Louise Pajo
New Zealand actress of Estonian origin (1940-2020)
Louise Elizabeth Pajo (31 July 1940 – 23 November 2020) also credited as Louise R. Pajo, Louise Pago and Teresa Pajo. was a New Zealand-born television and film actress, who worked in productions in her native country, but also in Britain and Australia, starting from 1965 until 1999.
Biography
Born in Hastings, New Zealand of Estonian descent; she trained in RADA in the United Kingdom. After graduating in 1966 she went on to appear in many popular British television programmes, including The Avengers and Doctor Who in The Seeds of Death.
Her British films included Jane Eyre (1970), Sex and the Other Woman (1972) and On the Game (1974).
She subsequently emigrated to Australia in the late 1970s where she continued her acting career, appearing in films such as Dawn! in 1979, Far East and Norman Loves Rose in 1982.
In 1977, Pajo joined the cast of Cop Shop as Don McKenna's wife, Carol. Other notable roles include the three episode guest role of Helen Masters in Prisoner in 1979. This was followed by the regular role of the snobbish Margery Carson in Carson's Law for its entire two-year run, airing from January 1983 to December 1984.
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