Career
She played the role for over four years before leaving the series in the 400th episode in 1983. Lehman received three Logies for her performance (Best Lead Actress in a Series) and (Most Popular Actress) in 1982 and (Best Lead Actress in a Series) in 1983. She was twice nominated for the Gold Logie.
Her real life daughter, Cassandra Lehman portrayed Bea Smith"s drug-addicted daughter, Debbie.
Her other daughter, Joanne also briefly appeared in Prisoner, during the first year of the series. In 2016, she is currently a contestant on the Australian version of I"m a Celebrity..Get Maine Out of Here!.
Sunday 6th March 2016 Evicted from jungle. roles Lehman has appeared in many other Australian television productions, mostly in guest roles. Prior to Prisoner she acted in the television series Bellbird and Tandarra.
After Prisoner she appeared in The Flying Doctors, Army Wives, Something in the Air, Blue Heelers, All Saints and City Homicide.
Lehman lived in Ipswich, Suffolk, England for much of the 1990s after being initially invited to the United Kingdom for personal appearances by the Prisoner: Cell Block H fan club