For the American actress, see Cornelia Frances Jefferson.
English-Australian actress (1941–2018)
Cornelia Frances
Frances at the 2011 Logie Awards
Born
Cornelia Frances Zulver
(1941-04-07)7 April 1941
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Died
28 May 2018(2018-05-28) (aged 77)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Other names
Corney Frances (nickname)
Education
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1959–2017
Notable work
The Young Doctors as Sister/Matron Grace Scott
The Box (film version) as Dr. Sheila M. Winter
Sons and Daughters as Barbara Hamilton Home and Away as Morag Bellingham
The Weakest Link (game show) as Host
The Weakest Link as host
Spouse(s)
Michael Eastland (1969–?; divorced)
Children
1
Cornelia Frances Zulver, OAM (7 April 1941 – 28 May 2018), credited professionally as Cornelia Frances, was an English-Australian actress. After starting her career in small cameos in films in her native England, she became best known for her acting career in Australia after emigrating there in the 1960s, particularly her iconic television soap opera roles with portrayals of nasty characters. she also worked on stage and in voice-over.
Frances featured in numerous Crawford Production series, but first became notable for starring in The Young Doctors (1976–1978), as acidic Sister later Matron Grace Scott; subsequently, she appeared in soap opera Sons and Daughters as Barbara Armstrong Hamilton on Network Seven (1982–1986). She appeared in the film version of regular series TV soap The Box. She also worked on stage and in voice-over.
She played In series Home and Away as Morag Bellingham since its inception in 1988, after leaving the series she made numerous guest appearances, before re-joining the series as a permanent cast member in 2001, before going back to an itinerant basis.
In the early 2000s, she was the host of the Australian version of British quiz show The Weakest Link.
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(Tessa James), Roman Harris (Conrad Coleby) and Morag Bellingham (CorneliaFrances). He also has a nemesis throughout his tenure in the form of Geoff...
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Jeremiah Quizzel, a friend of the Quinns and Q's personal servant. CorneliaFrances as Elizabeth Quinn, Helen's mother. Don Pascoe as Adam Quinn, Helen's...
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had to withdraw from the role due to illness. This left her replacement, Frances Hargreaves, to reshoot all of McBurney's scenes. McBurney then went into...
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