On 31 March and 1 April 1973 Colleen Hewett had the role of The Mother (Mrs Walker) in the local version of The Who's rock opera Tommy [REF].
From the 1970s to the early 1990s, Hewett was also acting in TV dramas: Matlock Police (1973), Homicide (1974-76), The Truckies (1977-78),[REF] Carson's Law, Division 4, Young Ramsay (1977), Cop Shop, Prisoner (1984-85) and The Flying Doctors (1991).