Penne Hackforth-Jones was an United States-born Australian actress and biographer.
Background
Penelope Beatrix Hackforth-Jones was born in August 1949 in Greenwich, Connecticut to Paul and Susan Felicity (née Gullett) Hackforth-Jones and was a granddaughter of Sir Henry Gullett and niece of Jo Gullett, both Australian politicians.
Education
After completing her secondary education at Street Catherine"s School, Toorak in 1966 she attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney until graduating in 1968.
Career
She lived with her family in England before relocating to Australia in 1964. In 1969, Hackforth-Jones made her first credited on-screen appearance in the Australian television series Riptide. She also appeared in Episode 169 of Australian sitcom "Hey_Dad.!".
Her feature film roles included Doctor Sort in Alvin Purple (1973), the bridal shop manager in Muriel"s Wedding (1994), Mrs Pike in Paradise Road (1997), Cynthia Dodds in Mao"s Last Dancer (2009), and Mrs Johnson in The Tree (2010).
She was featured in a long-running television advertisement series for Kellogg"s Sultana Bran in the 1980s/90s. Penne Hackforth-Jones died of lung cancer on 17 May 2013, aged 63, in Melbourne.
The Daily Telegraph featured an article on Hackforth-Jones in its history section on 21 May.