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Becca (film)
''Becca'' is a 1989 UK-Australian TV movie about a Welsh farmer who is transported to Australia in the 1840s. It was shot in English and Welsh.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p12 Beth Robert and Dafydd Hywel Dafydd Hywel is a Welsh actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ... played the main characters. References External links * Australian television films 1989 television films 1989 films {{Australia-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Turner (director)
Paul Turner (December 1945 – 1 November 2019) was a Welsh film director. His film ''Hedd Wyn (film), Hedd Wyn'' (1992) became the first Welsh film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Born in Devon, Turner learned Welsh while working at the BBC in the early 1980s and was a vocal supporter of Plaid Cymru. He was reportedly "blacklisted" from the BBC for his nationalist views (reported in an article in ''The Observer''). S4C director called him "a man with vision and a fire in his heart for all things Welsh and the Welsh language and his desire to portray that on film". Paul had two daughters during his first marriage to Sheila Ford, He had 3 grandchildren. His second marriage was to Welsh actress Sue Roderick. He died in November 2019 at the age of 73. Awards He won several international awards as well as having his film ''Hedd Wyn'' nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Filmography *''Tra Bo Dwy'' (1984) *''Wil Six'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Ohlsson
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Beth Robert
Beth Robert is a Welsh television actress from Pont-rhyd-y-groes, Wales, who has worked in television since 1986. Her appearances in TV series, in Welsh and English, include ''Hinterland'', ''The Indian Doctor'' and ''Pobol y Cwm''. Early and personal life Robert comes from the village of Pont-rhyd-y-groes near Aberystwyth. She went on to study at the College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, and graduated in 1986. Robert is married to Paul Harris. They met in Porthmadog in March 2000. They have one daughter together. Her father died when she was in her early twenties. Career Robert portrayed Lisa Morgan in the Welsh soap ''Pobol y Cwm'' for the first time in January 1990. In 1997, Lisa, Beth's character, was part of the first kiss between two women on Welsh television. Robert left the series again in 2000. After an absence of 19 years the actress returned to the series and was in numerous prominent storylines between 2019 and 2021. Between 2005 and 2008 she starred as Judith i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dafydd Hywel
Dafydd Hywel is a Welsh actor who has worked extensively in television roles and movies in both Welsh and English medium since 1969. He is best known for playing Glen Brennig in the Sky1 TV comedy drama series ''Stella Stella or STELLA may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media Comedy *Stella (comedy group), a comedy troupe consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and David Wain Characters *Stella (given name), including a list of characters with th ...''. Dafydd also narrated Video 125s 'The Cambrian Coast' Railway Drivers Eye View Video in 1988. Filmography Film TV References External links * Living people Welsh male television actors People from Garnant 1945 births {{Wales-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Television Films
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1989 Television Films
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