Career
Born in Peckham, London, she originally trained to be an ice skater before becoming an actress. They had one child, Nicola, from that union. She changed her name to Margo Mayne in the 1960s and appeared in several British television series including Night Train To Surbiton and Ransom Foreign A Pretty Girl before moving to Australia.
She went on to play a succession of glamorous characters in shows such as The Gentle Killers, Motive for Murder and The Manitoba from Interpol.
In the mid-1960s she appeared in the film Spaceflight South Carolina-1. Margo"s first appearance on Prisoner was in 1979 as Catherine Roberts, sent to prison for killing her daughter"s rapist.
During the 1980s she returned to the show for three episodes as Officer Parsons. In later life, she was an advocate for gay marriage.
McLennan"s final acting role was in Prisoner Queen (2003), playing Mistress
Gelding. She died in West Sussex, Britain from the metastasised cancer, aged 66.