Briony Behets

Briony Behets (born 1952) is an English-born Australian former actress who found fame acting in Australian television soap operas of the 1970s and 1980s. Early life Behets' was born in London, United Kingdom, her father worked as a civil engineer, which took him around the world and as a result much of Behets' childhood was spent abroad in Germany, Africa and Sierra Leone before returning to England. At age 17 she was accepted into the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, studying there for two years. After completing the course she travelled to the United States as part of a student exchange project, working there as a nightclub dancer. Career Behets travelled to Australia, aged 19, to take a regular role in comedy series Birds in the Bush (1972), and decided to stay in the country when production ceased on the series after 13 episodes. Behets subsequently enjoyed several high-profile television roles in Australia. She was an original cast member of soap opera Number 96 playing Helen Eastwood in 1972 but her character was written out of the serial after only a few months. She was subsequently a member of the original cast of another adult soap The Box starting in 1974 and her role in that series lasted 14 months. After leaving The Box she appeared for a short stint in Bellbird before taking an ongoing role in the school-based teen soap Class of '75.