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Emma's War (film)
''Emma's War'' is a 1987 Australian drama film starring Miranda Otto and Lee Remick.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990, p. 366 Clytie Jessop made her debut directing, producing and writing this film. It was completed in 1986, and released there in 1988. This was the last feature film for Remick and David Cahill. Cast * Lee Remick as Anne Grange * Miranda Otto as Emma Grange * Mark Lee as John Davidson * Terence Donovan as Frank Grange * Donal Gibson as Hank * Bridey Lee as Laurel Grange * Pat Evison as Miss Arnott * Grigor Taylor as Dr. Friedlander * Noeline Brown as Mrs. Mortimer * Rebel Russell as Miss Gunz * Mervyn Drake as Iceman * Ashley Grenville as Brian * Kay Eklund as Miss Clewes * Jean Calver as Old Woman, Grog Shop * David Cahill as Headmaster, Country School References External links ''Emma's War''at IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clytie Jessop
Clytie Jessop (born Clytie Erica Lloyd-Jones; 1929 – 9 April 2017) was a British-based Australian actress, gallerist, painter, screenwriter and film director, notable mainly for her association with cinematographer and film director Freddie Francis. Biography Born to Herman Jonah and Erica Lily (née Small) Lloyd-Jones in Sydney, New South Wales, Jessop's younger sister, Hermia Sappho Lloyd-Jones (1931–2000), married artist David Boyd (artist), David Boyd. Clytie Lloyd-Jones married her first husband antiques dealer, Peter Jessop, in London in 1952, with whom she adopted a daughter, Pandora, her only child. Living in New York in the late 1950s she worked as an actor in off-Broadway productions. Her first screen role was as the ghost of Miss Jessel in ''The Innocents (1961 film), The Innocents'' (1961), based on Henry James's ''The Turn of the Screw'' and starring Deborah Kerr. She appeared only in long shot. Francis had been cinematographer for ''The Innocents''; he later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donal Gibson
Donal Gibson is an American actor and the younger brother of award-winning actor/director Mel Gibson. Biography Gibson was born in Peekskill, New York. He has done voice acting in television shows such as ''ReBoot'' and ''Justice League Unlimited''. His most notable voice acting role was as Captain John Smith in Disney's '' Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World'', a role which was played by his brother Mel in the first film, ''Pocahontas''. Aside of voice acting, Donal has also appeared for minor roles in films starring his brother Mel, such as ''Maverick'', ''Braveheart'', and ''Conspiracy Theory'', as well as major motion pictures not starring his brother such as ''The Punisher'', ''Fatal Bond'' and ''Immortal Beloved''. Donal also holds a United States patent for a type of CD packaging and is an industrial painter. Filmography Movies Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gibson, Donal 1958 births 20th-century American actors 20th-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1987 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Paramount Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1987. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1987 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 31 - ''The Cure for Insomnia'' premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records. * May 23 - ''Starlog Salutes Star Wars'' is held in Los Angeles, California, the first officially sponsored Star Wars convention to commemorate the franchise's 10th anniversary. * June 29 - The ''James Bond'' franchise celebrates its 25th anniversary and premieres its 15th film, ''The Living Daylights'' * July 17 - Walt Disney's classic masterpiece ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' is re-released worldwide for its 50th anniversary. * 1987 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s English-language Films
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar (title), Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus (title), Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I of Byzantium, Marcus I succeeds Olympianus of Byzantium, Olympianus as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Drama Films
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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] |
Rebel Penfold-Russell
Rebel Penfold-Russell is an Australian film producer, occasional actress, and Penfolds, Penfolds family heiress. She was the executive producer of movies such as ''Frauds (film), Frauds'', ''The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'' and ''Paws (film), Paws''. She owns her own production company, Rebelstudio, which was formerly called Latent Image. She has had a number of small roles in various television series and films, such as ''Shoestring (TV series), Shoestring'', ''Prisoner (TV series), Prisoner'', ''Emerald City (play), Emerald City'' and ''Easy Virtue (2008 film), Easy Virtue''. In 2009, she was awarded the Order of Australia, O.A.M. (Order of Australia Medal) in the Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to the community, particularly through philanthropic support for the arts and a range of charitable organizations. References External linksOfficial Rebelstudio Site * Australian film actresses Australian television actresses Living people R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noeline Brown
Noeline Mabel Brown (born 3 October 1938), credited also as Noelene Brown, is an Australian actress and comedian. She has appeared in numerous films, television shows, theatrical productions and radio programs dating back to 1959. Life and career Brown gained local notoriety in Sydney as a cast member of the famous Phillip St Revues and the popular melodrama productions at the Music Hall, a Sydney theatre-restaurant, in the early 1960s. She came to national prominence after joining the cast of the pioneering Australian satirical TV sketch comedy series ''The Mavis Bramston Show'' (1964 -1968). After a stint in the UK she secured a regular role in the hit TV sitcom ''My Name's McGooley, What's Yours?'', starring alongside Gordon Chater, John Meillon and Judi Farr. Throughout the 1970s, Brown enjoyed great popularity in Australia as a co-star of the satirical television and radio series ''The Naked Vicar Show'' and the quiz show Graham Kennedy's '' Blankety Blanks''. She was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigor Taylor
Grigor Weston Taylor also known as Greg Taylor, is an Australian former actor, best known for his parts in several television series including ''Matlock Police'' and ''Glenview High''. Early life, education and teacher Taylor was born in Penrith, New South Wales and attended Penrith High School. After finishing school, he became an English teacher. Taylor taught at Penrith and then at Marist Brothers, Westmead, New South Wales and he taught at Randwick Girls' High School in 1969. Career Grigor became a professional actor in 1971 and starred in 99 episodes of TV series ''Matlock Police'' as Senior Detective Alan Curtis. Between 1974–75 he portrayed Steve Hamilton in '' Silent Number'' and 1977–78 Taylor portrayed an English high school teacher, Greg Walker, in ''Glenview High''. Taylor took many other parts in Australian television series such as ''A Country Practice'', ''Homicide'', '' Special Squad'', ''City West'', ''The Flying Doctors'', ''Butterfly Island'', ''Dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Evison
Dame Helen June Patricia Evison (née Blamires; 2 June 1924 – 30 May 2010), known professionally as Pat Evison, was a New Zealand-born actress. Early life and education Evison was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 2 June 1924, the daughter of first-class cricketer and clergyman Ernest Oswald Blamires and Annie Blamires (née Anderson). She was educated at Solway College in Masterton. She attended Victoria University College, Auckland University College and the Auckland Teachers' Training College. In the 1940s, she became one of the first New Zealand students to be awarded a scholarship to the Old Vic Theatre Centre in London, where she studied directing. She then worked as an assistant director at the Young Vic, before returning to New Zealand where she worked as a freelance director and actor at the Downstage Theatre in Wellington. Acting career Evison first began acting while studying an arts degree at Victoria University, performing in radio plays recorded onto acetat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Donovan (actor)
Terence Donovan (born 28 October 1942), also billed as Terence J. Donovan and Terry Donovan, is an English-Australian actor of stage and television, and the father of fellow actor and singer Jason Donovan (from his marriage to actress and journalist Sue McIntosh). Donovan is best known to audiences for his roles in soap opera including ''Neighbours'' as patriarch Doug Willis and in ''Home and Away'' as List of Home and Away characters (1988)#Al Simpson, Al Simpson''. ''He has appeared in Australian TV drama series since the 1960s, including police drama series Division 4, ''Division 4'' and Cop Shop, ''Cop Shop'', as well as minor parts in numerous serials including The Prisoner, ''The Prisoner'', ''Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series), Sons and Daughters'', A Country Practice, ''A Country Practice'' and ''E Street (television show), E Street.'' Career Donovan, who was born in Staines-upon-Thames, Staines, England, United Kingdom, has been a staple of Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Dalton
Robin Ann Dalton Order of Australia, AM ( Eakin; 22 December 1920 – 8 July 2022) was an Australian literary agent, film producer and memoirist who lived in London for most of her adult life. She was also a journalist, television performer and intelligence agent. Life and career Robin Ann Eakin was born in 1920 in Sydney, an only child, and grew up in Kings Cross, New South Wales. Her father was a doctor whose clientele included elements of the Sydney underworld as well as more respectable members of society.Text Publishing Retrieved 7 December 2018 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |