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Brides Of Christ
''Brides of Christ'' is an Australian television miniseries produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1991.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 94 The series takes place behind the walls of a Sydney convent school and deals with the struggles of both the Roman Catholic nuns and the young students to adapt to the many social changes taking place within the church and the outside world during the 1960s. Plot Diane Markham (Josephine Byrnes) joins a convent, 'Santu Spiritu School for Girls' after dropping her fiancé and becomes 'Sister Catherine', under the guidance of 'Sister Agnes' (Brenda Fricker). Catherine begins a friendship with another convent newcomer 'Sister Paul' (Lisa Hensley) and she begins to teach English and acts as the school newspaper adviser. Rosemary (Kym Wilson) is a naughty, rebellious student who gets herself into trouble, while another student Frances (Naomi Watts) is upset because her divorced mother is plann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Smith (writer)
Sue Smith is an Australian screenwriter and playwright. Biography She is best known for writing or co-writing Australian television productions including ''Mabo (film), Mabo'', ''Bastard Boys'', ''RAN Remote Area Nurse (TV series), RAN'', The Road from Coorain (film), ''The Road from Coorain'', ''The Leaving of Liverpool (miniseries), The Leaving of Liverpool,'' and ''Brides of Christ''. Her screenwriting for film includes ''Peaches (film), Peaches'' and co-writing ''Saving Mr. Banks''. Since 2006 she has also written for the stage, with plays including ''Hydra'', ''Machu Picchu'', ''Kryptonite'', ''The Kreutzer Sonata'' (an adaptation of The Kreutzer Sonata, the Tolstoy novella) and ''Strange Attractor'', and the libretto to the opera ''Rembrandt's Wife''. Smith received AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Television, AACTA/AFI Awards as a screenwriter for ''RAN'' and ''Bastard Boys'' and as a co-screenwriter for ''Brides of Christ'' and ''The Leaving of Liverpool''. She recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Gillmer
Caroline Gillmer (born 1955) is an Australian actress, best known for her roles in various television series, such as ''Prisoner'' as Helen Smart and ''Neighbours'' as Cheryl Stark. During her time off sick from ''Neighbours'', Gillmer was temporarily replaced by fellow ex-''Prisoner'' cast member Colette Mann who played Doreen Burns, and who later played Sheila Canning. Gillmer has had many guest roles in television series including a recurring guest role on ''MDA'' and supporting roles in TV shows such as ''Bed of Roses''. She portrayed Judy Moran in the hit TV series ''Underbelly Underbelly is the side of something that is not normally seen. Figuratively, it means a vulnerable or weak part, similar to the term Achilles' heel, or alternatively, a hidden, illicit side of society. This term could refer to: Business * ...''. Filmography Film Television External links * Australian film actresses Australian soap opera actresses 1955 births Living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strathfield, New South Wales
Strathfield is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 12 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the Municipality of Strathfield. A small section of the suburb north of the railway line lies within the City of Canada Bay, while the area east of The Boulevard lies within the Municipality of Burwood. North Strathfield and Strathfield South are separate suburbs to the north and south, respectively. History The Strathfield district lies between the Concord Plains to the north and the Cooks River to the south, and was originally occupied by the Wangal clan. European colonisation in present-day Strathfield commenced in 1793 with the issue of land grants in the area of "Liberty Plains", an area including present-day Strathfield as well as surrounding areas, where the first free settlers received land grants. In 1808, a grant was made to James Wilshire, which forms the largest p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Sabina College
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The north was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist states, while the south was United States in the Vietnam War, supported by the United States and other anti-communism, anti-communist Free World Military Forces, allies. The war is widely considered to be a Cold War-era proxy war. It lasted almost 20 years, with direct U.S. involvement ending in 1973. The conflict also spilled over into neighboring states, exacerbating the Laotian Civil War and the Cambodian Civil War, which ended with all three countries becoming communist states by 1975. After the French 1954 Geneva Conference, military withdrawal from Indochina in 1954 – following their defeat in the First Indochina War – the Viet Minh to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Finance Corporation Australia
The Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) was the government agency responsible for funding commercial productions of Australian film, documentary, and television from 1988 to 2008. Unlike other publicly funded organisations responsible for financing media production in Australia, the FFC operated as a commercially oriented funding agency,Garry Maddox, “A History of the Australian Film Finance Corporation.” Media international Australia incorporating Culture & policy 80, no. 1 (1996) backing projects with the intention of recouping part of its funding through investment. The organisation was responsible for financing several notable Australian feature films, among them Strictly Ballroom (1992), Muriel's Wedding (1994) and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994). During its lifetime, the FFC supported 248 features with a total investment of A$662 million.Jordi McKenzie. Craig Rossiter. “Film Funding in Australia: Recent History and Empirical Analysis” ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Winchester
Michael Winchester is a Malaysian-born Australian actor, best known for being the third actor to play Marty Jackson in the television series ''Prisoner'', after Ronald Korosy and Andrew McKaige had played the character in earlier episodes. He had previously appeared in '' Sons and Daughters'' as Todd Fisher. Winchester also appeared in ''Brides of Christ'' as Martin Tierney. In 1984 he was in the TV-film ''The Schippan Mystery'', and in 1988 the film ''The Everlasting Secret Family ''The Everlasting Secret Family'' is a 1988 Australian film directed by Michael Thornhill about a secret society of gay men. It was based on Frank Moorhouse's so-named collection of four short stories published in 1980. The movie was financed by ...''. Filmography Film Television References External links * Australian male film actors Australian male soap opera actors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Australian male actors 21st-century Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Tenney
Anne Tenney (born 1954) is an Australian film, television and theatre actress, perhaps best known for her role as Melissa "Molly" Jones in the television drama ''A Country Practice'', Liz Taylor in ''Always Greener'' and Sal Kerrigan opposite Michael Caton in the major hit film '' The Castle. Tenney started her career in guest roles in several Australian drama series, before joining the cast of ''A Country Practice'' in 1981. She left the show in 1985. She was then to have roles in ''Police Rescue'', ''Brides of Christ'', '' E Street'', '' Water Rats'', ''Always Greener'', '' All Saints'', ''headLand'' and ''Packed to the Rafters'' Filmography Films Television Awards In 1985, Tenney won the 'Most Popular Lead Actress' award at the Logies for her role as Melissa 'Molly Jones' in ''A Country Practice''. Tenney went on to win 'NSW Most Popular Female' and 'Most Popular Australian Actress' in 1986 for the same role. Personal Tenney grew up in Sydney, Australia, graduating fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Crowe
Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an actor. He was born in New Zealand, spent ten years of his childhood in Australia, and moved there permanently at age twenty one. He came to international attention for his role as Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the epic historical film '' Gladiator'' (2000), for which he won an Academy Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, Empire Award, and London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Leading Actor, along with 10 other nominations in the same category. Crowe's other award-winning performances include tobacco firm whistle-blower Jeffrey Wigand in the drama film '' The Insider'' (1999) and mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. in the biopic '' A Beautiful Mind'' (2001). He has also starred in films such as the drama ''Romper Stomper'' (1992), the mystery-detective thriller ''L.A. Confidential'' (1997), the epic war film '' Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'' (2003), the biographical boxing drama '' Cindere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Bishop
Patricia Mary Bishop (13 June 1946 – 28 March 2000) was an Australian actress, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland noted for her performances in theatre, film and television series. She was married to the renowned Australian actor Bill Hunter in 1976 however, according to writer Bob Ellis, the marriage was short-lived after Hunter ran off with their marriage celebrant. She received an AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her representation of Jenny in the 1976 film ''Don's Party''. Bishop also appeared frequently on television, with credits including: ''Contrabandits'', '' The Link Men'', '' Homicide'', ''Division 4'', ''Matlock Police'', ''Spyforce'', ''Number 96'', '' A Country Practice'', ''Brides of Christ'', '' Water Rats'', ''Blue Heelers'', ''A Step in the Right Direction'' and '' All Saints''. She is probably best known for her role in ''Prisoner'' as gangster's wife Antonia McNally in 1979 and also acted in theatre Partial filmography *''Human Target ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Quast
Philip Mark Quast (born 30 July 1957) is an Australian actor and singer. He has won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical three times, making him the first actor to have three wins in that category. He is perhaps best known for his role as Inspector Javert in the stage musical ''Les Misérables'' and in the '' Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert''. He is also well-known for numerous theatre roles, including Georges Seurat in Stephen Sondheim's '' Sunday in the Park with George'' and Emile de Becque in Rodgers and Hammerstein's '' South Pacific''. He is also known for appearances in film and for his roles in television shows such as ''Ultraviolet,'' ''Brides of Christ'', and '' Play School''. Early life and education Quast, one of three children, was born in 1957 in Tamworth, New South Wales. His family lived and worked on a mixed but predominantly turkey farm. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1979. Acting career 1980s Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Burke
Simon Gareth Burke (born 8 October 1961) is an Australian actor, active in films, television and theatre. Biography Simon Burke began his career at the age of 12, starring in Michael Cove's ''Kookaburra''; a painful look at a dysfunctional working-class family, focusing particularly on an almost autistic young boy. Soon after at the age of 13, Burke starred in Fred Schepisi's acclaimed feature film '' The Devil's Playground'' for which he won the AFI Award for Best Actor at the Australian Film Institute Awards. He remains the youngest person ever to be honoured with this award. Since then he has enjoyed great success both in Australia and internationally in film, television, stage, concert appearances and cabaret. In 2014, Simon starred in Matchbox Pictures/NBC-Universal's highly acclaimed mini-series '' Devil’s Playground'' in which he reprised the role of Tom Allen that he created as a 13-year-old. He is the co-creator and executive producer of the project, which this yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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