Fiona Spence

Fiona Spence
Bornc.1946 (aged 77-78)
OccupationActress (Retired)
Years active1977–2019
Known forPrisoner (TV series) as Vera Bennett (1979-1981)
Home and Away as Celia Stewart (1988–1990, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2012–2013)
Notable workGlenview High (TV series)
Packed to the Rafters (TV series) as Eleanor McCormick (recurring)
Partner(s)
Denise Morgan (1979–2011)[1]

Fiona Spence (born c.1946)[2][3] is an English-born retired stage and television actress and drama teacher. She is known for her television roles in Australia including Prisoner (1979–81) as prison officer Vera "Vinegar Tits" Bennett and Home and Away as the unlucky-in-love spinster Celia Stewart (1988–90).

She has made numerous returns to Home and Away reprising her role of Celia. Her other television roles include Packed to the Rafters as Eleanor McCormick (2013). Alongside her former Prisoner co-stars Val Lehman and Colette Mann (who played inmates Bea Smith and Doreen Anderson respectively), Spence was one of three actresses who filmed cameos for the Prisoner remake series Wentworth in 2019, in what was intended to be the series finale. However the scenes was unexpectedly renewed for another 20 episodes and the cameos were cut and never went to air.[4]

  1. ^ "A wondrous way with words for TV". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Aussie Soap Stars Who Vanished!". Woman's Day (14 November 2022). Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Hate Couture: Warder Sight! It's Vera Dressed Up!". Daily Mirror. March 1990. Archived from the original on 10 June 2001.
  4. ^ David Knox (6 August 2019). "Wentworth filmed Prisoner cast cameos". TV Tonight.com.