Career
She is best known as nurse Tracey Wilson in the soap opera Number 96 in 1974–1975. In the story Tracey was ultimately revealed to have been a sado-masochist and a serial killer, the infamous "Pantyhose Strangler". She later appeared in The Sullivans as Melina Tsangarakis, who married Norm Baker before her death by firing squad.
Contouri appeared in United States daytime soap opera General Hospital in 1988 and played a guest role in Australian teen soap East Street in 1993.
She played leading roles in and the sex comedy film, and later had a guest role in the Alvin Purple television series produced in 1976. Contouri had starring roles in horror-suspense films and Snapshot (aka The Day After Halloween) (1979).
Her most recent feature film appearance was in. In 2007, Contouri discussed Number 96 on an episode of Where Are They Now, and revealed that she runs a restaurant in Adelaide, called The Original Barbecue Inn.
Contouri recorded an audio commentary for a 2008 Digital Video Disc boxed set of 32 Number 96 episodes, entitled The Pantyhose Strangler.