Babs McMillan (born 27 November 1955) is an

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stage, film, television actress and director, playwright and teacher, based in Melbourne She is best known for her roles in two popular television series during the 1980s.

Career

McMillan played the acerbic Sister Erin Cosgrove during the final year of television series ''

The Young Doctors ''The Young Doctors'' is an Australian early-evening soap opera originally broadcast on the Nine Network and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation, it aired from Monday, 8 November 1976 until Wednesday, 30 March 1983. The series is primar ...

'' and dimwitted country bumpkin Cass Parker in ''

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''. In the late 1990s, she appeared in the Australian espionage drama ''

Secrets Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controvers ...

''. McMillan has appeared in the movies ''

Oscar and Lucinda ''Oscar and Lucinda'' is a novel by Australian author Peter Carey which won the 1988 Booker Prize and the 1989 Miles Franklin Award. It was shortlisted for The Best of the Booker. Plot introduction It tells the story of Oscar Hopkins, the D ...

'' (1997), '' Babe: Pig in the City'' (1998), ''

My Brilliant Career ''My Brilliant Career'' is a 1901 novel written by Miles Franklin. It is the first of many novels by Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (1879–1954), one of the major Australian writers of her time. It was written while she was still a teenager, ...

'' (1979) and '' Hating Alison Ashley'' (2005). On stage McMillan has acted extensively with the

Melbourne Theatre Company The Melbourne Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1953 as the Union Theatre Repertory Company at the Union Theatre at the University of Melbourne, it is the oldest professional theatre compa ...

. Apart from acting, McMillan has helped many students as Director of Drama at the National Theatre Drama School in Melbourne.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* Australian film actresses Australian soap opera actresses Australian stage actresses Living people 20th-century Australian actresses 21st-century Australian actresses 1955 births {{Australia-tv-actor-stub