Carmen Duncan
Biography
Carmen Duncan was an Australian actress of film, television and theater whose career spanned more than 50 years. Born in 1942, she grew up in Cooma, New South Wales, and trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, finishing in 1961. She began in British repertory in the 1960s and later headed the West End cast of Make Me a Widow. She was nominated for a Theatre Critics Award as Meg in the National Theatre's touring production of A Man for All Seasons and won it a few years later for After the Fall. On Australian television she became a familiar character actress in series such as Hunter, Number 96 and Skyways. Her films included Harlequin (1980), earning her an Australian Film Institute Best Actress nomination as Sandra Rast, and Turkey Shoot (1982). From 1988 to 1994 she portrayed Iris Wheeler on the American soap opera Another World, later guest starring in All Saints and Farscape. She died in 2019.
76years old at death
- Born Cooma
- Died Sydney
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Carmen Joan Duncan
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 34 years1980 to 2014
Every film, newest first
- 2014Elimination GameIMDb rating 3.7
- 1982Turkey ShootIMDb rating 5.9
- 1980HarlequinIMDb rating 6.1
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First role
Duncan moved to England early in her career and spent the 1960s appearing in weekly repertory theater in London and the UK. She later took the starring role in Make Me a Widow in the West End.
Behind the award
Duncan earned a Best Actress nomination at the Theatre Critics Award for playing Meg in the National Theatre's tour of A Man for All Seasons. A few years afterward, she took home that award for her role in After the Fall.
Languages
Duncan generally used a Cultivated Australian accent, similar to Received Pronunciation. From 1988 to 1994 she played Iris Carrington Wheeler on Another World, and critics such as TV Guide's Michael Logan said her accent seemed less American than her co-stars.
Carmen Duncan movies on Netflix
Worked with
Carmen Duncan shares two films with Roger Ward, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Roger Ward's page
Gus Mercurio's page
Broderick Crawford's page
Dominic Purcell's page
Steve Railsback's page
David Hemmings's page
All films by Brian Trenchard-Smith
Simon WincerDirector, 1 film, 1980
All films by Simon Wincer
Jon HewittDirector, 1 film, 2014
All films by Jon Hewitt
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.