''Mary'' is a 1994 dramatised documentary from Australia about

Mary MacKillop Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ (15 January 1842 – 8 August 1909) was an Australian religious sister who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church, as St Mary of the Cross. Of Scottish descent, she was born in Melbourne but is best known f ...

, from a concept by Julie Macken.From opening credits, ''The Mary MacKillop Story'' DVD; cast list from closing credits. The film follows the career of MacKillop in a series of short dramatizations interspersed with commentaries. It was filmed "on location" in Sydney (only) and The Vatican, Rome. The film features commentary by

Claire Dunne Claire Mary Elizabeth Dunne (born 1937), is an Irish-born Australian actress, author, lecturer and broadcaster. Her first name is also found as Clare. 1960s Australian celebrity Dunne was a popular Australian television and film personality o ...

, author of ''No Plaster Saint'' (credited as "Clair Dunn") and Sister Marie Foale, author of ''The Josephite Story'', also interviews with

Peter Gumpel Kurt Peter Gumpel (15 November 1923 – 12 October 2022) was a German Jesuit priest and Church historian. A professor emeritus of the Gregorian University in Rome, he was the relator in Pope Pius XII's cause for beatification. Biography Gumpe ...

S.J. - Saintmaker and Relator of Mary's Cause, and Sister Margaret McKenna - Mary Mackillop Secretariat. The book "Mary MacKillop Unveiled" by Lesley O'Brien was mentioned in the closing credits.

Cast

* Lucy Bell as

* Rebecca Scully-Webster as the young Mary MacKillop * Linden Wilkinson as the older Mary MacKillop * Brendan Higgins as Father Julian Woods * Brian Harrison as Bishop

Laurence Sheil Laurence Bonaventure Sheil OFM (24 December 1815 – 1 March 1872) was an Irish Franciscan friar, who served as the third Roman Catholic Bishop of Adelaide. Born in Ireland, he was educated at St Peter's College, Wexford, and at the Francisca ...

* Maureen Green as Sister Teresa * Brian McDermott as Bishop James Quinn * Stephen Leeder as Father Charles Horan * Frank Garfield as Bishop Reynolds *

Roslyn Oades Roslyn Oades is an Australian actress, puppeteer and theater maker. Her acting work includes on iconic Australian TV shows ''A Country Practice'' as a guest actor, and a two year stint on the 47-time Logie Award-winning show ''Home and Away'' as ...

as Sister Paula *

Vanessa Downing Vanessa Downing (born 5 May 1958) is an Australian actress and singer, voice artist and lawyer Downing was appearing with singing group ''The Madrigals'', an acapella group who were performing at the Sydney Opera House, when she was given ...

as Flora MacKillop (mother of Mary MacKillop) * Ron Zines as Bishop Matthew Quinn * Tommaso Monacelli as Pope Pius IX

Home media

The film was released on DVD as ''Mary: The Mary MacKillop Story'' by

Roadshow Entertainment Roadshow Entertainment (formerly known as Roadshow Home Video from 1982–1993) is an Australian home video, production and distribution company that is a division of Village Roadshow (formerly Roadshow Home Video and Roadshow Entertainment) t ...

References

External links

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''Mary''
at Oz Movies
Interview with Kay Pavlou
1994 films Australian documentary films 1994 documentary films 1990s English-language films {{Australia-documentary-film-stub