Hawthorne, Elizabeth

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Hawthorne, Elizabeth

PERSONAL

Married Raymond Hawthorne (an actor); children: Sophia (an actress), Emmeline (an actress).

Career:

Actress. Theatre Corporate, member of company, 1974-84; Mercury Theatre, member of company, 1984-92.

Awards, Honors:

Film Award, best supporting actress, New Zealand Film and Television Awards, 2000, for Savage Honeymoon; Theatre Actress of the Year Award.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Suzanne Maxwell, Hot Target, Crown International Pictures, 1985.

Bernice, Jack Be Nimble, 1993, then Cinevista, 1994.

Mrs. Benton, Alex (also known as Alex: The Spirit of a Champion), Isambard Productions/New Zealand Film Corporation/New Zealand On Air/Total Film and Television, 1993.

Henrietta Simpson, The Last Tattoo, Capella International, 1994.

Anne, The Beach (short), Der KurzFilmVerleih, 1995.

Magda Rhys-Jones, The Frighteners (also known as Robert Zemeckis Presents "The Frighteners"), Universal, 1996.

The Bar, 1997.

Maisy Savage, Savage Honeymoon, Rocket Pictures, 2000.

Charlotte Morrison, Jubilee, South Pacific Pictures, 2000.

Detective Shoorwell, Exposure (also known as Exposure—Gefahrliche enthullung, Naked Terror, and Der tod steht modell), 2000.

Pat Kelly, No One Can Hear You, Mainline Releasing, 2001.

Mrs. MacReady, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (also known as The Chronicles of Narnia), Buena Vista, 2005.

Doctor-LA, Jinx Sister, 2007.

30 Days of Nights, Columbia, 2007.

Also appeared in Memory and Desire.

Television Appearances; Series:

Dr. Julia Thornton, Shortland Street, TV New Zealand, 1995-96.

Various roles, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, 1995-99.

Voice of Hera, Cleopatra 2525, syndicated, 2000-2001.

Liz Brasch, Spin Doctors, 2001.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Patricia McCardle, The Tommyknockers (also known as Stephen King's "The Tommyknockers"), ABC, 1993.

Caroline, Greenstone, Odyssey, 1999.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Hanlon: In Defence of Minnie Dean, 1985.

First party guest, Adrift, CBS, 1993.

Queen Omphale, Hercules and the Lost Kingdom (also known as Hercules: The Legendary Journey—Hercules and the Lost Kingdom), syndicated, 1994.

Susan Ellis, Lawless, 1999.

Judge Harriet Caldwell, Raising Waylon, CBS, 2004.

Joan Rivers, Not Only But Always, CBC and Channel 4, 2004.

Eleanor Harrison, The Man Who Lost His Head, ITV, 2007.

Also appeared in Plainclothes.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Various historical figures, This Is It, TV3, 1999.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Voice of Hera, "The Treasure of Zeus: Part 3: What a Crockery," Young Hercules, 1998.

Voice of Hera, "Down and Out in Academy Hills," Young Hercules, 1998.

Voice of Hera, "Herc's Nemesis," Young Hercules, 1998.

Voice of Hera, "Valley of the Shadow," Young Hercules, 1999.

RECORDINGS

Video Games:

Voice of Mrs. MacCready, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Buena Vista Games, 2005.

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