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Joanne Samuel is an Australian film and television actress, who is best known for her role as the screen wife of Mel Gibson's title character in the 1979 film Mad Max.
Actress: Mad Max. Joanne Samuel was born on 5 August 1957 in Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia. She is an actress and director, known for Mad Max (1979), Smoke Between Trees (2019) and The Wiggles Movie (1997).
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Jessie "Jess" Rockantansky was the wife of pursuit officer "Mad" Max Rockatansky. She was portrayed by Joanne Samuel in George Miller's Mad Max.
Jessie was the loving wife of Max Rockatansky and the mother of their toddler son - Sprog. She was a keen saxophonist and was one of the more gentler of people Max encountered during his life. Not much is revealed about their marriage prior to the events in Mad Max.
Her first appearance is the night following Nightrider's death, having played a piece on her saxophone for her husband and son, a news report on the television set informs of Max's killing as she dries his hair after a long bath. She asks who Nightrider was, to which Max replies: "Just another Gloryroader," to which she seems unfazed. It seems such acts by Max were common to her and that they resulted in little worry from her.
However the next morning she expresses a considerable amount of depression when Max states he has to get going to work and a striking loneliness seems apparent. When she waves him off she shows her ability to use sign language - commenting that she's crazy about Max.
After Goose's fatal accident, Max decides to have a break from the MFP and the entire family take a vacation up north at May's Farm. Having gotten a bad tyre, Max pulls in at a local garage to have it mended. Meanwhile, Jessie and Sprog drive down to the nearby beach to get icecreams. When there, she is confronted by some of Max's current adversaries from Toecutter's motorcycle gang and no other than Toecutter himself. Having been briefly molested, she manages to escape and drive back up to the repair garage where she picks up her husband and flees back onto the outback roads.
Having long lost the Toecutter gang, Jessie, Max and Sprog eventually make it to May's Farm which seemed to be their destination from the start. Finally being able to relax, the couple and infant are greeted by May, (who could be a family friend or relative - it's not specified) and what appears to be her mentally challenged son. However as Jessie relaxed at the beach, she's once more pursued by the Toecutter gang who have appeared to have followed the family.
Eventually making it back to the house with May thinking once more to have lost the bikers, Max broke away to hunt them down with May's son, whilst May and Jessie took a breather back at the farm. However trouble arose once more as Jessie realised she couldn't recall where she'd placed Sprog. Desperately searching the farmyard, she met eyes with Toecutter once again who had taken Sprog hostage in demand for the hand she'd ripped from a member of his gang - Cundalini, who's hand was accidentally ripped from him as Jessie and Sprog escaped from the beach upon her first encounter with Toecutter.
First and foremost, Jessie was a caring and loving wife to Max and mother to Sprog. However, she showed a range of other abilities. Jessie had a musical ear, and appeared to be a talented saxophonist.
Mad Max: Directed by George Miller. With Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley. In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
Joanne Samuel was born on August 5, 1957 in Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia. She is an actress and director, known for Mad Max (1979), Smoke Between Trees (2019) and The Wiggles Movie (1997).
- August 5, 1957
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Sep 24, 2020 · In this interview she discusses The Legend of the Five, reflects on her experiences making television in the 1970s, embraces a fresh interpretation of her role in Mad Max and her work with young actors.
