Ilona Rodgers

Ilona Rodgers is a British actress who works in stage, television and film. Born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, she trained in ballet and drama in Surrey and at the Bristol Old Vic, and broke through on British television as Carol in the Doctor Who adventure The Sensorites. Her British credits include Martin Chuzzlewit, The Avengers and Adam Adamant Lives!, plus guest spots in America on The Beverly Hillbillies and The Saint. A 1970 episode of Paul Temple was her last British screen credit before she moved to New Zealand, where she acted in the soap Close to Home and the goldmining drama Hunter's Gold. In Australia she worked on The Sullivans, more than 200 episodes of Sons and Daughters, Anzacs and Prisoner, playing the medium Zara Moonbeam. Her best known role was Maxine Redfern, the magazine editor she played in three seasons of Gloss from 1987 to 1990, and her stage work includes Shirley Valentine, By Degrees and Three Tall Women.