In 1985, she was in Winners – the other facts of life with Dennis Miller, Anne Grigg, Sheila Florence and Candy Raymond.

This was an ABC ( Australian Broadcasting Corporation) TV series about the fast-paced world of big business and co-starred Peter Curtin, Tina Bursill, Briony Behets and Diana McLean. In 1982, she was in Winner Take All – Downside Risk. Winter of Our Dreams was an award-winning drama written and directed by John Duigan. Heatwave, directed by Phillip Noyce was based on the Juanita Nielsen disappearance case of the 1970s. In 1981, she appeared in Heatwave and Winter of Our Dreams. Other 1970's roles included guest starring in an episode of Skyways with Tony Bonner in 1979. She had a small role in the 1978 Australian TV movie Demolition which starred John Waters and veteran Oz actor Vincent Ball. In 1977, she was in Cop Shop a long running Crawford Productions police drama series. She performed in the Crawford Productions TV series Bluey as 'Debbie Morley' in 1976. Career Film and television ĭeane-Johns was in the Australian TV series Homicide in 19 as Brenda Lukins. She has studied Tai Chi and had private lessons with the late Tennyson Yui for one year, 1980.ĭeane-Johns attended Southern Cross University during 2006–2010 and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in writing and communication. She was on a twelve-month contract at the Melbourne Theatre Company in 1978. She is an Associate of the London College of Music (A.L.C.M) which qualification she obtained in 1975. Deane-Johns has a diploma of classical singing and theory of music from the London College of Music, Ealing, London. She plays Classical Piano at Sixth Grade Level and she has studied ballet at the Gertrud Bodenwieser Dance Centre, Sydney. She has played a wide array of characters since she was 12 years old and has appeared in many film roles and TV series on Australian screens.īorn in Melbourne on 21 February 1958, Mercia Deane-Johns trained at a Television and Film Course at Crawford Productions, 1974. She is also a writer, singer, and stand-up comedienne. Mercia Deane-Johns is an Australian actress of film, stage and television. Won Best Actress award at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2017 for the film Throbbin' 84 Campaigned for the environment and carried what was then called the sex party banner

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