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Rick Alessi
Rick Alessi is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Dan Falzon. He made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 8 June 1992. Rick and his family were introduced to the show following several cast departures. The character remained on-screen until 9 March 1995. Casting The Alessi family were introduced in 1992 following the announced departures of several regular characters. The family were the first "truly ethnic" group to be introduced into the cast. Falzon was seventeen when he won the role of Rick. He told a writer for ''Inside Soap'' that ''Neighbours'' was the biggest thing he had ever done and added "''Neighbours'' is such a big show and Rick is such a great character." Shortly after Rick's arrival in Ramsay Street, he was followed by his mother and father to form the Alessi family. Falzon promised the family and their storylines would keep viewers glued to the screen. Within a year, the entire Alessi family had d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Falzon
Dan Falzon (born 24 November 1972) is an Australian actor of Maltese descent, best known for his role as Rick Alessi on the television soap opera ''Neighbours''. He also appeared in the Channel Nine drama ''The Alice'', as a park ranger. He also formed the short-lived pop group Milk with his brother, releasing the single "Seventeen" in 1997. Currently he is employed by St John Ambulance (NT) Inc. as a paramedic in Alice Springs Alice Springs ( aer, Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933, the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (''née'' Al ..., along with his two brothers, Tom and Ben, who also run an eco-tourism business together, Milikom. He is involved in Project Bluestar 2000–12, a communications, research and development project established to build awareness on climate change and Extra Dimensional activity on the planet Earth. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EMAP
Ascential plc, formerly EMAP, is a British business-to-business media business specialising in exhibitions & festivals and information services. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History Richard Winfrey purchased the ''Spalding Guardian'' in 1887 and later purchased the '' Lynn News'' and the '' Peterborough Advertiser''; he also started the ''North Cambs Echo''. He became a Liberal politician and campaigner for agricultural rights and the papers were used to promote his political views in and around Spalding, Boston, Sleaford and Peterborough. During World War II Winfrey's newspaper interests began to be passed over to his son, Richard Pattinson Winfrey (1902–1985). In 1947, under the direction of 'Pat' Winfrey, the family's newspaper titles were consolidated to form the East Midland Allied Press (EMAP): this was achieved by the merger of the Northamptonshire Printing and Publishing Co., the Peterborough Advertiser Co., th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marnie Reece-Wilmore
Marnie Reece-Wilmore (born 10 January 1974) is an Australian actress from Sydney. She is best known for her role playing Debbie Martin in ''Neighbours'', and was the third actress to portray the character. Career Reece-Wilmore is best known for playing Debbie Martin in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' from 1992 to 1994, and again from 1996 to 1997. In 2005, Reece-Wilmore filmed a cameo for the ''Neighbours 20th anniversary special. Since leaving ''Neighbours'' in 1997, Reece-Wilmore has made guest appearances in television programmes such as ''Police Rescue'', ''Blue Heelers'', '' Stingers'', ''Law of the Land'', ''Halifax f.p.'', ''City Homicide'', '' Dogstar'' and ''The New Adventures of Ocean Girl''. She also appeared as an LA Groupie in the 2002 film ''Queen of the Damned ''Queen of the Damned'' is a 2002 vampire film directed by Michael Rymer, loosely based on the third novel of Anne Rice's ''The Vampire Chronicles'' series, ''The Queen of the Damned'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Martin
Debbie Martin is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Marnie Reece-Wilmore. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 22 July 1985. Debbie was played by Mandy Storvik in her first appearance, and subsequently by Katrina McEwan. Reece-Wilmore was cast in the role when the character returned in 1992. Debbie remained in the show until late 1994 and returned in 1996 and left again on 22 October 1997. In 2005, Reece-Wilmore reprised her role as Debbie for the show's 20th anniversary. It was revealed that Debbie is working for Lassiter's in New York. She appeared in 401 episodes. Casting Mandy Storvik was the first actress to play Debbie in 1985. Reece-Wilmore was cast in the "much sought after" role of Debbie in 1992. She was initially reluctant to attend the audition because she was out with friends and saw it as an interruption. Reece-Wilmore explained "I just wanted to get it over with and get back to the shops. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Grant Mitchell
Benjamin Grant Mitchell, generally known as Ben Mitchell, is a singer-songwriter, writer, and actor from Melbourne, Australia. Music Mitchell has independently released three albums: The Stars Can See (2006), Chance To Love (2015) and Summer Lover (2016). Mitchell's fourth album, 'Slow Is The New Fast' was produced by multi ARIA Music Awards winner, Matt Walker (Australian musician) and was released on 10 October 2019. Radio play In 2016 Mitchell had a Number 1 song on the Australian Music Radio Airplay Project Regional Charts with 'Keep Community Radio'. Australian Community Radio stations have been most supportive of Mitchell's music, with every track from his Chance To Love and Summer Lover albums receiving radio play at, or soon after, release. In 2015 Mitchell was chosen as the featured Artist for 'Play Vic Week 2015' by the Community Broadcasters Association of Victoria. Acoustic Trip, London While living in London in the late 1990s and early 2000s Mitchell hoste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Hudson
The Willis family are a fictional family from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''. They were introduced by Don Battye in 1989, but left screens in 1996, before being reintroduced in 2013. The first family member to be seen on-screen was Brad Willis, who appeared in a guest capacity from October 1989, and then his sister Cody from November. The family became a more permanent fixture with the arrival of patriarch Doug Willis and his wife Pam, who moved onto Ramsay Street the following year. Cody was the last family member to regularly appear in the show until her on-screen death in 1996, which brought Pam back briefly to bury her daughter. In 2013 Richard Jasek reintroduced a grown-up Brad with a new family; wife Terese, and twin teenagers Josh and Imogen. Doug and Pam returned in guest capacities, while Brad's long lost child Paige Smith joined the family a year later, and Brad and Terese's youngest daughter Piper arriving in 2015. The family was completed by Brad's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Dence
Margaret Helen Dence (born 1 February 1942) is an Australian actress of stage and screen, with a career spanning some seven decades. She is equally at home in both comedy and drama roles, and is best known to early audiences for her roles in the satirical TV comedy '' The Mavis Bramston Show'', and also serving as that series' mascot. Dence featured in comedy ''Kingswood Country'' with stars Ross Higgins and Judi Farr, and is known for iconic roles in TV series ''The Sullivans'', ''Prisoner'' and ''Neighbours'' as Dorothy Burke. Professional career Stage TV and Film Dence is well known to Sydney theatre audiences for the very large number of roles she has played, in particular with the Nimrod Theatre Company. She has also appeared in panto in the United Kingdom. From 1966 to 1968 she had played various characters in the influential Australian satirical sketch comedy program '' The Mavis Bramston Show''. One of her characters was the title character Mavis Bramston – t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Burke
Dorothy Burke is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Maggie Dence. The actress accepted the role after being approached by a representative from the show's production company. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 7 March 1990. Dorothy is portrayed as an eccentric. She is well travelled and speaks several languages. She often wears black clothing, which a writer for the official show website said gives her "a witch-like appearance." During her time in the show, Dorothy was the principal of Erinsborough High School. Dence did not have much in common with Dorothy, and a reporter noted that she was barely recognisable out of character, especially without her iconic hairstyle. Dence filmed her final scenes for ''Neighbours'' in November 1992. She confirmed that Dorothy would not be killed-off. Her final scenes aired on 3 February 1993, as Dorothy leaves Erinsborough with her love interest Tom Merrick (Robert E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elspeth Ballantyne
Elspeth Ballantyne (born 20 April 1939) is an Australian retired actress, who appeared in productions in theatre, television and films over a career that spanned nearly 60 years, a veteran of the industry having started her career as a child actor and becoming a staple of the theatre starting from in 1947, in a production of Macbeth and by the age of 15 in 1954 had turned pro., performing in stage roles for the next 37 years, including a stage play tour of the United Kingdom of her iconic "Prisoner" role including at the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham Ballantyne is probably best known for her small screen roles in numerous TV serials. Her first major TV role was in the serial '' Bellbird'' in 1967 as librarian Laura "Lori" Chandler (formerly Grey), opposite actor Dennis Miller, whom she would marry the following year, she remained in the role until 1971. She became a staple of the early Crawford Production serials in the 1970s, however became best known for her role in the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Hero
The Romantic hero is a literary archetype referring to a character that rejects established norms and conventions, has been rejected by society, and has themselves at the center of their own existence. The Romantic hero is often the protagonist in a literary work, and the primary focus is on the character's thoughts rather than their actions. Characteristics Literary critic Northrop Frye noted that the Romantic hero is often "placed outside the structure of civilization and therefore represents the force of physical nature, amoral or ruthless, yet with a sense of power, and often leadership, that society has impoverished itself by rejecting". Other characteristics of the Romantic hero include introspection, the triumph of the individual over the "restraints of theological and social conventions", wanderlust, melancholy, misanthropy, alienation, and isolation. However, another common trait of the Romantic hero is regret for their actions, and self-criticism, often leading to phila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Szonert
Eliza Szonert (born 29 January 1974) is an Australian actress. Born in Victoria, Australia, Szonert played Danni Stark in Australia's long-running soap opera ''Neighbours'' from 1993 to 1996. Szonert reprised the role in 2005 for the show's 20th anniversary. After leaving ''Neighbours'', she relocated to Los Angeles, taking parts in various television series, including ''Buffy The Vampire Slayer'' spin-off ''Angel''. Whilst there she married an American businessman, and had three daughters. Szonert also played Janine Kellerman in the Australian film '' The Dish'' in 2000. She had a minor role in '' Stingers'' and has acted on stage. Szonert then played Trish Moran on the Australian television show ''Underbelly''. After divorcing, she moved home to Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danni Stark
Danielle "Danni" Stark is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Eliza Szonert. She made her debut during the episode broadcast on 30 November 1993 and remained in the show until 13 November 1996, with a brief cameo in 2005 as part of the serial's twentieth anniversary. Danni is Cheryl Stark's daughter and suffered from diabetes. She had a complex, long-term relationship with Malcolm Kennedy. Creation and casting The character of Danni was created in 1993 as part of a new family; the Starks. She joined already established characters, brother Darren Stark ( Todd MacDonald) and mother Cheryl Stark ( Caroline Gillmer). Danni arrives with her brother, Brett (Brett Blewitt), another new addition to the serial's cast. After being a part of the ''Neighbours'' cast for almost a year, Szonert said "I'm really getting into it now, but I hated seeing myself on screen at first and the long hours and routine took a lot of getting used to." Develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |