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Brigid Lenihan
Brigid Lenihan (1929–1970) was a New Zealand actor who worked extensively in Australia on stage and screen. She died in her sleep aged 41. Select TV Credits *'' The Face of Love'' (1954) *''The Little Woman'' (1961) *'' A Night Out'' (1961) *''Lola Montez'' (1962) *''Red Peppers'' (1962) *''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1962) *'' My Three Angels'' (1962) *''Jonah'' (1962) *'' The Right Thing'' (1963) *''The Hungry Ones'' (1963) *''The Mavis Bramston Show'' (1965) *'' Goodbye, Gloria, Hello!'' (1967) Select Theatre *''Six Characters in Search of an Author'' (1949) *''Boeing Boeing'' (1964) *''A Cat Among the Pigeons'' (1970) References External linksBrigid Lenihanat IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... New Zealand actresses 1929 births 1970 deaths {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Face Of Love (1954 Film)
''The Face of Love'' is a 1954 BBC TV movie produced and directed by Alvin Rakoff, and adapted from ''Troilus and Cressida'' as a modern-language and modern-dress drama by Ian Dallas, a RADA graduate later better known as a scholar of sufism. This was only Dallas' second play, but won him a contract with BBC, where he stayed till the mid-60s. The 90 minute drama was broadcast on October 5. The TV film starred Laurence Payne as Troilus, Mary Morris as Cressida, along with John Breslin as Aeneas, Janet Butler as Philomena, John Charlesworth as Aidos, Maurice Colbourne as the Trojan statesman Pandarus, George Rose as Philo, a Trojan sergeant. The cast additionally featured Peter Cushing as Mardian Thersites.David Miller''The Peter Cushing Companion''(2002), p. 45. It was noted by Cushing's biographer that "Cushing's fee for ''The Face of Love'' was 74 guineas. ... There was a general increase in BBC artists' fees, but Cushing's growing standing as a film actor must have given i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mavis Bramston Show
''The Mavis Bramston Show'' was a weekly Australian television satirical sketch comedy revue series which aired on the Seven Network from 1964 to 1968. Inspired by the British TV satirical revue TV shows of the period (notably ''That Was The Week That Was''), "Mavis Bramston" was the first successful venture in this genre on Australian TV. At its peak it was one of the most popular Australian TV programs of its era and it propelled many of the 'classic' cast to national stardom in Australia, including original's Gordon Chater, Carol Raye (who was already a major star in England as a film star) and Barry Creyton, as well as June Salter, Noeline Brown, and Ron Stevens Cultural impact ''The Mavis Bramston Show'' had a huge impact in Australia in the mid-1960s, heightened because of its unique place in the history of the Australian television industry. Australian television broadcasting since its inception in 1956, had rapidly become dominated by the socio-economic influence of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Actresses
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IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Courrier Australien
''Le Courrier Australien'' is a bilingual French-English online newspaper based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. History Published for the first time in Sydney on 30 April 1892, by Charles Wroblewski, ''Le Courrier Australien'' has been the longest running foreign language newspaper in Australia. It is a bilingual news source, providing the community with updates on the latest news in both English and French. ''Le Courrier Australien'' has been fundamental in integrating the French speaking community in Australia while simultaneously exposing the Australian community to French language, culture, philosophy and lifestyle for over 125 years. The publication of the printed newspaper ceased in 2011. The newspaper has been digitised and is available on Trove Trove is an Australian online library database owned by the National Library of Australia in which it holds partnerships with source providers National and State Libraries Australia, an aggregator and servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)
''The Daily Telegraph'', also nicknamed ''The Tele'', is an Australian tabloid newspaper published by Nationwide News Pty Limited, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. It is published Monday through Saturday and is available throughout Sydney, across most of regional and remote New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. A 2013 poll conducted by Essential Research found that the ''Telegraph'' was Australia's least-trusted major newspaper, with 49% of respondents citing "a lot of" or "some" trust in the paper. Amongst those ranked by Nielsen, the ''Telegraph'' website is the sixth most popular Australian news website with a unique monthly audience of 2,841,381 readers. History ''The Daily Telegraph'' was founded in 1879, by John Mooyart Lynch, a former printer, editor and journalist who had once worked on the ''Melbourne Daily Telegraph''. Lynch had failed in an attempt to become a politician and was lookin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodbye, Gloria, Hello!
''Goodbye, Gloria, Hello!'' is a 1967 TV play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It ran for a little over an hour and aired on the ABC on 10 April 1967. It was written by Peter Kenna. Plot According to the ''Sydney Morning Herald'', "a stuffed dog, a canary and a lodger come first in what loosely may be termed Gloria's affection." A hen pecked husband, Clive, decides there must be at least one way of getting rid of his wife, Gloria. Cast *Brigid Lenihan as Gloria *Joan MacArthur as Gloria's vengeful sister *Brian James as Clive *William Hodge as Hopgood the lodger *John Roddick *William Hodge Reception ''The Age'' called it "exciting... something to see." 1964 The play had aired on the BBC in 1964 as ''Goodbye Gloria Goodbye''. The ''Sunday Times'' said it was "not wholly successful, but... of a distinctive flavour" See also *List of television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1960s) References External links *Complete scriptat Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Canberra Times
''The Canberra Times'' is a daily newspaper in Canberra, Australia, which is published by Australian Community Media. It was founded in 1926, and has changed ownership and format several times. History ''The Canberra Times'' was launched in 1926 by Thomas Shakespeare along with his oldest son Arthur Shakespeare and two younger sons Christopher and James. The newspaper's headquarters were originally located in the Civic retail precinct, in Cooyong Street and Mort Street, in blocks bought by Thomas Shakespeare in the first sale of Canberra leases in 1924. The newspaper's first issue was published on 3 September 1926. It was the second paper to be printed in the city, the first being ''The Federal Capital Pioneer''. Between September 1926 and February 1928, the newspaper was a weekly issue. The first daily issue was 28 February 1928. In June 1956, ''The Canberra Times'' converted from broadsheet to tabloid format. Arthur Shakespeare sold the paper to John Fairfax Lt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hungry Ones
''The Hungry Ones'' was an Australian television mini-series. It was a period drama about a pair of husband and wife convicts trying to go straight, consisting of 10 30-minute black-and-white episodes, which aired on ABC. Unlike previous serials it was videotaped rather than performed live to camera. Notably, the cast included Leonard Teale and Fay Kelton. Also appearing were Edward Hepple, Nigel Lovell, John Ewart, and Brigid Lenihan. The archival status of the series is not known. It was among a series of four historical mini-series broadcast by ABC in the early 1960s, which had proved successful enough to encourage commercial broadcaster Seven Network to produce their own such series, ''Jonah'', in 1962. Cast * Leonard Teale as Will Bryant *Fay Kelton as Mary Bryant *Edward Hepple as Governor Phillip *Nigel Lovell *John Ewart Jon Ewart (06th May 1996) is a British television and film actor. Ewart attended the prestigious National Youth Theatre, Identity School of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Woman
''The Little Woman'' is a 1961 Australian comedy TV play written by Patricia Hooker and broadcast on the ABC. It starred Sophie Stewart who had also been in the ABC's live play '' Fly by Night''. Plot In a plush suburb on Sydney's North Shore, Marjorie, a young bride arrives home to find a series of surprises in store for her: her husband Henry, a Sydney businessman, keeps his wives instead of divorcing him, and they live together in a state of bliss; the new bride is his sixth. The household is run by Vera, his first wife. The others are a beatnik, a secretary, a glamour girl and a cook. Cast *Sophie Stewart as Vera *Wendy Blacklock as Majorie *Moya O'Sullivan as Kay *Brigid Lenihan as a beatnik Estella *Janice Copeland as Vernoica *Valerie Hughes as Estella *Brian Anderson *Edward Hepple *Kerry Francis Background Hooker was working as a shorthand typist in a city office in 1959 when she wrote the story at home in the evenings. She wrote it as a stage play and it was included ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right Thing (film)
''The Right Thing'' is a 1963 comedy Australian television play, that was produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. Plot The adventures of a Sydney family. Clarrie and Vera Hamlin are holding an engagement party for their eldest daughter Elena when a handsome young Spanish man, J.G., comes into an encounter with them. Cast * Lola Brooks as Elena * Brigid Lenihan as Vera Hamlin *Alister Smart as JG *Grant Taylor as Clarrie Hamlin *David Yorston *Noeline Brown as Shirley * Benita Collings as Jean Production The play was written by Raymond Bowers, an Australian living in London. It was mapped out at a lunch early in 1963 between Bowers and director Ray Menmuir in London and was commissioned by Associated Rediffusion. It was directed by Memnuir who had recently returned to Australia after several years in London. It was hoped the play would be the first in a number of co productions between England and Australia. Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonah (TV Series)
''Jonah'' is an Australian television drama series which aired for 20 episodes starting from 15 October 1962 on the Seven Network. Produced during an era when commercial television in Australia produced few dramatic series, ''Jonah'' was a period drama, and was inspired by the success of ABC's period drama mini-series like '' Stormy Petrel''. The episodes still exist. Premise The National Film and Sound Archive describes the series as a "historical drama series about Jonah Locke, a merchant trader in the early Australian colony". Jonah lived in Sydney between 1840 and 1850. He would encounter historical figures. Regular cast * Brian James as Jonah Locke *Hilary Bamberger as Ann Parry, Jonah's housekeeper *Neil Fitzpatrick as Brett Hamilton, Jonah's nephew Guest stars *Judith Arthy as Rosa *Denis Doonan as Captain Westcote *John Faasen as Sir John Franklin *Henry Gilbert as The Reverend Dr. *Ron Haddrick as Governor *Robert McPhee as Monahan *Moya O'Sullivan as Pompy *Lionel P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
