Briony Behets

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1951-07-21 (73 years old)

Place of Birth London, England, UK

Briony Behets

Biography

Briony Behets (born 21 July 1951) is an English-Australian former actress who found fame acting in Australian television soap operas of the 1970s and 1980s. At age 17 she was accepted into the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, studying there for two years. After completing the course she travelled to the United States as part of a student exchange project, working there as a nightclub dancer. Behets subsequently enjoyed several high-profile television roles in Australia. She was an original cast member of soap opera Number 96 playing Helen Eastwood in 1972 but her character was written out of the serial after only a few months. She was subsequently a member of the original cast of another adult soap The Box starting in 1974 and her role in that series lasted 14 months. After leaving The Box she appeared for a short stint in Bellbird before taking an ongoing role in the school-based teen soap Class of '75. Film roles included the joint lead with Judy Morris in The Trespassers (1976) for which she was nominated for a Best Actress Award, Raw Deal (1977), Inside Looking Out (1977), Long Weekend (1978). In the 2000s she also guest starred in some US drama series such as JAG. She returned to Neighbours in July 2008, in another role as Kate Newton a romantic interest for Harold Bishop. She had also starred alongside Ian Smith in Neighbours 21 years earlier in 1987 when she played a different character. Her latest role saw her as a regular on The Saddle Club series three as the second actor to portray Mrs. Reg.

Known For

Actor

2001
The Saddle Club

as Elizabeth Regnery

1997
Allie & Me

as Woman in Salon

1995
JAG

as Jenny

1990
Flair

as Samantha Harmon

1989
E Street

as Margaret Bennett

1988
The Heroes

as Alice

1987
Cassandra

as Helen

1986
The Flying Doctors

as Jean Lambert

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Melba Drummond

1983
Skin Deep

as Barbara Kennedy

1980
Nightmares

as Angela

1979
Long Weekend

as Marcia

1977
Inside Looking Out

as Elizabeth

1976
1976
1976
Bluey

as Karen Wallace

1974
Alvin Rides Again

as Girl in Taxi

1974
Class of...

as Jorja Jones

1973
Night of Fear

as Horse Girl

1973
The Evil Touch

as Miss Prentice

1972
Number 96

as Helen Eastwood (credit only)

1972
Number 96

as Helen Eastwood

1971
Matlock Police

as Joyce Roberts

1964
Homicide

as Helen Green

Director

1989
Innocent Prey

as Continuity