Penne Hackforth-Jones

Penne Hackforth-Jones

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.

  • Title: Penne Hackforth-Jones
  • Popularity: 6.127
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1943-08-05
  • Place of Birth: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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Penne Hackforth-Jones Movies

  • 1973
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    Alvin Purple
    Alvin Purple

    5.588 1973 HD

    Alvin is your average guy, except for the fact women find him irresistible and chase him everywhere. He tries to avoid them and get psychiatric help...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Graeme Blundell

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  • 1974
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    Alvin Rides Again
    Alvin Rides Again

    4.929 1974 HD

    Alvin Purple, a man who can't hold down a job because of his voracious sexual appetite, impersonates a dead American Gangster.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Graeme Blundell

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  • 1982
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    Running on Empty
    Running on Empty

    5.2 1982 HD

    Mike loves his fast cars and his hot women. When he fancies the girlfriend of the local street racing king, Fox, he gets way in over his head in...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Terry Serio

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  • 2010
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    The Tree
    The Tree

    6.4 2010 HD

    The O'Neills lived happily in their house in the Australian countryside. That was until one day fate struck blindly, taking the life of Peter, the...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg

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  • 2011
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    Purple Flowers
    Purple Flowers

    1 2011 HD

    Jack likes Jill. Jill likes Jack. Two teenagers dealing with love, lust and death. A short film written and directed by Julian Ryan, stars Christian...

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    Cast: Christian Byers

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  • 2013
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    We've All Been There
    We've All Been There

    7 2013 HD

    Jess has to come up with $800 or lose her house. A flat tyre leaves Joan stranded in the middle of nowhere. Matt needs a job. All these stories are...

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    Cast: Laura Wheelwright

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  • 1989
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    Kokoda Crescent
    Kokoda Crescent

    1 1989 HD

    The grandson of a war veteran is found dead from an overdose of heroin. He and his old army buddies swing into action and stake out the drug dealer,...

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    Cast: Warren Mitchell

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  • 1984
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    The Old Curiosity Shop
    The Old Curiosity Shop

    1 1984 HD

    The classic fictional tale of Little Nell and her grandfather, animated by Burbank Films Australia.

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: John Benton

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  • 1985
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    Don't Call Me Girlie
    Don't Call Me Girlie

    1 1985 HD

    The untold story of Australia's movie heroines - on and off the screen.

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    Cast: Penne Hackforth-Jones

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  • 1997
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    Paradise Road
    Paradise Road

    6.5 1997 HD

    A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp on Sumatra during...

    Genre: War

    Cast: Glenn Close

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  • 2008
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    Bitter & Twisted
    Bitter & Twisted

    5.3 2008 HD

    A family drifts down a spiral of self-destruction and depression in the years following the death of their eldest son. Can they come to terms with...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Noni Hazlehurst

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  • 1979
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    The Journalist
    The Journalist

    4 1979 HD

    Comedy about a womanizing journalist on a Sydney newspaper who confronts job problems and impotence in the context of Australian media and politics...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jack Thompson

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  • 1978
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    Image of Death
    Image of Death

    4 1978 HD

    Image of Death is a 1978 Australian TV movie about a woman who likes to live off other people's money.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Cathey Paine

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  • 1994
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    Muriel's Wedding
    Muriel's Wedding

    6.9 1994 HD

    A young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Toni Collette

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  • 1997
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    Diana & Me
    Diana & Me

    6 1997 HD

    Australian Diana Spencer wins a competition in a women's magazine, and as a prize gets a trip for two to London, where she wants to meet her idol and...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Toni Collette

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  • 1988
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    After Marcuse
    After Marcuse

    1 1988 HD

    A woman artist's affair with a younger man jeopardises her marriage, her career and her child's future. He personifies the nihilistic philosophy of...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Diane Craig

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  • 1993
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    Irresistible Force
    Irresistible Force

    5.5 1993 HD

    A police sergeant is hoping for a few quiet weeks before his impending retirement, but his plans are scuppered when he is joined by an...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Stacy Keach

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  • 1975
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    Down the Wind
    Down the Wind

    1 1975 HD

    A young photographer Simon Jess (David Cameron) is given an assignment to shoot some backgrounds for a fashion display in the Snowy Mountains.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: David Cameron

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  • 1973
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    Libido
    Libido

    4.2 1973 HD

    Scripted by four of Australia’s greatest authors (David Williamson, Thomas Keneally, Hal Porter and Craig McGregor), this quartet of carnal...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Elke Neidhart

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  • 2002
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    Black and White
    Black and White

    6 2002 HD

    Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Carlyle

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  • 1985
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    Time's Raging
    Time's Raging

    1 1985 HD

    A 38-year-old woman feels her biological clock is ticking and is torn between her ex and a younger lover.

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Judy Morris

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  • 1999
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    The Adventures of Sam: Search for the Dragon
    The Adventures of Sam: Search for the Dragon

    1 1999 HD

    A sea-faring boy named Sam Donahue goes on an adventure around the world while trying to find his brother Tom and discovers new worlds and different...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Penne Hackforth-Jones

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  • 2024
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    Home and Away
    Home and Away

    6.274 2024 HD

    Home and Away is set in the fictional town of Summer Bay, a coastal town in New South Wales, and follows the personal and professional lives of the...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 2009
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    Chandon Pictures
    Chandon Pictures

    1 2009 HD

    Chandon Pictures was an Australian comedy television series that premiered on Movie Extra on 10 November 2007 and ended on 7 May 2009. The series...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Josh Lawson

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  • 1976
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    Tandarra
    Tandarra

    5 1976 HD

    Tandarra was the follow-up Australian television series to Cash and Company, set during the Victorian gold rush period of the 1850s. It was produced...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Gus Mercurio

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  • 1993
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    Butterfly Island
    Butterfly Island

    1 1993 HD

    Butterfly Island is a 1985 Australian children's show. The first season cost $1.6 million, the second $3.2 million.

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    Cast: Anne Charleston

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  • 1977
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    Number 96
    Number 96

    4.5 1977 HD

    Number 96 was a popular Australian soap opera set in a Sydney apartment block. Don Cash and Bill Harmon of the Cash Harmon Television production...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Tom Oliver

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  • 1981
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    Punishment
    Punishment

    1 1981 HD

    Punishment is an Australian television soap opera made by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Ten Network in 1981. Set in a fictional men's prison,...

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    Cast: Anne Charleston

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  • 1975
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    Cash and Company
    Cash and Company

    5 1975 HD

    Cash and Company was an Australian television period adventure series, set during the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s. The original series consisted...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Gus Mercurio

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  • 2015
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    Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
    Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

    7.732 2015 HD

    Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920’s Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl handled pistol and...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Essie Davis

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  • 2017
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    The Doctor Blake Mysteries
    The Doctor Blake Mysteries

    7.8 2017 HD

    Dr Lucien Blake left Ballarat as a young man. But now he finds himself returning to take over not only his dead father's medical practice, but also...

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Craig McLachlan

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  • 1989
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    Bodysurfer
    Bodysurfer

    1 1989 HD

    Bodysurfer charts the odyssey of David Lang. Searching beyond mid-life crisis, David finds unanswered questions of his childhood can lead him toward...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Toni Moran

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  • 2006
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    headLand
    headLand

    8 2006 HD

    Headland is an Australian drama television series produced by the Seven Network which ran from 15 November 2005 to 21 January 2006. The Seven Network...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Rachael Taylor

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  • 1992
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    Bony
    Bony

    1 1992 HD

    Bony is an Australian television series made in 1992. The series of 13 episodes followed on from a telemovie made in 1990. The series was criticised...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Cameron Daddo

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  • 1976
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    Homicide
    Homicide

    4.3 1976 HD

    Homicide was an Australian television police drama series The series dealt with the homicide squad of the Victorian Police force and the various...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Charles Tingwell

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