Australian television star Maggie Kirkpatrick has been charged with child sex offences by Victorian police.

In a statement, police confirmed the 74-year-old had been charged with two counts of indecent assault and one count of gross indecency with a person under 16.

The matter is due to be heard in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on August 19.

Kirkpatrick, from New South Wales, came to prominence in the 1980s television show Prisoner, in which she played a warden nicknamed The Freak.

News Corp reported Kirkpatrick had denied the allegations.

"I need to go to court to have this ridiculous situation quashed," she reportedly said.

"Allegations have been levelled at me, yes. Are they true? Absolutely not."

Maggie Kirkpatrick as Madame Morrible in the hit musical Wicked. ( Supplied )

Kirkpatrick took her first professional job in a Shakespearian production when she was 19.

She took a break from performing to give birth to her daughter, working as a receptionist and in hospitality before returning to theatre in Sydney.

She also starred on stage in the musical Wicked and made appearances in Home and Away, All Saints, Water Rats and Blue Heelers.

Last month, the royal commission into child abuse launched an investigation into the entertainment industry.

Royal commission chief executive Philip Reed said anyone who had experienced child sexual abuse in the Australian entertainment industry, or had information about it, should come forward.

Speaking to the ABC, Prisoner co-star Betty Bobbitt said she was shocked to hear of the news.

"I can't believe it's true," she said.

"I have absolutely no doubt she is innocent."