Liz Burch

Liz Burch
Born (1954-10-18) 18 October 1954 (age 70)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active1975–2006

Liz Burch (born 18 October 1954) is an Australian former actress.

Career

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Burch is best known for her lead roles as Liz Cameron in police drama series Cop Shop from 1980 to 1982 and Dr. Chris Randall in medical drama series The Flying Doctors from 1986 to 1989, returning for an episode in 1992. She is also known for playing Kate Wallace in the Disney western drama series Five Mile Creek from 1983 to 1985. She later appeared as Candice in 2003 miniseries CrashBurn and as Jilly in Blue Water High from 2005 to 2006.

She has had recurring roles in Ocean Girl, Water Rats and Mission Top Secret, and has made numerous guest appearances in other series such as Behind the Legend, Spring & Fall, A Country Practice, Chances, G.P., Paradise Beach, Home and Away, Wildside, All Saints and Above the Law.

Burch has also presented an episode of children's show Play School.

Personal life

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Burch's sister Rosemary unexpectedly passed away from Scleroderma, a rare skin disease. On a break from filming The Flying Doctors, Burch flew to London to join her costar Andrew McFarlane, so he could be a comfort during her grief.[1]

Burch has had a knee replacement operation in her later years.[2]

Filmography

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Film

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Title Year Role Type
1995 Tunnel Vision Mrs. Leyton Feature film
1996 Roses Rose Film short

Television

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Year Title Role Type
1975 Behind the Legend Mary Season 3, episode: "Annette Kellerman"
1980–1982 Cop Shop Liz Cameron 129 episodes
1982 Spring & Fall Brenda Season 2, episode 3: "Jimmy Dancer"
1983 A Country Practice Meredith Buckley Season 3, 2 episodes: "See Ya: Parts 1 & 2"
1983–1985 Five Mile Creek Kate Wallace 39 episodes
1986–1989; 1992 The Flying Doctors Dr. Chris Randall 146 episodes
1988 Play School Guest Presenter 1 episode
1991 Chances Sally Kirk Episode 73: "The Root of All Evil"
1991 Celebrity Family Feud Contestant 1 episode
1992 The Main Event Contestant 1 episode
1992; 1995 G.P. Sally Ricketson / Leonie Milton 2 episodes: "Strictly Confidential", "Keeping Up With Yesterday"
1993 Paradise Beach Fiona McDermott TV pilot / film
1995 Mission Top Secret Mrs. Fowler Season 2, 4 episodes
1996 Home and Away Maureen Richards 2 episodes: "1.1914", "1.1915"
1996 Water Rats Susan Webb / Gillian Swain Season 1 & 4, 6 episodes
1996–1997 Ocean Girl Dr. Dianne Bates Season 3-4, 6 episodes
1999 Wildside Cynthia Holbeck 2 episodes: "2.9", "2.16"
1999–2000 All Saints Di Richards Season 2-3, 3 episodes: "Lost and Found", "Valley of the Shadow: Parts 1 & 2"
2000 Above the Law Claire Waterford Episode: "The Devil You Don't Know"
2003 CrashBurn Candice 13 episodes
2005–2006 Blue Water High Jilly Season 1-2, 46 episodes

Stage

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Title Year Role Type
1977 Something’s Afoot Hope Langdon Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane
1977 The Season at Sarsaparilla Judy Pogson Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane
1981 Habeas Corpus Felicity Rumpers Playhouse, Adelaide, Canberra Theatre, Victorian regional tour, Theatre Royal, Hobart, Princess Theatre, Melbourne
1990; 1994 Steaming Nancy Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Mercury Theatre, Auckland
1990 Lend Me a Tenor Maggie His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane, Canberra Theatre
1992 Caravan Regal Theatre, Perth
1993 A Bedfull of Foreigners West End Rialto, Brisbane, Seymour Centre, Sydney, Playhouse, Adelaide
1996 Money and Friends Ensemble Theatre, Sydney, University of Sydney

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References

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  1. ^ "The Flying Doctors star is helped over a crisis". New Idea.
  2. ^ "Liz Burch on The Flying Doctors: "I made lifelong friends"". New Idea. 6 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Liz Burch". AusStage.
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