chrissie lathem
 

chrissie is one of my fav charachters not a very nice person in the beggining as she killed meg jacksons husband bill but as her charachter developed she mellowed after have her daughter elizabeth,chrissie had a tough time from the women never fitting in always getting into trouble but mostly bringing it on herself but for me a loved how her and bea got closer as the series progressed and became enemies to friends to me chrissies finest episodes where when she returned to the show in 1982 from bashings from the freak the great wentworth fire nearly getting killed by dr neil murray and the concert love you chrissie xxxx

in australia, the rebroadcast is upto episode 78 at the moment, so her and queen bea are still at eachothers throats.

i honestly didnt think she'd be the sort of person to keep her baby.

I agree i didnt like chrissie at first as with a lot of the inmates but i warmed very quickly to chrissie. I think when she had elizabeth she changed her personality for the good . Felt really sorry for her when she had to sign over her baby to her brother she really loved that little girl.

I too enjoyed Chrissie's final stint in Wentworth the most.

Actress, Amanda Muggleton has herself stated that this was her favourite time in the show.

The bashing from The Freak, the Great Fire and the Neil Murray episodes were amongst some of the very finest in the serial's history.

It was a standout period in Prisoner's history and Chrissie contributed greatly to it.

In fact, her last stint in the show was never bettered by anything that came post her exit IMHO.

Chrissie Latham
 

I thought Amanda was great in all her performances as Chrissie, from episode 3 up until her last ones with Joan Ferguson. Has she got her own website? :clap:

Loved Chrissie. A classic example of the character really being so good because of the person playing her. I wish she was in it much longer.

Chrissie Latham was and remains to be my very very favourite character in prisoner history. why was her shirt always so much shorter than anyone else's? lol, her accent was hilarious too "'ere, who you calling new girl?" she stirred up trouble and had quite the schizophrenic temper! she should have come back from barnhurst with the barnhurst 5... and how did she get out of prison so soon after murdering bill Jackson? she should have done us all a favour back then n killed her intended victim... it was also through Chrissie that we saw the Joanies first real wrath... sure Dooor got "molested" by the black gloves... but it was nothing like Chrissie's punishment for making Joanie "lose her temper". Chrissie was always on the side of Chrissie, trying to seduce men and women alike to get what she wanted... lol... Fabulous!

Amanda Muggleton seems to be a very down to earth and lovely person. all interviews and clips i've seen of her show her to be funny and friendly. a truly great character and a truly great actress who was in the show for way too short a time...

very much missed and very much loved and my favourite all time prisoner.

JL

Chrissie Latham
 

You're right. I always wondered why she got out so soon also. Plus I was hoping she would have came in with the Barnhurst 5 also. Maybe she got out and was reunited with Elizabeth? :)

I'd like to think there was a happy ending for Chrissie, but there was still so much they could have done with the character, and so much trouble she could have been part of i guess its no use in complaining now that the shows over, but they missed a few good tricks by not having reappearances from several good characters like Chrissie and Vera.

I would have loved to see, even a cameo of Bea turning up at barnhurst and vera standing there with that infamous smirk on her face, knowing that now Vera was in control of a prisoner she always wanted to be... :) i'm just sadistic like that ;) afterall, we got to see bea there before for a couple episodes.

in fact at one point in the show there were more interesting characters at barnhurst than there were in wentworth, a spin off could have been great, with crossovers.

JL

Chrissie Latham
 

Yes it would. I think they could remake Prisoner now, With Vera as Governor and Meg Morris as Lieutenant Governor. They could also have Rita come visit because she was cured of her Hodgkins, and Kath Maxwell just getting out. And have Chrissie come visit also. Marty could also be a screw.:cool:

sounds grand, i'm only around the 500 mark so far, but sounds real good, but only if meg gets killed off in episode 1.

couldn't stand that self-righteous character. Margo needs to make a reappearance too... and possibly Noleen for the fun factor!

JL

YESS! Bea needs to return too...they could easily say that her death was a set up and that she had been sent into witness protection or something, LOL!

Bea, Chrissie, Monnie, Rita, Tina, Lorna, Joanie, Joycie, Vera, Noleen, Judy, Pixie, Helen...would be fabulous!

And maybe Judy and the freak could fall in love? hahahahahahaha!

Chrissie Latham
 

You don't like Meg? I'm on a like and hate thing with her. I like her because she's the nicest screw at Wentworth, but then sometimes she makes me hate her the way she carries on. As for margo, she's played by a very good actress and yes it would be good to see her again and Noeline too.:happy:

Margo indeed was played by a very good actress, the crazier she got, the bigger and wilder her hair got lol, as for meg... meh, almost every storyline ive seen of her has annoyed me...
3 examples are:
1. when she was a social worker,
2. when she was involved with men such as Bob, Greg and that parolee that she was coming onto (the really bad actor) and many others and when she was stripped to her camisole by that psycho friend of her sons.
3. when she was on the other side of the bars. after that she was ever more annoying and "prisoner's best friend"

and she was always annoying Joan.

yes, she may not be my MOST hated but she's defo on the list, though i understand why some people like her, and i guess they needed at least one consistently good screw.

JL

Chrissie Latham
 

LOL thinking about the man you're talking about, It was the one that screamed "I hate you all!" while shaking his fists at the barroom. And I felt sorry for her when she was raped by those two creeps that Angel, the girl with the baby voice and was a psycho got them to do. And she wasn't a very good crier. I guess that's why they never gave her many crying scenes. And Yes Margo's hair did look crazy when she was crazy.:)

i haven't quite got as far as her actual rape... im only around episode 500... she was a terrible actress... husbands just been stabbed and instead of helping shes moaning (badly) ARE U SATISFIED (u should hear the voice i use when saying that - its reminiscent of carolines mother) bad bad bad! lol, yes, i can see why it lasted as long as it did - meg that is - but it shouldn't have... how many knocks to the head did she receive? so unrealistic! lol, defo on my most hated list lol.

Too true. Although she is undoubtedly one of the most recognisable characters from the show, I believe she only appeared in as few as a hundred or so episodes.

It's a shame really, because when she left for the last time in '82 it had always been her intention to return to the show at a later date.

It's just that the play she went into - Steaming (coincidentally also starring Genevieve Lemon who later appeared as Marlene 'Rabbit' Warren) - went onto become one of the great successes of commercial theatre lasting for several years. I believe she was asked back at one point by Prisoner's producers but was unable to return due to her theatre commitments.

And by the time Steaming had finished its long run, Amanda has said that most of those in the cast who she knew when she was in it (Val, Sheila, Judith McGrath etc) had left the programme. So, she just felt it was time to move on to other projects.

Thanks for that information Gov, i always wondered why she didn't come back again, and she is arguably one of the most recognized "supporting" core cast. still wish she'd made a reappearance tho, I'm only on episode 480 so it would be something to look forward to... many cast members should have made reappearances in my opinion after the point I'm at including characters like Noleen, Marilyn, Monnie, Margo, Helen, Marie.... the list goes on.... and i would have liked some closure on Sandy Edwards and Sonia Stevens too.

Chrissie is by far one of the most Iconic prisoners though and certainly made an impact behind the bars.

:)

JL

The Inmates Chriisie Latham
 

I have Betty Bobbit's book On The Inside, she said Geniveve was a wonderful singer too, as a matter of fact, she got married later on and she has a daughter that can also sing.:)

Hi Heffnersheri48, How is Betty's book? I'd be quite interested in getting a copy if it had a prisoner dominated theme through it, but is it more of an auto biography? even then i might be tempted... cannot wait for On The Inside tho ;)

oh and does it make reference to her homosexuality in the book and how it was portraying a lesbian while secretly hiding it? call me curious! (she did play the role very well :lol:)

JL

Chrissie Latham
 

I am almost finished with the book. Yes she does discuss her homosexuality. At the end of the book, she announced to her sons and family, they understood and she met her partner and they've been together for quite a few years. And yes it's an autobiography. She talks about her life from the time she moved to Australia in 1962. She got married and moved to England and had her older son Chris in 1964. Then she divorced and moved back to Australia and had her younger son Oliver in 1973. She talks about the people that she worked with in Prisoner. She had already worked with Ellie Ballantyne (Meg Morris) Collette Mann (Doreen Burns) Anne Phelan (Myra Desmond, and Tommy Dysart (Jock Stewart), she became close friends with Reylene (Phyllis Hunt) Terry Gill (Inspector Jack Grace) and Alan Hopgood Wally Wallace. :nod:

well, that defo sounds like an interesting read, i'll likly try to catch it if i can find it. Thanx for the info! :woot:

JL

Chrissie Latham
 

You're Welcome.:happy: