1981Nominee
Best Performance
Smash Palace
Margaret Umbers
Actor
New Zealand
Biography
Margaret Umbers is a New Zealander actress. After being kidnapped by Bruno Lawrence in Smash Palace (1981) and battling mutants in Death Warmed Up (1984), Margaret (aka Makareta) Umbers was one of the bandmembers on TV’s Heroes (1984-1986). An actor since age eight, she later acted and sang in Australia, before her character faked medical qualifications and tried to kill Chris Warner on Shortland Street (1992). These days Umbers sings in bands, and manages a Northland music studio.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1984Nominee
Best Performance
Death Warmed Up
1986Nominee
Best Performance
Bridge to Nowhere
Career Highlights
1986Highlight
Best Performance
Mr. Wrong
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Smash Palace
Death Warmed Up
Mr. Wrong