Judy Lynne, (credited also as Judy Lind) is an Australian former actress, journalist and reporter, who became prominent for her role as Dr. Susan Richards in the TV soap opera The Young Doctors, after leaving the acting profession in 1986, she subsequently became a hot air balloonist and businesswomen until retiring in 2007.
Early life Lynne was born in Gary, Indiana, U.S. and trained at Northwestern University, Illinois from 1961 to 1965, studying a Bachelor of Arts majoring in drama (film, TV and theatre production) and minoring in journalism. She moved to Australia in 1971.https://aussieaerostats.jimdoweb.com/about-peter-and-judy/
Career
Acting From 1971, Lynne worked in Sydney, as a journalist and television reporter for A Current Affair, and as a Nine News Sydney weather presenter,https://www.linkedin.com/in/judy-lynne-a8418b64 while taking on television guest roles – before eventually turning to acting full time.
Lynne has had roles in numerous TV serials including Number 96 (1972), Spyforce (1972), Ryan (1973), Boney (1973) and Alvin Purple (1976). She is best known however, for her role in television serial The Young Doctors as Dr. Susan Richards, from 1977 to 1980.
Lynne also worked in theatre, and briefly as wardrobe mistress.
She left her television career in 1983, to become a commercial hot air balloon pilot,https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/getting-to-know-judy-lynne/article_127b4fea-7c23-5e3f-8c00-6c2b00223819.html although she returned for an episode of Return to Eden in 1986.
Hot air ballooning In 1975, as a journalist, Lynne interviewed a hot air balloonist, who was one of only four in Australia at the time. This piqued her interest in the sport, leading her to become a pilot herself. In 1980, she formed a business partnership with world champion balloonist, Peter Vizzard, starting the company, Balloon Aloft Australia in the Hunter Valley, operating commercial passenger rides, using them for advertising, and staging balloon festivals.
Lynne won the National Hot Air Balloon Championships in 1985 and went on to represent Australia in the 1985 World Hot Air Ballooning Championships in Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S. the same year, competing against Vizzard. She retired from commercial ballooning in 2007.
Personal life Since retiring, Lynne lives six months of the year in Australia, and the other six in Europe, owning a boat on the canals in France.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Type 1974 Between Wars Woman Officer Feature film 1974 The Violins of Saint-Jacques Berthe TV movie 1978 Gone to Ground Kathleen TV movie
Television Year Title Role Type A Current Affair Reporter TV series 1972 Number 96 Gloria Gould TV series 1972 Spyforce Mission Sister TV series, season 1, episode 37: "The Mission" 1973 Boney Carol Lund TV series, season 2, episode 6: "Boney and the Kelly Gang" 1973 Ryan Barbara TV series, season 1, episode 26: "Giant, Giant Had a Great Fall" 1974 Silent Number Tessie / Cecelia TV series, season 1, 2 episodes 1975 Scattergood: Friend of All TV series, season 1, episode 3: "The Great Egg Cosy Disaster" 1975 Shannon's Mob Sophie Hochman TV series, season 1, episode 4: "There Was a Man" 1975 The Norman Gunston Show The Checkout Chicks TV series, season 2, 5 episodes 1976 Nine News Sydney Weather Reporter TV series 1976 Alvin Purple Meryl Sugars TV series, season 1, episode 10: "Footy Widow" 1976 The Lively Arts TV documentary series, episode: "In Performance: The Violins of Saint-Jacques" 1977–1979 The Young Doctors Dr. Susan Richards TV series, 703 episodes 1978–1983 The Mike Walsh Show Guest TV series 1986 Return to Eden Nurse TV series, season 1, episode 5: "Knife Fight"
Theatre Year Title Role Type 1968 The Royal Hunt of the Sun Cello Playhouse Theatre, Hobart with Hobart Repertory Theatre Society 1978 Harvey Marian Street Theatre, Sydney https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/226698
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