Talking Prisoner EP 11 (Part 1) Interview with Val Lehman (Queen Bea)

Welcome to part 1 of Episode 11 of Talking Prisoner. Hosts Ken Mulholland and Matt Batten sat down with the amazingly talented Val Lehman who played Top Dog Queen Bea for 376 Episodes, We spoke to Val about her childhood and growing up as an only child, her school life, how she got into acting and how she got the part of Queen Bea on Prisoner, Val discussed with us how she remembered her lines, working with Carol Burns, some great story’s about Sheila Florance, working with Maggie Kirkpatrick and Betty Bobbitt, her favourite writer on Prisoner and why she cut her hair, Val also discussed why the writers on Prisoner wrote in the storyline of Bea Smith escaping to Sydney and what it was like working with Collette Mann for the Sydney storyline, we discussed her life after Prisoner and what it was like trying to find work and Val gives some great advice to aspiring up and coming actors who want to get into the industry and much more.
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