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Brides Of Christ (TV Miniseries)
''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] |
Michelle Pettigrove
Michelle Pettigrove (born 19 July 1966) is an Australian actress, well known for her role as alternate medicine nursing sister Kate Bryant in the long-running rural soap opera ''A Country Practice''. She had appeared in the series in a guest role previously, and was brought back in 1991 to play the permanent role of new nurse Sister Bryant Pettigrove has also appeared in several other series, including ''Blue Heelers'', ''Home and Away'' (in 3 different roles), ''Something in the Air (TV series), Something in the Air'', ''Silversun'' and the mini-series ''Brides of Christ''. Pettigrove is married to actor and singer Frankie J. Holden, with whom she has one daughter, Georgia Rose, who appeared in the final night of blind auditions of The Voice (Australian season 11), ''The Voice'' 2022. They both now work on travel shows, particularly those dedicated to camping and caravanning, and are part owners at Tathra, New South Wales, Tathra Beachside (Caravan Park). She is an ambassador ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The conflict was the second of the Indochina wars and a proxy war of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and US. The Vietnam War was one of the postcolonial wars of national liberation, a theater in the Cold War, and a civil war, with civil warfare a defining feature from the outset. Direct United States in the Vietnam War, US military involvement escalated from 1965 until its withdrawal in 1973. The fighting spilled into the Laotian Civil War, Laotian and Cambodian Civil Wars, which ended with all three countries becoming Communism, communist in 1975. After the defeat of the French Union in the First Indoc ... [...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] |
Ned Manning
Ned Manning is an Australian playwright, actor and teacher. His film credits include the lead role in '' Dead End Drive-In'' (1986), and television credits include '' The Shiralee'' and ''Prisoner'', and '' Brides of Christ''. His plays include ''Us or Them'', ''Milo'', ''Kenny's Coming Home'' and ''Close to the Bone''. In 2007 Manning played the lead in his own play, ''Last One Standing'', at the Old Fitzroy Theatre in Sydney. Early life Ned Manning was born in Coonabarabran, New South Wales in 1950, where he grew up on a property. His father was a progressive Labour shire president, and his mother was a socialite and budding artist. His mother died when he was twelve years old, and he wasn't particularly close with his father. Career Theatre Manning's first play, ''Us or Them'', was initially produced at the Childers Street Hall in Canberra on 1 November 1977. It was then re-written and performed in 1984 at the Stables Theatre in Sydney for the Griffin Theatre Company, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Gallacher
Frank Gallacher (7 April 1943 – 23 February 2009) was a Scottish-Australian actor. Early life Gallacher was born in Glasgow in 1943. In 1962, aged 19, he was working in London when his parents and younger sister decided to emigrate to Australia. Gallacher declined to join them, preferring to remain in London, but emigrated to Brisbane a year later where he worked as a schoolteacher. He spent three years in Papua New Guinea teaching English. On his return to Brisbane, he joined an amateur theatre company, which eventually gained him admission to the Queensland Theatre Company. Career In 1977, Gallacher was in Melbourne, performing in David Williamson's play '' The Club'', and he remained with the Melbourne Theatre Company from then on. In 2005, he played Lear in the MTC production of ''King Lear''. He was well known in the 1970s for his television roles in '' Shannon's Mob'' and '' The Lost Islands''. His film roles included ''Proof'' (1991), '' Dark City'' (1998), '' Till ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Rooney (actor)
Brian Rooney (born 2 November 1972) is a Northern Irish-born Australian actor with film, television and stage credits. He is best known for his childhood television performances, in particular the part of Michael Winters in '' G.P.''. He appeared in the children's television productions of ''The Ferals'' as Leonard, and '' Spellbinder'' as Alex Katsonis.Brian Rooney profile imdb.com; retrieved 10 August 2010. Career Rooney first appeared on Australian Television on Network Channel 10 in on the Grundy Television show, ''Pot Luck''. He s ...[...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 A prisoner, also known as an inmate or detainee, is a person who is deprived of liberty against their will. This can be by confinement or captivity in a prison or physical restraint. The term usually applies to one serving a Sentence (law), se ...'', 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''. 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 Austra ... [...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 roles as Melissa "Molly" Jones in the television drama ''A Country Practice'', Liz Taylor in ''Always Greener'', and as Sal Kerrigan opposite Michael Caton in the major hit film ''The Castle (1997 Australian 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 (television show), E Street'', ''Water Rats (TV series), Water Rats'', ''Always Greener'', ''All Saints (TV series), All Saints'', ''headLand'' and ''Packed to the Rafters,'' On 16 September 2024, Tenney was named as part of the cast for Paramount+ series ''Playing Gracie Darling.'' Filmography Films Television Television guest appearances (as herself) Awards In 1985, Tenney won the 'Most Popular Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Crowe
Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an actor and film director. Russell Crowe filmography, His work on screen has earned him List of awards and nominations received by Russell Crowe, various accolades, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a British Academy Film Awards, British Academy Film Award. Known for his intense performances, his films have grossed over $5.3 billion worldwide. Crowe was born in New Zealand, spending ten years of his childhood in Australia and residing there permanently by the age of 21. He began acting in Australia and had his break-out role in ''Romper Stomper'' (1992). He gained international recognition in the late 1990s for his starring roles in ''L.A. Confidential (film), L.A. Confidential'' (1997) and ''The Insider (film), The Insider'' (1999). Crowe gained wider stardom for playing the title role of ''Gladiator (2000 film), Gladiator'' (2000), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Further acclaim came for portr ... [...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. Personal Life 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. Career 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 A prisoner, also known as an inmate or detainee, is a person who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Quast
Philip Mark Quast (born 30 July 1957) is an Australian actor and bass-baritone 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 other theatre roles, notable ones being Georges Seurat/George in ''Sunday in the Park with George'' (which won him a Laurence Olivier Award), Archibald Craven and Dr. Neville Craven in ''The Secret Garden'', Judge Turpin in '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'', George Banks in ''Mary Poppins'', Georges in '' La Cage aux Folles'', Juan Peron in '' Evita'', Emile de Becque in '' South Pacific'', and The Wolf and Cinderella's Prince in ''Into the Woods''. He is also known for appearances in film and for his roles in television shows such as ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
