is a British Australian actress who came to Australia in 1964.

Career

Forster has been in numerous Australian television dramas including Motel, Number 96, The Box, The Restless Years, Starting Out, Prisoner, A Country Practice, The Flying Doctors, The Power, The Passion and SeaChange. She also acted in the hit sex-comedy film Alvin Purple (1973).

Personal life

Forster married actor and frequent co-star John Stanton in the mid 1970s. They have acted together in Homicide, The Box and Bellamy

Awards

  • AFI Best Actress Award for Great Expectations
  • AFI Best Supporting Actress Award for Libido
  • AFI Best Supporting Actress Nomination for Say A Little Prayer
  • 1999 AFI Award Best Actress for SeaChange