• Maggie appeared in Australian rock band Silverchair's 'Anthem For The Year 2000' video. Maggie played the robotic figurehead for a futuristic totalitarian government. Interestingly, Silverchair, who hadn't met Maggie before, also come from Newcastle, and attended school with her niece and nephew.

• Maggie shaved her head in 1997 for her role in the film Welcome To Woop Woop. 

• Welcome To Woop Woop was directed by Stephan Elliott. The film was the follow-up to his smash hit, Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert.

• Welcome To Woop Woop was originally titled The Big Red.

• One of Maggie's all-time favourite TV shows is The Golden Girls.

• Maggie landed the role of Joan 'The Freak' Ferguson after a producer on Prisoner saw her in the 1981 film The Pirate Movie.

• Maggie has now been acting, in theatre, television and film, for over 40 years.

• A nurse was Maggie's original career choice.

• Maggie's favourite Prisoner memory was meeting Sammy Davis Jnr.

• Favourite things? Maggie's include; Friendship, beautiful music, and of course, her grandchildren.

• Maggie has acted in over 50, yes 50, stage productions.

• Maggie received a MO Award for her role in Peggy For You in 2000.

• Maggie has never appeared in panto.

• Maggie guested on the John Dever Special in 1973.

• Most of Maggie's 2002 was spent touring Down Under in the revived musical Singin' In The Rain.