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Starting Out
''Starting Out'' is an Australian television soap opera made for the Nine Network by the Reg Grundy Organisation in 1983. Background The five-night-a-week series was created by Reg Watson as the network's replacement for the long-running serial ''The Young Doctors''. It was produced by Sue Masters who had also been the producer of ''The Young Doctors''. It was set at a medical college with an emphasis on young people getting their first experience of living away from home and leading independent lives. ''Starting Out'' debuted 18 April 1983 and aired in an early evening slot before the network's news service.Mercado, Andrew. ''Super Aussie Soaps'', Pluto Press Australia, 2004. p 198-200 Cast The youthful cast included: * Leander Brett – Aggie Dean * Antoinette Byron – Laurel Adams * David Clencie – Ben McNamara * Nikki Coghill – Margot Fallon-Smith * Tottie Goldsmith – Trixie Sheldon * Rowena Mohr – Michelle Rivers * Julie Nihill – Tessa Staples ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by "horse opera", a derogatory term for low-budget Westerns. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running radio soap opera. The longest-running current television soap is '' Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV in 1960, with the record for the longest running soap opera in history being held by '' Guiding Light'', which began on radio in 1937, transitioned to television in 1952, and ended in 2009. A crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended serial nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the defining features that makes a television program a soap opera, according to Alber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Nihill
Julie Nihill (born 1957 in Melbourne) is an Australian actress, best known for her 13-year role as Chris Riley on the police drama ''Blue Heelers'' (1994–2006). Biography Nihill made her television debut in ''I Can Jump Puddles'' (1981) and her film debut in '' Careful, He Might Hear You'' (1983). This led to her first lead role in the ABC TV movie '' Every Move She Makes'' (for which Nihill received a Penguin Award) and the miniseries ''Bodyline'', in which Nihill played Jessie Bradman, Sir Donald Bradman's wife. Nihill became a household face in 1994 when she was cast as publican and local Councillor Chris Riley on the police drama ''Blue Heelers''. Nihill was one of only two actors (the other being John Wood) to star in the series for its entire run. Nihill played guest roles in television programs including '' Prisoner: Cell Block H, Sons and Daughters, A Country Practice, Mother and Son, House Husbands, The Leftovers, and Picnic at Hanging Rock''. She is also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Phelan
Anne Mary Phelan (2 August 1948 – 27 October 2019) was an Australian actress of stage and screen who appeared in many theatre, television and film productions as well as radio and voice-over. Her television soap opera roles included '' Bellbird'' as Kate Ashwood, in ''Prisoner'' (1980–1985) as Myra Desmond and Monica Taylor in ''Something in the Air'' (2000–2002) as Monica Taylor, for which she won the 2000 AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Actress in a Television Drama, having previously won the 1988 AFI Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries for ''Poor Man's Orange''. She received the Equity Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. She was also an activist for humanitarian causes. Early life Phelan was raised in Fitzroy, Victoria. She was reported as saying that she had no formal study or qualifications for acting or singing, but instead had trained through 15 years work in amateur theatre. Aged 16, she became pregnant and gave her daughter up for adoption, seeing her agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Maguire
Gerard Maguire (born 25 September 1945) also credited as Gerard McGuire, is an Australian actor, producer and screenwriter best known for his role in ''Prisoner'' as Deputy Governor, ''Jim Fletcher''. Often appearing on Australian television police dramas and soap operas throughout the 1970s and 80s, he is also one of Australia's top voice actors, voicing numerous commercials and narrations during the 1990s and early 2000s. Early life Maguire was born in 1945 and began acting during the late 1960s, shortly after graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art with a Diploma of Dramatic Art. Out of 3,000 applicants, he was one of 15 students to complete the program. Career Early career After minor one-time roles on the television series ''Riptide'' and '' The Link Men'', Maguire made his feature film debut in ''The Demonstrator'' with Joe James and Irene Inescort. In the film, he portrayed university student Steve Slater whose political differences with his father Joe S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hamblin
John Reginald Hamblin (18 March 1935 – 21 September 2022), known affectionately as "Funny John" or "Naughty John", was a British-born Australian children's television presenter and actor of stage and screen who appeared in theatre productions, soap operas and made-for-TV films. Hamblin was a presenter on the Australian children's television program '' Play School'' for 29 years from 1970 to 1999. He featured in more than 350 episodes and became the second longest-serving presenter in the program's history after Benita Collings with whom he often presented. Early life Hamblin was born on 18 March 1935 in Ash, Surrey, England and grew up in Suffolk. When Hamblin's mother moved in with the local baker, his father moved the rest of the family to Norfolk. He lost contact with his mother at that point. Hamblin's father had flown with the Royal Flying Corps during World War I and Hamblin himself joined the Air Force and did his national service in Cyprus in the late 1950s before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Forster
Jill Forster (born 1936), is an English Australian actress who came to Australia as a model in 1964 and appeared in the Crawford Production series ''Hunter''. She is well known for appearance's in TV series, but has also appeared in made for TV films. She primarily appeared in small cameo roles, although she was well known as Helen Sheriden in ''Number 96'', replacing original actress Carmen Duncan and also had prominent roles in ''The Restless Years'' and ''SeaChange'' Forster has been in numerous other Australian television dramas including ''Motel A motel, also known as a motor hotel, motor inn or motor lodge, is a hotel designed for motorists, usually having each room entered directly from the parking area for motor vehicles rather than through a central lobby. Entering dictionaries ...'', ''The Box (Australian TV series), The Box'', ''Starting Out'', ''Prisoner (TV series), Prisoner'', ''A Country Practice'', ''The Flying Doctors'' and ''The Power, The Passion''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Grant (Australian Actor)
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Caroline Gillmer
Caroline Gillmer (born 1955) is an Australian actress, best known for her roles in various television series, such as ''Prisoner'' as Helen Smart and ''Neighbours'' as Cheryl Stark. During her time off sick from ''Neighbours'', Gillmer was temporarily replaced by fellow ex-''Prisoner'' cast member Colette Mann who played Doreen Burns, and who later played Sheila Canning. Gillmer has had many guest roles in television series including a recurring guest role on ''MDA'' and supporting roles in TV shows such as ''Bed of Roses''. She portrayed Judy Moran in the hit TV series ''Underbelly Underbelly is the side of something that is not normally seen. Figuratively, it means a vulnerable or weak part, similar to the term Achilles' heel, or alternatively, a hidden, illicit side of society. This term could refer to: Business * ...''. Filmography Film Television External links * Australian film actresses Australian soap opera actresses 1955 births Living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzy Gashler
Suzy may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Suzy'' (film), a 1936 film starring Jean Harlow, Franchot Tone and Cary Grant * "Suzy" (Fool's Garden song), a song by German pop band Fool's Garden * "Suzy", a song by French electro swing band Caravan Palace * Suzy Turquoise Blue, character in The Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix * one of the title characters of ''Spike and Suzy'', a Belgian comics series People * Suzy (given name) * Bae Suzy or Suzy, stage name of Bae Soo-ji (born 1994), a South Korean singer and member of girl group Miss A * Aileen Mehle (1918–2016), American newspaper and magazine columnist who wrote under the bylines "Suzy" and "Suzy Knickerbocker" * Suzy (singer) (born 1980), Portuguese singer * Suzy (footballer), Brazilian footballer Suzy Bittencourt de Oliveira Other uses * Suzy, Aisne, a commune in northern France * Suzy (record label), a record label in Croatia See also * Susie (other) * Susi (other) * Susy (other) * Suzie ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurie Fields
Maurice Fields (born Maurice Sheil, 4 August 1926 – 18 December 1995) was an Australian vaudeville performer, actor and stand-up comedian. Career Fields became a well-known face on television first thanks to his comic sketches on live programs like ''Sunnyside Up'' and later dramatic roles as the conniving John Quinney in ABC TV's ''Bellbird''. He also featured in many soap operas on commercial television, including ''Cop Shop'', '' The Box'', ''Prisoner'' (a small part playing crooked screw Leonard "Len" Murphy, and he had previously played two smaller parts in the show) and publican Vic Buckley in ''The Flying Doctors''. He was also a regular as Fred Farrell in situation comedy series ''Bobby Dazzler'' (1977) and did regular comedy segments on ''Hey Hey It's Saturday''. He was also the editor of the jokes pages of the ''Australasian Post'' magazine for many years, a role continued by his son Marty after Maurie's passing. He appeared in retro-capture with his son Marty, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Williams (Australian Actor)
Paul Williams may refer to: Entertainment * Paul Williams (saxophonist) Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams (July 13, 1915 – September 14, 2002) was an American jazz and blues saxophonist, bandleader, and songwriter. His record "The Huckle-Buck", recorded in December 1948, was one of the most successful R&B records of ... (1915–2002), American rhythm and blues saxophonist * Paul Williams (The Temptations singer) (1939–1973), founding member of The Temptations * Paul Williams (songwriter) (born 1940), songwriter for The Carpenters, The Muppets, film and television actor * Paul Williams (British singer) (1940–2019), vocalist for Juicy Lucy, Tempest * Paul Williams (director) (born 1943), American film and television director * Paul L. Williams (author) (born 1944), FBI consultant, journalist * Paul Williams (author) (born 1967), British author and consultant on ska music * Paul Williams (journalist) (1948–2013), American founder of music magazine ''Crawdaddy!'' * Paul Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Sweet
Gary Sweet (born 22 May 1957) is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in '' Alexandra's Project'' (as Steve), ''Police Rescue'' (as Sergeant "Mickey" McClintock), ''Cody'' (as Cody), '' Big Sky'' (as Chris Manning), ''Bodyline'' (as Donald Bradman), '' Stingers'' (as DI Luke Harris) and '' House Husbands'' (as Lewis Crabb). He was adopted by a young couple and grew up in Warradale, South Australia, and attended Brighton High School in Adelaide. He was also named after his neighbours son. He later obtained a teaching degree and whilst at Sturt Teachers' College took up drama.The Larrikin Grows Up ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 17 June 2002] His first role was in low-budget horror film '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
