From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Val Lehman
Val Lehman
Val Lehman After Prisoner she appeared in The Flying Doctors, Army
Wives, Something in the Air, Blue Heelers and All Saints.
Born Valerie Kathleen Willis Lehman lived in Ipswich, Suffolk, England for much
15 March 1943 (1943-03-15)
Perth, Western Australia of the 1990s after being initially invited to the UK for per-
sonal appearances by the Prisoner: Cell Block H fan club.
Occupation Television actor She successfully spearheaded the campaign by Prisoner
Years active 1967 – fans over many years, to have Prisoner released on DVD in
its entirety because she found her source of income low
Spouse Charles Collins (10 June 1989–2005) divorced when ’guest’ appearances on Blue Heelers dried up. And
Children Cassandra, Joanne and Jason Lehman she was in city homicide season 4.
Val Lehman (born 15 March 1943 in Perth, Western Aus-
tralia) is an Australian actress, best known for her role as
External links
top dog Bea Smith in the Australian series Prisoner (aka • Official website
Prisoner:Cell Block H). She played the role for over four • Val Lehman at the Internet Movie Database
years before leaving the series in the 400th episode in Persondata
1983.Lehman received three Logies for her performance- Name Lehman, Val
Best Lead Actress In A Series and Most Popular Actress
Alternative names
in 1982 and Best Lead Actress In A Series in 1983.Lehman
was the undisputed star of the programme and it is gen- Short description
erally felt by fans that the show lost its heart when she Date of birth 15 March 1943
left although producers tried to lure her back to the se- Place of birth Perth, Western Australia
ries many times without success. Her real life daughter,
Cassandra Lehman, portrayed Bea Smith’s drug-addicted Date of death
daughter, Debbie. Place of death
Lehman has appeared in many other Australian tele-
vision productions, mostly in guest roles. Prior to Prisoner
she acted in the television series Bellbird and Tandarra.
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Categories:
• Australian television actors
• Living people
• People from Perth, Western Australia
• People from Ballarat
• People from Ipswich
• 1943 births
• Australian actor stubs
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