Colleen Smart

Colleen Smart
Colleen Smart
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Home and Away character
Portrayed by Lyn Collingwood
Introduced by Alan Bateman (1988)
John Holmes (1997, 1999)
Duration 1988-1989, 1997, 1999-
First appearance 7 March 1988
Classification Present, regular
Profile
Home Summer Bay Caravan Park
Occupation Waitress (1999-)

Colleen Smart (née Hickey) is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Lyn Collingwood. The character debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 7 March 1988. She was introduced as a recurring character by producer Alan Bateman. She served as comic relief and busybody from 1988. She returned briefly in 1997 before returning as a regular on 23 September 1999 and has remained since. Colleen has been portrayed as the serial's "local gossip", a role that been well received by certain critics. Many storylines have centered around her over protective nature towards her son Lance Smart. Collingwood has revealed that she often pitches storylines for Colleen in the hope they will play out on-screen.

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Creation and casting

She was introduced into the serial as a recurring character in 1988 until 1989.[1] Colleen mainly served as a source of comic relief and acted as the busybody type character.[1] Colleen was reintroduced again in 1999 with Collingwood reprising the role. [2] In 2006 Collingwood stated that she was willing to stay with the serial for as long as they want her.[3]

Character development

The serial's official website describe Colleen stating: "Colleen is the town gossip, a sticky beak and quick to judge, but she also has a heart of gold. Her main claim to fame was winning the 'Miss Groper Pageant' [...] Colleen is chronically bossy and is not above brow-beating those she cares about, especially her beloved son Lance Smart (Peter Vroom), whom she dotes on."[4] They also add: "She can be the source of information on everything that happens in Summer Bay."[4] Collingwood has said that she likes Colleen's high and mighty behaviour stating: "I like the way she gets all snooty and high-handed and above herself."[3]

Soap opera reporting website Holy Soap describe Colleen stating: "Colleen is the local gossip who always seem to put her foot in it."[5] Whilst interviewed my media reporting website Digital Spy, Collingwood agreed that she shared traits with Colleen which were: "The Irishness and the old-fashioned thing and I guess everybody's a gossip to a certain extent."[3] Of Colleen's chances of finding love again she stated: ""As far as the romance goes, there hasn't been anything happening and I don't know when that next one will happen."[3]

Collingwood has stated that she often pitches "crazy plots" for Colleen to the writers in the hope they will implement some.[6] In 2006 she suggested that Colleen should go on a health kick, of this she states: "I had a vision of her and all her mates from the bowling club doing t'ai chi on the beach, the storyline seems to have come and gone though. It was actually used as an excuse for someone else to kiss somebody else!"[6] She has also suggested the ideas of Colleen starting internet dating and an awkward date with Alf Stewart (Ray Meagher).[3]

Storylines

Backstory

Colleen was born in Summer Bay as the product of an affair between local businessman Gordon Stewart and Mavis Hickie. Merv Hickie, the man who Colleen believed was her father, was abusive to her and Mavis. Colleen grew up admiring and envying the Stewart family for the family structure she did not have. In 1959, Colleen won the Miss Groper Beauty pageant and later fell pregnant and subsequently gave birth to a daughter, Maureen who she later adopted out. Several years later, Colleen met Lester Smart and they married and they later had a son, Lance.

1988-1989

Colleen is first seen in the general store where she is talking to Celia Stewart (Fiona Spence) and they become good friends and gossips. Colleen tells Pippa Fletcher (Vanessa Downing) that Carly Morris (Sharyn Hodgson) has been sexually assaulted before she gets a chance to, which annoys those around her. Colleen later reappears when Lance wins money ($500,000AUS) on the lottery and he gives some money to his father Les (Kevin Golsby), who runs off with another woman, leaving Colleen devastated. Colleen, unable to remain living the family home, moves with Lance into his new mobile home much to his chagrin.

Colleen starts feuding with Morag Bellingham (Cornelia Frances) and enjoys insulting Roo Stewart (Justine Clarke). Floss McPhee (Sheila Kennelly) makes Colleen believe in horoscopes and she becomes convinced she shouldn't be with Donald Fisher (Norman Coburn). Floss tries to help her to divorce Donald, and Lance becomes happy with this. He enlists Martin Dibble (Craig Thompson) to help him and they try and make it seem as if Donald isn't an alcoholic like Les so Colleen will be put off. Celia ruins the plan and gets drunk instead. Donald eventually gave in to Colleen and they become just good friends.

Colleen becomes friends with Lance's new girlfriend Marilyn Chambers (Emily Symons). Colleen causes more trouble for Roo when she spreads rumours that she is having an affair with Frank Morgan (Alex Papps) behind her cousin and Frank's wife Bobby's (Nicolle Dickson) back (Almost phophetically, Frank does ultimately leave Bobby for Roo sometime after). When, Lance later ends his relationship with Marilyn, she starts to dislike her and feuds with her. Marilyn tells Colleen it's her constant meddling in Lance's life that caused the breakup. When Lance confirms this, she leaves town to stay with her sister, Patricia in Cairns.

1997-

Colleen makes a brief one-episode return in 1997, babysitting Rachel McGregor (Kelly Glaister). Colleen isn't seen for another two years but is referred to as still living in the caravan park in Lance's old mobile home.

She helps Marilyn and Donald out whilst they are in America with their ill child Byron. Justine Welles (Bree Desborough) helps Colleen team up with the locals to stop the Caravan park from being redeveloped. Colleen gets a job at the Diner where she becomes good friends with Leah Poulos (Ada Nicodemou). She later helps Sally Fletcher (Kate Richie) as she exposes her fiance Kieran Fletcher (Spencer McLaren) of his attempted affair with Gypsy Nash (Kimberley Cooper). Lance returns and Colleen is delighted, however she soon sets about making her dislike of his new wife Debbie (Kelly Butler) known. Les (now played by Rob Steele) returns and Colleen takes him in, they decide to renew their vows again after they grow close once more. Les later runs away with Colleen's savings with the same woman he used to be with the first time he cheated and left. Colleen starts looking after grand-daughter Maggie a lot, but when Debbie finds out she tries to stop Colleen seeing her all together. Leah eventually talks her around and they become friends.

Colleen causes a chip-pan fire at the Diner, she throws water over it and burns the Diner down. Leah takes the blame for Colleen. Eventually the guilt becomes to much and she tries to confess to Ailsa Stewart (Judy Nunn), but Leah prevents her. Ailsa later tells Colleen she knew it was her fault all along, before she died. Colleen later reveals she had a child out of wedlock and gave it up for adoption. Max Sutherland (Sebastian Elmaloglou) later uses Colleen's bank account to store money in from his book proceeds. Colleen has legal action taken against her over the books copyright status, she covers for Max. Her daughter Maureen Edwards turns up and she thinks she just wants to cash in on her new found fame. She soon realised she was genuine and they became close, but decided after time it was better to keep intouch from a distance so she left. Josh West (Daniel Collopy) tries to rid of her mobile home, so she leaves town but later returns.

Colleen meets Norman Shadbolt (David Whitford); they date and later get engaged. He later leaves her a note saying he couldn't go through with it. Colleen starts feuding with Madge Wilkins over a historian job for the paper. Colleen helps Sally after Flynn Saunders (Joel McIlroy) death, she actually managed to keep the news of his illness a secret. Colleen later finds out she is related to the Stewart family after her mother had an affair with their father. Morag hates the idea of being related to her. She later becomes annoyed at Colleen's interfering with their private affairs. Colleen refused to accept Martha MacKenzie's (Jodi Gordon) relationship with Hugo Austin (Bernard Curry). This causes a series of arguments in the Stewart family over Colleen's meddling, she later sees that Martha is trying to find happiness again and they make up.

Colleen is later trapped in the Diner when it is fire bombed. She gets over the incident quickly to support old friend Leah who could not cope. She is angry when Marilyn returns to town, she states she still hasn't forgiven her for the breakdown of her and Lance's relationship. When she finds out that Marilyn has cancer she changes her attitude towards her and the become friendly again. Penn Graham (Christian Clark) starts a campaign up against Alf and the other residents of Summer Bay. Items begin going missing from the caravan park. He plants them in Colleen's trailer to make it look asif she has stolen them. She is arrested and spends the night in the cells. She is later released and Charlie Buckton (Esther Anderson) vows to find out the truth.

Reception

At the 2007 Inside Soap Awards Collingwood was nominated in the category of "Funniest Performance" for her portryal.[7] Holy Soap recall Colleen's most memorable moment as being: "Trying to cop off with Summer Bay legend Don Fisher, a.k.a. Flathead - to no avail."[5] Sarah Ellis writing for Inside Soap commented on Colleen's status as a gossip stating: "When it comes to soap gossips, Colleen Smart is the undisputed tittle-tattle queen."[6] The Press Association have referred to Colleen as an "elderly busy-body".[8] Whilst in character as Borat, actor Sacha Baron Cohen stated he loves Australian television and that his favourite character is Colleen Smart, jokingly adding: "I would like to make romance inside of her."[9] The Sydney Morning Herald have referred to Colleen as one of the serial's three "legacy characters", along with Alf and Irene.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "I'd get rid of all that loud music". Evening Times (Newsquest): 53. 11 August 2006. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/1092835231.html?dids=1092835231:1092835231&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+11%2C+2006&author=&pub=Evening+Times&desc=I%27d+get+rid+of+all+that+loud+music+LYN+COLLINGWOOD+Actress&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2008-09-14. 
  2. ^ "Lyn Collingwood". RTÉ Television. (Raidió Teilifís Éireann). http://www.rte.ie/tv/homeandaway/cast_lyncollingwood.html. Retrieved 2011-01-10. 
  3. ^ a b c d e Green, Kris (27 March 2006). "Soaps - Interviews - Lyn Collingwood". Digital Spy. (Hachette Filipacchi UK). http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s15/home-and-away/interviews/a30912/lyn-collingwood.html. Retrieved 2010-01-10. 
  4. ^ a b "Colleen Smart - Yahoo!7 TV". Yahoo!7. Seven Network and Yahoo!. http://au.tv.yahoo.com/home-and-away/cast/article/-/article/5190452/colleen-smart/. Retrieved 2011-01-10. 
  5. ^ a b "Holy Soap > Home and Away > Cast > Colleen Smart". Holy Soap. (Channel 5). http://holysoap.five.tv/homeandaway/cast/colleen-smart-333. Retrieved 2011-01-10. 
  6. ^ a b c Ellis, Sarah (4 March 2006). "Gossip queen!". Inside Soap (Hachette Filipacchi UK) (9): 40. 
  7. ^ Green, Kris (03 July 2007). "Inside Soap Awards 2007: The Nominations". Digital Spy. (Hachette Filipacchi UK). http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/scoop/a64083/inside-soap-awards-2007-the-nominations.html. Retrieved 2011-01-10. 
  8. ^ "Mitchell eyes up a speedy gift". Google News. (Press Association). 24 December 2010. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5i8XSk3j5KOp-Vwi1OCODmwYNNXVA?docId=N0303311293104534928A. Retrieved 2011-01-10. 
  9. ^ Moses, Asher (13 November 2006). "Borat wants Aussie wife". The Sydney Morning Herald. (Fairfax Media). http://www.smh.com.au/news/film/any-takers-borat-wants-aussie-wife/2006/11/13/1163266449578.html. Retrieved 2011-01-10. 
  10. ^ "Marilyn's next move". The Sydney Morning Herald. (Fairfax Media). 18 March 2010. http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/marilyns-next-move-20100313-q50k.html. Retrieved 2011-01-10. 

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