AlmaWoods
- Actor
Alma Woods, MBE, founded Howick Little Theatre in 1954, soon after sailing from London. Occasional screen roles punctuated a long love affair with theatre. In the 60s she acted in two Pacific Films productions, then won a legion of fans voicing puppet mouse Willie McNab for TV's Chicaboom and Chic Chat. Her dramatic chops came to the fore in tele-films Hanlon: In Search of Minnie Deans and Mother Tongue. She died on 24 October 2005.
Screenography
Mother Tongue
1992 As: Erma Rosen Television
1990 As: Auntie Pearl Television
1990 As: Mrs Shearer (who sits outside the dairy) Film
1985 As: Mrs Friskett (episode 4) Television
1985 As: Mrs Hudson Television
Awards
1988 Variety Artists Club of New Zealand
Benny Award (supreme award)
1978 Member of the British Empire
For Services to Theatre
1973 Variety Artists Club of New Zealand
Scroll of Honour
“... one of the most talented character actresses in New Zealand.”
— The Weekly News, 1970