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Lulu Pinkus
Other namesLulu Serious
Occupation(s)Stage, film and television actress
Years active1975–1983; 1993, 2000
Spouse
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(m. 1989⁠–⁠2007)​

Lulu Pinkus is an Australian screenwriter, producer, stage, film and television actress. She made appearances on numerous television crime and police dramas during the 1970s and early 80s, including a nine-episode stint on Prisoner, as well as supporting roles in a number of feature films. She was also the wife of Yahoo Serious and has been involved in producing all of his films: Young Einstein, Reckless Kelly and Mr. Accident. Pinkus is also an accomplished artist, having been featured in several art exhibitions.

Career

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Pinkus made her television acting debut in 1975 with guest spots on Division 4 and Homicide, making a second appearance on the latter series a year later.[1] She also appeared in the television miniseries Against the Wind, Cop Shop and Chopper Squad in 1978.[2] She also performed with the Australian Performing Group at the Pram Factory[3] and as part of the Hoopla Foundation's reading of the play Freaks in 1978.[4] She performed in a Melbourne production of Snoo Wilson's The Everest Hotel alongside Jillian Archer and Helen Hemingway in June of the same year. Following this came her first major role, a storyline spanning 11 episodes (of which she appears in 9) in the cult soap opera Prisoner playing Melinda Cross.[5][6] Melinda, a university friend of Karen Travers (Peta Toppano), is arrested when she attempts to blackmail a married university lecturer with whom she had been having an affair.[7]

She made her feature film debut that same year in the post-apocalyptic film Mad Max (1979), one of several Prisoner cast members to appear in the film.[8] Her brief role was as the Nightrider's punky girlfriend.[9] She also had supporting roles in the thrillers Thirst (1979)[10][11][12] and Snapshot (1979).[13][14] She continued working in television starring in the miniseries The Last Outlaw (1980),[15] the television movie Intimate Strangers (1981)[16] and guest starred on Bellamy and A Country Practice between 1981 and 1982. Her last role was in the film A Slice of Life (1983).

She was the associate producer of Young Einstein (1988), in which she made a cameo appearance, and married Yahoo Serious on 22 January 1989. Following her marriage to Serious, she became involved in all his later film projects. She wrote and co-produced, as Lulu Serious, Reckless Kelly (1993)[17][18] and Mr. Accident (2000). She was also the film's music coordinator and casting director. In May 2007, it was reported that Pinkus and Serious had separated.[19] In February 2008, she appeared at an art exhibition in New South Wales. Her collection was considered unconventional combining pop culture "with religious imagery & fairy tale motifs".[20][21]

Film

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Year Title Role Type
1979 Mad Max Nightrider's Girl Feature film
1979 Snapshot (aka The Day After Halloween) Wendy Feature film
1979 Thirst Nurse Feature film
1982 A Slice of Life Addy Feature film
1988 Young Einstein The Blonde Feature film
1993 Reckless Kelly Hollywood Supermarket Check-out Feature film
2000 Mr. Accident Rock Clip Chick (as Lulu Serious) Feature film
2022 Three Thousand Years of Longing Old Merchant Wife Feature film

Television

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Year Title Role Type
1974 Matlock Police Nurse TV series, 1 episode
1974; 1975 Division 4 Shop Assistant / Ellen Swanson TV series, 2 episodes
1975; 1976 Homicide Chrissie / Robbie Meyer TV series, 2 episodes
1978–1980 Cop Shop Corrie Williams / Shirley Baker / Linda Hobbs / Felicity Browning / Heather Browning / Celia Denton TV series, 11 episodes
1978 Chopper Squad Kate TV series, 1 episode
1978 Against The Wind Jenny TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1979 Patrol Boat Chris TV series, 1 episode
1979 Prisoner Melinda Cross TV series, 9 episodes
1980 The Last Outlaw Helen TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1980 Water Under the Bridge Ann TV miniseries, 1 episode
1981 Menotti TV series, 1 episode
1981 Intimate Strangers Dirk TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1981 Bellamy Maureen TV series, episode 24: "Jodie's Story"
1981; 1982 Holiday Island Linda Cross / Kim Mason TV series, 2 episodes
1982 A Country Practice Tracy TV series, 2 episodes

References

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  1. ^ Storey, Don (2008). "Homicide Episode Details". ClassicAustralianTV.com. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  2. ^ Storey, Don (2008). "Chopper Squad Episode Details". ClassicAustralianTV.com. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  3. ^ Ingleton, Suzanne (2007). "Chronology of Shows By Year". Australian Theatre History. The Australian Performing Group at the Pram Factory. PramFactory.com. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  4. ^ 'Series Starts' Melbourne Age 11 March 1978 p. 2
  5. ^ Curthoys, Ann; John Docker (2004). "Prisoner, Australian Prison Melodrama". Australian Programming. Museum of Broadcast Communications. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  6. ^ "Prisoner (1979–1987?)". OZTV Credits. 2004. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  7. ^ "PCBH Characters, Section 23". WWWentworth.co.uk. 3 March 2001. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  8. ^ "Location Spotting – M". Prisoner Cell Block H Escapees. ThatEden.co.uk. 2002. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  9. ^ "Mad Max Movie Datasheet". MadMaxOnline.com. 2006. Archived from the original on 19 August 2006. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  10. ^ Groves, Adam. "Fright Site, Thirst Movie Review". The Cutting Edge. Fright Site. Archived from the original on 4 July 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  11. ^ "Thirst". Film Database. Screen Australia. Archived from the original on 5 July 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  12. ^ Kuipers, Richard (2009). "Thirst (1979)". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  13. ^ "Snapshot". Film Database. Screen Australia. Archived from the original on 4 July 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  14. ^ Kuipers, Richard (2009). "Snapshot (1978)". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  15. ^ "The Last Outlaw (1980)". OZTV Credits. 2004. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  16. ^ "I Can Jump Puddles to I Married A Bachelor". The Memorable TV Guide to Australian TV. MemorableTV.com. 2003. Archived from the original on 4 July 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  17. ^ Cowie, Peter, ed. Variety International Film Guide 1994. London: Variety, 1993. (pg. 363) ISBN 0-600-58005-9
  18. ^ Willis, John. Screen World, 1995: With Full-color Highlights of the Film Year. Milwaukee: Hal Leonard Corporation, 2000. (pg. 236) ISBN 1-55783-233-1
  19. ^ Reines, Ros (20 May 2007). "A Serious bust-up". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  20. ^ "Arthouse Gallery presents Lulu Serious". MiSociety.com. 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  21. ^ "Lulu Serious "Lulu Serious // 2008" 6–23 February 2008". Art House Gallery. February 2008. Archived from the original on 17 February 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
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