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Shock as legendary Play School star Janet Kingsbury dies aged 85


Veteran Play School presenter Janet Kingsbury died earlier this month aged 85.

The upbeat entertainer worked with some of Australia's most famous performers throughout her celebrated career, including Steve Bisley, John Jarratt, Ray Meagher and Georgie Parker. Janet was married to Australian filmmaker Arch Nicholson, who directed episodes of the shows Mission: Impossible and The Flying Doctors, from 1972 until his death in 1990. She acted in her husband's cult 1987 film Dark Age, about a killer crocodile on the loose in regional Australia, alongside Wolf Creek star John Jarratt and David Gulpilil.

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