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Cecily Polson
Cecily Polson, is a New Zealand-born former Australian actress, known for her role as Martha O'Dare in the television series '' E Street'' in which she appeared for its four-year run from the pilot in 1989 to 1993, appearing in 403 episodes. She has primarily appeared in television soap opera as a character actress including '' Certain Women'', ''Cop Shop'', Ryan, ''Homicide'' (5 roles), ''Division 4'' (8 roles), ''A Country Practice'' (3 roles), '' G.P.'', ''The Flying Doctors'' and '' All Saints'' (5 roles). Her film roles dating from 1969 onwards include both theatrical and TV movies '' The Year of Living Dangerously'' and ''Muriel's Wedding''. She also appeared in the horror genre films '' See No Evil'' and ''See No Evil 2''. She was married to fellow New Zealand-born Australian actor Peter Gwynne Peter Gwynne (1929 – 17 November 2011) was a New Zealand-born Australian television actor who was also known for voice-over work. Career Born in New Zealand, Gwy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gwynne
Peter Gwynne (1929 – 17 November 2011) was a New Zealand-born Australian television actor who was also known for voice-over work. Career Born in New Zealand, Gwynne was a well-recognised character actor, appearing in many of the significant television productions of the 1970s onwards, including ''Cop Shop'', '' Boney'', ''Division 4'', '' Homicide'', ''Matlock Police'', '' Flying Doctors'', ''Return to Eden'', '' A Country Practice'' and many more. He is best remembered internationally as Bill McMaster, Stephanie Harper's General Manager at Harper Mining in both the 1983 mini-series and the 1986 series of ''Return to Eden''. Personal life Peter Gwynne was married to actress Cecily Polson. Peter's Mother (Dorothy Wall) was born in Springwood, New South Wales and moved to NZ after she married Dr. Frank Gwynne from Christchurch. Peter last resided at Lane Cove in Sydney, New South Wales. He died on 17 November 2011, aged 82. Selected filmography *''Seven Little Australians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan (TV Series)
''Ryan'' is an Australian adventure television series screened by the Seven Network from 27 May 1973. The series was produced by Crawford Productions and had a run of 39 one-hour episodes.Moran, Albert. ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', Allen & Unwin, 1993. p 398 Synopsis The title character was a dashing private investigator played by Rod Mullinar. (A few years prior Mullinar had briefly taken the lead role in the similar Crawfords series ''Hunter'' (1967) in its closing episodes after the original lead actor Tony Ward left the show.) Ryan's assistant Julie King was played by New Zealand-born actor Pamela Stephenson, soon to leave for England and a successful television career. Other regular characters were Tony Angelini ( Luigi Villani), a taxi driver and Ryan's regular informant, while Detective Cullen (Colin McEwan) was Ryan's main liaison with the police force.Storey, Don. ''TV Eye - Classic Australian Television''TV Eye - Classic Australian Television/ref> Prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Water High
''Blue Water High'' is an Australian television drama series, broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on ABC1 and on Austar/ Foxtel Nickelodeon channel in Australia and on various channels in many other countries. Each season follows the lives of a young group of students at Solar Blue, a high-performance surf academy where several lucky 16-year-olds are selected for a 12-month-long surfing program at Bilgola Beach, Sydney. There are three series in Blue Water High. The first two series were screened in 2005 and 2006 and the producers did not intend to create a third and final series. However, due to popular demand by fans, they relented and made one more series with only Kate Bell returning in a main role. Series three ended with the closure of Solar Blue because of a lack of funding, indicating that the show would most likely not continue. Plot summary Series one The first series consisted of twenty-six episodes. It starred Adam Saunders as Heath, the relaxed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Alice (film)
''The Alice'' is an Australian drama film created by Justin Monjo and Robyn Sinclair. It is set in the central outback town of Alice Springs. The made-for-TV movie was followed by a regular TV series, which proved less popular than the film and was cancelled by the Nine Network. The entire series and the original TV movie have since been released on DVD. Plot The approach of a solar eclipse has drawn various people from all directions to Alice Springs, an Australian town in the Northern Territory, nearby which is the best point for observation. Toby Delaney and his partners are expecting a bus-load of German tourists, but a truck driver destroys their hotel. He improvises an 'adventurous bush trip' for them, even though he has no experience with 'bush foods'. He serves them Tim Tams, which he claims to be flavoured with Witchetty grubs. Matt Marione, a medical student with an interest in botany, takes The Ghan from Adelaide, but leaves the train at an unscheduled stop to searc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kick (1999 Film)
''Kick'' is an Australian film produced and directed by Lynda Heys. It stars Russell Page, Rebecca Yates and Martin Henderson Martin Henderson (born 8 October 1974) is a New Zealand actor. He is known for his roles on the American medical drama series '' Off the Map'' as Dr. Ben Keeton (2011), the medical drama series ''Grey's Anatomy'' as Dr. Nathan Riggs (2015–20 .... It was released on 14 December 1999 in Australia. Plot Matt Grant is a champion rugby player at a private boys school. However he secretly wants to be a ballet dancer. Seizing an opportunity to audition for a local company's presentation of "Romeo and Juliet", he nonetheless fears what will happen to his reputation if the other kids in his school find out. Adding the practices to his already burgeoning schedule quickly starts to create problems with his friends, his teachers, his coach, his play director, and his ballet partner. Cast Production Producer Steve Turnbull later complained the distributor too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swap Shop (Australian TV Series)
''Swap Shop'' is an Australian children's television series which screened on the ABC in 1988. In the show, George helped his Aunt Mimi run a shop where items couldn’t be bought, only swapped for something else. That something could be literally anything, as established in the very first episode when someone leaves a cow in the shop. ''Swap Shop'' is unrelated to the similarly titled UK children’s show ''Multi-Coloured Swap Shop''. Characters * Melissa Jaffer as Aunt Mimi * Tim McKenzie as George * David Goddard as Mervyn * Anthony Brandon Wong Anthony Brandon Wong (born 12 May 1965), often credited simply as Anthony Wong, is an Australian actor. His roles include Ghost in ''The Matrix Reloaded'' and '' The Matrix Revolutions''. Career His role of Ghost from ''The Matrix Reloaded'' ... Episodes * Moo * Fire * Air * Tents * Novel * Flyers International The series also screened in the UK and Canada. See also * List of Australian television series References Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Future Past (film)
''Future Past'' is a 1987 Australian science-fiction film.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p65 It is one of the "Tomorrow's News" series of telemovies made in Australia in the late 1980s by CineFunds Limited, others including ''Outback Vampires'', '' I've Come About the Suicide'', ''Computer Ghosts'', and '' Hard Knuckle''. accessed 29 June 2013 Plot Harlan is a computer whiz kid who works in a video store. He comes into contact with a group from the future, including his own self.Cast *Nicholas Ryan as Harlan * as Simone *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BabaKiueria
''Babakiueria'' (also known under the video-title ''Babakiueria (Barbeque Area)'') is a 1986 Australian satirical film on relations between Aboriginal Australians and European Australians. Synopsis ''Babakiueria'' revolves around a role-reversal, whereby it is Aboriginal Australians who have invaded and colonised the fictitious country of Babakiueria, a land that has long been inhabited by white natives, the Babakiuerians. The opening scene depicts a group of Aboriginal Australians in military uniforms coming ashore in a land they have not previously been to. In this land, they discover a number of European Australians engaged in stereotypical European Australian activities. The Aboriginal Australian explorers approach the group and the expedition's leader asks them, "What do you call this place"? One of the Europeans replies, "Er... 'Barbecue Area'". After around 200 years of Aboriginal occupation, white Australians have become a minority. Aboriginal people have assumed power, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Town Like Alice (miniseries)
''A Town Like Alice'' is a five-hour 1981 Australian television adaptation of Nevil Shute's novel of the same name. Produced by the Seven Network, and directed by David Stevens, it was the second major adaptation of the book.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p217 In the United States it was shown on PBS under the Masterpiece Theatre banner, a rare non-British production to be so aired. Cast It stars Helen Morse in the lead role of Jean Paget, with Bryan Brown as Joe Harman and Scottish actor Gordon Jackson as the aging lawyer and trustee Noel Strachan. Production It was the most expensive Australian television series at the time. It was filmed on location in England, Malaysia and western New South Wales. Awards The series won an International Emmy Award for drama in 1981 and won a Logie Award in the ''Best Single Drama or Mini Series'' category at the 1982 awards with Morse, Brown and Jackson winning Logies for their performa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyways (TV Series)
''Skyways'' is an Australian television soap opera drama series made by Crawford Productions for the Seven Network. Production and casting The series, which aired from 1979 to 1981, was set at the fictional Pacific International Airport and dealt with the lives of the pilots, airline staff and management team who worked there. ''Skyways'' was mainly taped in a television studio where, in many interior-set scenes, Colour Separation Overlay created the illusion of a bustling airport with taxiing planes outside the window. Many of the exterior scenes were shot on location at Melbourne Airport. The show's regular cast members included Tony Bonner as airport manager Paul MacFarlane, later replaced by Gary Doolan (Gerard Kennedy). Tina Bursill played glamorous and ruthless assistant manager Louise Carter. Bill Stalker, played head of airport security Peter Fanelli, an ex-detective. When ''Skyways'' ended Fanelli was moved to Crawford police procedural ''Cop Shop'', while Brian J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do I Have To Kill My Child?
''Do I Have to Kill My Child?'' is a 1976 Australian film Plot A young mother, Diane, questions in hindsight her choice to have another child. Out of emotional distress and frustration she begins to physically abuse her baby. Cast * Jacki Weaver as Dianne * Brendan Lunney as Ross * Betty Lucas as Florence * Michelle Jarman as Tracey * Jeremy Letts as Jamie * Cecily Polson as Susan * Ray Meagher as Des * Willie Fennell as Rob * Melissa Jaffer as Mrs Hammond * John Orcsik as Fang * Henri Szeps as Doctor Production Donald Crombie and Anne Deveson had worked together on ''Who Killed Jenny Langby? ''Who Killed Jenny Langby?'' is a 1974 Australian television documentary directed by Donald Crombie and starring Peter Cummins Peter Cummins (born 2 June 1931 in Melbourne) is an Australian retired character actor of stage and screen and cho ...''. Crombie says Deveson came up with the idea "because she had a personal interest in child abuse, baby-bashing we should call it, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moynihan (TV Series)
''Moynihan'' is a New Zealand-Australian television drama series. The series revolves around the professional and personal life of Leo Moynihan, the tough-talking secretary of the Central Carpenters Union. References External links * {{IMDb title, 0375386, Moynihan Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming 1976 Australian television series debuts English-language television shows TVNZ 1 original programming 1976 New Zealand television series debuts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |