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Afraid To Dance
''Afraid to Dance'' is a 1988 Australian film directed by Denny Lawrence and starring Nique Needles and Rosey Jones.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p107 It was shot in 1988 and located at Sydney, New South Wales but was never released theatrically and went straight to video.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p4 Cast *Nique Needles as The Male *Rosey Jones as The Female *Grigor Taylor as Jim Pratt *Tina Bursill as Driving Woman *Annie Byron as Betty *Mervyn Drake as Terry *Tom Richards as Don Chapman * Steve Spears as Garage Man *Allan Penney as Newsagent *Bill Young as Publican *Stuart Halcroft as Supermarket Attendant *Marina Finlay as Checkout Girl *Fred Welsh as Tom *Kate Parker as Large Woman *Angela Cockburn as Supermarket Mother *David Cockburn as Little Boy *Coby Cockburn as Little Girl *Lindsay McCormack as Greg References External links''Afr ...
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Denny Lawrence
Denny Lawrence (born 1951 in Sydney) is an Australian actor, writer, producer and director of television, theatre and film. He studied at NIDA and the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. Among his most notable credits are the feature film ''Goodbye Paradise'' (1983) and the mini-series ''Bodyline'' (1984). He has also worked extensively as a teacher. Select credits Films *''The Outing'' – short *''Goodbye Paradise'' (1983) – co-writer *''Emoh Ruo'' (1985) – director *''The Coca-Cola Kid'' (1985) – additional dialogue *''Archer'' (1986) – director *''Army Wives'' (1986) – director *''Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train'' (1987) – co-writer *''Afraid to Dance'' (1988) – director *'' Rainbow's End'' (1995) – director *''A Divided Heart'' (2008) – director TV series *''The Young Doctors'' (1979–80) – director *''The Restless Years'' – director *''Sons and Daughters'' (1982–83) – director *''Bodyline'' (1984) – co-writer, co-director *''Palac ...
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Chris Neal (songwriter)
Christopher Hugh Neal (born 1946) is an Australian musician, songwriter, record producer and television and film music composer.Sounds Australian: Australian Music Centre Journal 1990 INTERVIEW From Midi to 80-Piece Orchestras: Chris Neal, Film Composer Michael Atherton "Chris Neal is a leading feature film composer. He studied classical piano and theory, jazz and orchestration" He is regarded as one of Australia's most successful screen composers. Some of his most notable scores include Buddies, Bodyline, The Shiralee, Turtle Beach and Farscape. He has also scored and written songs for numerous well-known children's series including Johnson and Friends, Lift-Off, Crash Zone and Noah and Saskia. Neal has won several AGSC and APRA awards for his work and was awarded Best Original Music Score at the 1985 AFI Awards for his contribution to the film score for 'Rebel'. Some of Neal's frequent collaborators have included Denny Lawrence, Bob Ellis, George Ogilvie, Matt Carroll, ...
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Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Greater Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common throughout Greater Sydney. The traditional custodians of the land on which modern Sydney stands are ...
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New South Wales
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Nique Needles
Cornelius Delaney, formerly known as Nique Needles, is an Australian artist, musician and actor. He currently lives in France where he continues to produce and exhibit paintings, and perform with his group ''Darky Valetta''. Music In 1981 Needles formed Melbourne band ''The Curse'' along with John Rowell, Graeme Scott (both from Models (band), Models), Nick Barker and Adrian Chynoweth.McFarlane'Nick Barker and the Reptiles'entry. Archived frothe originalon 28 August 2004. Retrieved 15 November 2017. Needles later went on to front ''Freak Power'' with Scott, Barker and Chynoweth. In 1987 ''Freak Power'' released a self-titled album through Rampant Releases. In 1992 ''Freak Power'' was re-formed with Needles, Chynoweth, Barker, Stu Thomas, and Peter Jones (drummer). Jones left the band mid 1994 to join Crowded House to complete their USA tour. In the early '90s, ''Doghouse'' followed in the wake of ''Freak Power''; the initial lineup being Needles, Chynoweth, Thomas, Delaney Davids ...
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Grigor Taylor
Grigor Weston Taylor also known as Greg Taylor, is an Australian former actor, best known for his parts in several television series including ''Matlock Police'' and ''Glenview High''. Early life, education and teacher Taylor was born in Penrith, New South Wales and attended Penrith High School. After finishing school, he became an English teacher. Taylor taught at Penrith and then at Marist Brothers, Westmead, New South Wales and he taught at Randwick Girls' High School in 1969. Career Grigor became a professional actor in 1971 and starred in 99 episodes of TV series ''Matlock Police'' as Senior Detective Alan Curtis. Between 1974–75 he portrayed Steve Hamilton in '' Silent Number'' and 1977–78 Taylor portrayed an English high school teacher, Greg Walker, in ''Glenview High''. Taylor took many other parts in Australian television series such as ''A Country Practice'', ''Homicide'', '' Special Squad'', ''City West'', ''The Flying Doctors'', ''Butterfly Island'', ''Dea ...
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Tina Bursill
Tina Bursill (born 24 July 1951) is an Australian actress. She played Louise Carter on the television series '' Skyways'' (1979–1981) and Sonia Stevens on ''Prisoner'' (1983–1984). She played Meryl Knight in the Nine Network drama series '' Doctor Doctor''. Bursill won the AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1987 film '' Jilted''. Life and career Tina Bursill was born on the 24 July 1951 in Sydney. Initially, she intended to pursue a career in anthropology, however, she set her sights on becoming an actress. She studied drama at the National Institute of Dramatic Art and graduated in 1971. Bursill started her career in musicals and stand-up comedy, before being cast in more serious roles in theatre. Bursill made her acting debut in 1973 appearing in the lead role of short-lived comedy series ''The People Next Door'' as Meg Penrose. She was a regular character in daily soap opera '' The Unisexers'' which was launched in February 1975 on the Nine Networ ...
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Annie Byron
Annie Byron is an AFI Award-winning Australian film, stage, and television actress best known for ''Wolf Creek 2'', ''Fran'', ''Muriel's Wedding'', and ''Doing Time for Patsy Cline''. Early life Byron was born in Inverell, Australia. She attended primary school at St. Mary's Ross Hill Primary School and Sacred Heart Primary School, then high school at St. Ursula's College in Armidale and Inverell High School. She graduated with a scholarship to the University of New South Wales, where she earned an Arts degree with Honors in Drama. After graduating university, she enrolled in the National Institute of Dramatic Art along with Steve Bisley, Debra Lawrence, Robert Menzies, Peter Kingston, Judy Davis, and Mel Gibson. Career Byron was cast as Lou, the second wife of Harry Sullivan in the Australian television series The Sullivans the year after graduating from NIDA. She has since worked in numerous film, television, theatre and radio productions in Australia for over 30 year ...
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Tom Richard (actor)
Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character in the 1998 American science-fiction disaster movie '' Deep Impact'' * Tom Buchanan, the main antagonist from the 1925 novel ''The Great Gatsby'' * Tom Cat, a character from the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons * Tom Lucitor, a character from the American animated series ''Star vs. the Forces of Evil'' * Tom Natsworthy, from the science fantasy novel ''Mortal Engines'' * Tom Nook, a character in ''Animal Crossing'' video game series * Tom Servo, a robot character from the ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' television series * Tom Sloane, a non-adult character from the animated sitcom ''Daria'' * Talking Tom, the protagonist from the ''Talking Tom & Friends'' franchise * Tom, a character from the '' Deltora Quest'' books by Emily Rodda * Tom, a cha ...
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Steve Spears
Steven John Peter Spears (22 January 1951 – 16 October 2007) was an Australian playwright, actor, writer and singer. His most famous work was ''The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin'' (1976). He was cited as "one of Australia's most celebrated playwrights". Biography Early life Spears was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1951 and, after his parents separated when he was very young, grew up with relatives in the suburb of Mile End. He studied law at the University of Adelaide, but through writing and performing student revues, was distracted into a career in the theatre. Sydney Spears moved to Sydney in the 1970s. In his own words, he was a "born-again Sydney-sider". Later life Spears died in Aldinga, South Australia, from brain cancer in 2007. He was 56. Plays Spears' theatrical works include: * ''Africa: A Savage Musical'' (1974) * ''People Keep Giving Me Things'' (1975) * ''Roaring Boy'' (1975) * ''There Were Giants in Those Days'' (1975) * ''Young Mo'' (full title ''"T ...
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Bill Young (actor)
William, Will, Bill or Billy Young may refer to: Arts and entertainment * William Young (composer) (died 1662), English composer and viola da gambist * William Young (architect) (1843–1900), Scottish architect, designer of Glasgow City Chambers * William Young (playwright) (1847–1920), American playwright, writer and actor * William Young (artist) (1875–1944), Australian watercolor painter * Billy Young (singer) (born 1941), American singer/songwriter * William Allen Young (born 1954), African American actor * William P. Young (born 1955), Canadian/American novelist * Will Young (born 1979), English actor and singer/songwriter Business and industry * W. J. Young (William John Young, 1827–1896), American industrialist, founder of the W.J. Young Company * William John Young (pastoralist) (1850–1931), Australian company chief executive and station manager * Tom Young (trade unionist) (William Thomas Young, 1870–1953), New Zealand seaman and trade unionist * William T. ...
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Marina Finlay
Marina Finlay (born 1961) was an Australian actress who in 1990 left acting to be an artist. Finlay was born and grew up in Sydney, and is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). She learned to paint from Judy Cassab, for whom she was a model for 30 years.Marina Finlay
Finalist, Archibald Prize 2018, Art Gallery of NSW.
She began her career as an actor who played notable roles in television soap operas – Lucy Dunlop in '''', Elizabeth Drysdale in '''', Lainie Dobson in ''