Dina Mann

Dina Mann (born 1951), also credited as Diana Mann, is an Australian actress and casting director recognised for several television soap opera and film roles starting from 1970 until 1985, after which she worked as a casting director until 2014. She is probably best known for her role as Debbie Chester in the latter years of TV serial Number 96 in which she featured from 1975 and 1977, through 137 episodes.

Dina Mann
Bornc. 1951 (age 7172)
Other namesDiana Mann
Occupation(s)Actress, film and television casting director
Years active1970–2014
Known forDebbie Chester in Number 96

Career

In the 1970s Mann appeared in numerous character roles and specialised in playing characters much younger than herself in adult-themed dramas and comedies. Her roles in Australian television programs, including several appearances in the Crawford Productions police dramas Homicide, Division 4 and Matlock Police, were nearly all teenage characters. Her first television role was in an episode of Delta where she played a 15-year-old who appeared in a semi-nude swimming scene. Mann also played a schoolgirl in the hit sex-comedy feature film Alvin Purple (1973) and was a young female cricketer in its 1974 sequel Alvin Purple Rides Again.

She later played the more permanent role of schoolgirl Debbie Chester in adult soap opera Number 96. She joined the show in late 1975 as part of a new family that was introduced which included Suzanne Church (born United Kingdom, 9 October 1951)[1] as her sister Jane Chester and former radio actress Patti Crocker as her mum Eileen Chester, she continued until its final episode in August 1977. She subsequently played guest roles in prison-based soap opera Prisoner, first appearing as the rebellious Debbie, the daughter of Ken Pearce (Tom Oliver), in 1980 and again in 1981. She reappeared in the series in 1983 playing a different character, and made other guest appearances in Australian television series until the mid-1980s.

Since the mid-1980s she has worked as a casting director on various Australian films and television productions

Filmography

Year Title Role
1970Delta (TV series)Daphne (episode The Honeymoon Blows)
1971Exit (film short)Jessica
1973Ryan (TV series)Nikki (episode: Tribe)
1973Alvin PurpleShirley
1971–1974Homicide3 roles
-Anne Gardner (episode - Death on the Vine (1971)
-Jenny Robinson (episode- The Adventurer (1973)
-Kate Maxwell (episode: You've Gotto Do Something (1974)
1974PetersenRobin
1972–1974Division 4 (TV series)6 roles
- Pup (episode Rogues Gallery (1972)
-Nurse 2 (episode Andrew Shannon (1972)
-Sally (episode- The Oracle) (1972)
Bev Compton (episode: Traveling Man)
Josie (episode: For My Next Trick (1973))
Nancy (episode: Man of Substance (1974)
1974Alvin Rides AgainWoman Cricketer
1975Silent Number (TV series)Sharon Lane (episode: Exposed to moral Danger)
1973–1975Matlock Police (TV series)3 roles
-Miss. Cox (episode: The Recurrence of Randy McBain (1973))
-Beris (episode: The Germ Bomb (1974)
-Shelli (episode:The Son (1975)
1975–1977Number 96Debbie Chester (137 episodes)
1978Chopper Squad (TV series)Sis (episode: Lifeboat)
1979Skyways (TV series)Fiona Woods (6 episodes
-Arrivals (1979)
-Departures
-Levelling Out
-Overtures
-Knife Edge
-Who Killed Cock Robyn
1978–1980Cop Shop (TV series)2 roles Laurel Drummond (1978 and 1979) Linda Perry (1980)
1983A Slice of LifeBarbara
1984Special Squad (TV series)Mandy (episode: The Set-Up)
1980–1984PrisonerDebbie Pearce (1980 and 1981) Samantha Russell (1983-1984)
1984Infinity Limited (TV series)Lucy
1984Anna (TV movie)Welfare Officer
1985The Flying Doctors (TV series)Mrs. Watson (credited as Diana Mann)

References

  1. Giles, Nigel "NUMBER 96"Melbourne Books 2007 ISBN 978-1-925556-00-1
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