Alethea McGrath

Acting

Born June 1, 1920

Alethea Ada McGrath (1 June 1920 – 9 February 2016) was an Australian actress and comedian. She played Jocasta Nu in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. She is also widely known for her roles on television, playing Dot Farrar in Prisoner and she has had three parts in Neighbours: Miss Logan in 1985, Mary Crombie from 1989 to 1990 and Lilly Madigan in 1998. Most recently she played the older character of Miss Taylor in Knowing (2009). Before concentrating on acting professionally, McGrath taught Drama at Methodist Ladies College in the Melbourne suburb of Kew.

Filmography

• 2009Knowing — Miss Taylor (2009)
• 2007Curtin — Mrs. Needham
• 2007Romulus, My Father — Mrs. Lillie
• 2006Irresistible — Maggie
• Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King — Elderly Mary
• 2004Dreams for Life — Lucy
• 2003Inspector Gadget 2 — Mrs. Quimby
• 2003Take Away — Mrs McLeod
• Kath & Kim — Melissa
• 2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones — Madame Jocasta Nu
• 2000Muggers — Older Woman
• Something in the Air — Alice
• The Lost World — Old Ana
• 1997Alien Visitor — Grandmother
• 1995That Eye, the Sky — Grammar Flack
• 1994Dallas Doll — Aunt Mary
• 1994Hammers Over the Anvil — Mrs. Bilson
• Blue Heelers — Alice Foster, Mrs Carmichael
• The Flying Doctors — Mrs. Harrington
• Screen Two — Aunt Mary