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Joan Bruce
Joan Olive Bruce (born Joan Thompson) (29 February 192826 April 2014) was an English-Australian actress born in Surrey, England to George and Olive Thompson, and taking the stage surname name of Bruce after her maternal grandmother. Biography Trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, she appeared in repertory theatre in northern England from 1948, when after marrying first husband actor, director, stage manager and theatre entrepreneur Frank Baden-Powell in 1954, they immigrated the following year to Perth, Australia and toured Oceania with the Australian Elizabeth Trust company in plays ''Separate Tables'' and ''Sleeping Prince'', with her husband taking on the role of stage manager and Bruce acting. After returning to Perth to give birth to her daughters, she appeared in plays ''The Anniversary'', ''Entertaining Mr. Sloane'' and ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?''. Lauded for her performances, she was considered one of Perth's finest actors. In Adelaide she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surrey
Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. With a population of approximately 1.2 million people, Surrey is the 12th-most populous county in England. The most populated town in Surrey is Woking, followed by Guildford. The county is divided into eleven districts with borough status. Between 1893 and 2020, Surrey County Council was headquartered at County Hall, Kingston-upon-Thames (now part of Greater London) but is now based at Woodhatch Place, Reigate. In the 20th century several alterations were made to Surrey's borders, with territory ceded to Greater London upon its creation and some gained from the abolition of Middlesex. Surrey is bordered by Greater London to the north east, Kent to the east, Berkshire to the north west, West Sussex to the south, East Sussex to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Certain Women (television Series)
''Certain Women'' was an Australian television soap opera created by prominent Australian TV dramatist Tony Morphett and produced by the Australian Broadcasting Commission between 1973 and 1976.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 109 There were a total of 166 fifty-minute episodes. Episodes 1–59 were produced in black and white and, starting in with the introduction of colour broadcasting in Australia in 1975, episodes 60–166 were produced and broadcast in color. Program synopsis The idea for the series reportedly grew out of Morphett's frustration with the lack of good roles for female actors on Australian TV at the time. The series premiered as a six-part mini-series, with each episode dealing with a different member of the Stone/Lucas family: Gillian ( Elisabeth Crosby), Marjorie (Judy Morris), Helen ( Jenny Lee), Jane ( Joan Bruce), Freda (June Salter) and Dolly (Queenie Ashton). The mini-series proved to be so popular that the format w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matlock Police
''Matlock Police'' is an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for the 0-10 Network (now known as the 10 Network) between 1971 and 1976. The series focused on the police station and crime in the Victorian town of Matlock and the surrounding district, and the backgrounds and personal lives of the main policemen. Background The series was the Ten Network, 0-10 Network's attempt to come up with a police show to rival ''Homicide (Australian TV series), Homicide'' (shown by the Seven Network, 7 Network) and ''Division 4'' (on the Nine Network, 9 Network). ''Matlock Police'' was different from its Melbourne-based predecessors by being set in a small country town, the fictional Matlock, Victoria (Australia), Victoria (a real Matlock, Victoria, Matlock does exist in Victoria, but it is much smaller than the town depicted by this series, which is loosely based on Shepparton). These program's introduction featured an overhead shot of a town with a divide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division 4
''Division 4'' is an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for the Nine Network between 1969 and 1975 for 301 episodes. Synopsis The series was one of the first dramas to follow up on the enormous success of the earlier Crawford Productions crime show ''Homicide'' and dealt with the wide variety of cases dealt with by police in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Yarra Central (modelled on St Kilda). Awards The series was both popular - winning 10 Logie Awards, including two Gold Logie awards (for Australia's most popular entertainer) for Gerard Kennedy - who played Frank Banner, the series was critically acclaimed, winning a number of Penguin and Awgie awards for its scripts and actors. In 1972 Frank Taylor received the Penguin Award for the Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series. After Kennedy decided to leave ''Division 4'', the Nine Network summarily cancelled the series; only one episode was made with his replacement John St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homicide (Australian TV Series)
''Homicide'' was an Australian television police procedural drama series made by production firm Crawford Productions for the Seven Network. It was the television successor to Crawfords' radio series ''D24''. The "Consummate ''Homicide'' cast" includes the four characters that are the best known: Det. Snr. Sgt. David "Mac" MacKay (Leonard Teale), Det. Sgt. Peter Barnes ( George Mallaby), Inspector Colin Fox (Alwyn Kurts) and Sen. Det. Jim Patterson (Norman Yemm). Synopsis The series dealt with the homicide squad of the Victorian Police force and the various crimes and cases the detectives are called upon to investigate. Many episodes were based directly on real cases, although the characters (including the detectives) were fictional. 510 episodes were produced and aired from 20 October 1964 to January 1977 (12 years and 6 months), making it the longest-running Australian weekly primetime drama in history. With 510 episodes produced (the last episode is numbered 509, due to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Facts Of Life Down Under
''The Facts of Life Down Under'' is a 1987 American made-for-television comedy film based on the sitcom '' The Facts of Life'' which featured the main characters of that series. This is the second television film made for the series following ''The Facts of Life Goes to Paris'' (1982). It originally aired on NBC on February 15, 1987 between the 17th and 18th episodes of season eight. The film was later split into four individual half-hour episodes when the series entered syndication. Synopsis ''The Facts of Life Down Under'' occurred during the continuity of the original series. Beverly Ann, Blair, Jo, Natalie, Tootie and Andy fly together to Sydney, Australia to meet up with Miss Carstairs (Barbara-Jane Cole) and the female students of the Koolunga School, their sister school establishment, where they will participate in a cultural exchange program. Blair and Jo get involved with jewel thieves and are pursued by two men, both of whom claim to be the police who accuse Jo and Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brothers (1982 Film)
''Brothers'' is a 1982 Australian drama television film directed by Terry Bourke. It includes a re-enactment of the 1975 murder of the Balibo Five in East Timor.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p136-137 Production The script was based on a novel ''Reflex'' by Australian actor and writer Roger Ward. It was about a photojournalist in Vietnam inspired by Sean Flynn. Ward almost got up a film based on the novel in the early 70s with Jack Thompson in the lead but it did not happen. Ward spent the next few years trying to set up the film elsewhere and eventually sold it to Terry Bourke, who rewrote Ward's script extensively.'Roger Ward Guest Post: The History of "Brothers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah (film)
''Sarah'' (also known as ''Sarah (The Seventh Match)'' and ''Sarah and the Squirrel'') is a 1982 Australian animated drama film. It was written by Elizabeth Kata and directed by Yoram Gross. at Yoram Gross Films Unlike Yoram Gross's other works, ''Sarah'' deals with more mature subjects. Plot The story is about a little girl during the beginning of the . When the German soldiers invade, she and her family are forced to hide in the woods. When her grandmother gets sick, her father goes into town for medicine and disappears. Sarah goes out to pick berries and when she returns, the rest of her family is gone. Sarah is forced to survive alone in the woods with only the animals ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Newman Shame
''The Newman Shame'' is a 1977 Australian television film starring George Lazenby and produced by Robert Bruning who previously worked together on '' Is There Anybody There?'' (1976). Bruning made it for his Gemini Productions, which was owned by Reg Grundy Productions. Synopsis John Brandy is an ex-cop on holiday in Singapore with his girlfriend Ginger and their friend Betty Newman when Betty's husband, Frank, calls them just before the latter commits suicide. The three of them return to Perth where Betty is told Frank starred in a pornographic movie. Betty asks John to investigate what happened. John discovers that Newman killed himself after being drugged at a party and found himself in a pornographic film; he was blackmailed and embezzled money to pay off his tormentors, but when the film was distributed anyway he decided to take his own life. Cast *George Lazenby as John Brandy *Diane Craig as Ginger * Joan Bruce as Betty Newman *Ken Goodlet as Frank Newman *Alwyn Kurts as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Is There Anybody There? (film)
''Is There Anybody There?'' is a 1976 Australian TV movie directed by Peter Maxwell and produced by Robert Bruning. It has been called the first colour tele movie made in Australia and its success led to Bruning being commissioned to make a series of TV movies, including ''The Newman Shame'' which also starred Lazenby. Synopsis A fragile woman, Kate, is released from a sanatorium run by a man called Redwood into the arms of her husband John. While she was away John has begun an affair with Kate's sister Marianne. The two sisters live together in an apartment block while John is away, and find themselves stalked by some mysterious strangers, Rosa and Duncan. Marianne believes that she is being confused with Kate - but it turns out the whole thing is a plot by Kate to revenge herself on Marianne and John. Marianne accidentally shoots John to death and then Kate shoots Marianne and escapes with John's money and her lover, Duncan - who has murdered Rosa. Cast *George Lazenby as Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay's Boy
''Lindsay's Boy'' is a 1974 Australian film about a soldier who returns from World War Two World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ....Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p101 References External links * Australian war drama films 1974 films 1970s English-language films Films directed by Frank Arnold Australian drama television films Australian World War II films 1970s Australian films {{1970s-Australia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dot And The Kangaroo (film)
''Dot and the Kangaroo'' is a 1977 Australian musical live action/animated film which combines animation and live-action. It is based on the 1899 children's literature book ''Dot and the Kangaroo'' by Ethel Pedley. Plot New South Wales, 1884: when a redheaded five-year-old girl named Dot finds herself lost in the Australian bush, a female red kangaroo who has lost her joey promises to help the girl find her way home. In the process, the kangaroo introduces Dot to a number of other local animals, teaching her a greater appreciation for nature. Cast *Barbara Frawley as Dot * Joan Bruce as the Kangaroo and Dot's Mother *Spike Milligan as Mr. Platypus *June Salter as Mrs. Platypus *Ross Higgins as Willie Wagtail *Ron Haddrick as Dot's Father * Lola Brooks *Peter Gwynne *Richard Meikle as Jack the Farmhand Production Yoram and Sandra Gross wanted to make an Australian animated feature for the world market. They read a series of books before deciding on ''Dot and the Kangaroo' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
