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Alison's Birthday
''Alison's Birthday'' is a 1981 Australian supernatural horror film, written and directed by Ian Coughlan, produced by the Australian Film Commission, Fontana Films and the Seven Network, and starring Joanne Samuel, Lou Brown, Bunney Brooke, John Bluthal, and Vincent Ball. It follows a teenage girl who finds herself the subject of a sinister ritual planned to take place on her 19th birthday. Plot Sixteen-year-old Alison Findlay, along with two of her female classmates, Chrissie and Maureen, play with a ouija board. During the session, Chrissie apparently becomes spirit possession, possessed by an entity claiming to be Alison's father, warning her that something bad will occur on her 19th birthday. Moments later, a bookcase collapses on Chrissie, killing her. Nearly three years later, Alison has her boyfriend Pete accompany her to their hometown for her 19th birthday. Alison returns to the home of her Aunt Jenny and Uncle Dean, both of whom raised Alison from infancy after her pare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zbigniew Friedrich
Zbigniew () is a Polish masculine given name, originally Zbygniew . This West Slavic name is derived from the Polish elements ''Zby-'' (from ''zbyć, zbyć się, or pozbyć się'', meaning "to dispel", "to get rid of") and ''gniew'', meaning "anger". The Czech form of this name is Zbyněk (derived from Zbyhněv). English diminutives of this name are Zibi, Zbiggy or Zbig. Notable people * Zbigniew of Brzezia (c. 1360 – c. 1425), Polish knight and nobleman of Clan Zadora * Zbigniew of Poland, high duke of Poland from 1102–1106 A * Zbigniew Andruszkiewicz (born 1959), Polish rower B * Zbigniew Babiński (1896–1940), Polish military and sports aviator * Zbigniew Bargielski (born 1937), Polish composer * Zbigniew Baranowski (born 1991), Polish wrestler * Zbigniew Bartman (born 1987), Polish volleyball player * Zbigniew Beta (born 1953), Polish long jumper * Zbigniew Bieńkowski (1913–1994), Polish poet, literary critic, translator and essayist * Zbigniew Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew McFarlane (Australian Actor)
Andrew McFarlane (born 1951) is an Australian actor with many stage, television, and film credits. Early life and education McFarlane was born in Albany, Western Australia. After the family moved to Melbourne he attended Camberwell Grammar School and was involved in school plays and school cadets. He has long been open about his homosexuality. Career After making his TV debut in Crawfords police dramas ''Homicide'' and ''Matlock Police'', he won a recurring role on ''Division 4'' before joining World War II soap opera '' The Sullivans'' as oldest son John Sullivan. He left the series after eighteen months and in the storyline John was reported missing in action – the writers left his final fate unresolved in the hope McFarlane would return to the show. McFarlane returned to the role in the TV movie ''The John Sullivan Story''. The role gained McFarlane a Sammy Award for best supporting actor in a TV series in 1977. He later took the lead role in the miniseries '' The Fly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ward (actress)
Mary Lorraine WardThe Illustrated Encyclopedia of Australian Showbiz (6 March 1915 – 19 July 2021), also known as Mary Ward Breheny, was an Australian actress of stage, television, and film and radio announcer, singer and media personality and publicist.. Her career spanned seven decades. Ward trained in England and Australia, and worked in both countries. Ward during the outbreak of World War II, was in high demand as a stage actress in England, before returning to Australia where she worked in local theatre, and became one of the first female radio announcers at the ABC in Australia, billed as the Forces Sweetheart on Radio Australia. At ABC Television, she appeared in a number of filmed stage plays, as well as featuring in Australian films, both made-for-television and theatrical, including the film '' Amy''. She is perhaps best known—both locally and internationally—as an actress portraying elderly characters in television soap opera roles, including ''Prisone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Farley (actor)
Thomas or Tom Farley may refer to: * Thomas T. Farley (1934–2010), American politician and lawyer * Thomas W. Farley (born 1975), CEO of the New York Stock Exchange * Thomas Farley (physician), former commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene * Tom Farley, Australian actor who appeared in the TV series '' Whiplash'' in 1960 * Lawrence Farley (1856–1910), known as Tom, American baseball player {{hndis, Farley, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bettles
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyndel Rowe
Lyndel Rowe is an Australian actress of stage, television and film, who is best known for her work with the Melbourne Theatre Company, the Sydney Theatre Company and the State Theatre Company of South Australia, and for her role as Karen Fox/Hamilton in the television soap opera '' Sons and Daughters''. Career Theatre Rowe joined the Union Repertory Company (now the Melbourne Theatre Company), in productions including Patrick White's '' The Season at Sarsaparilla'', '' Waltz of the Toreadors'', ''Arms and the Man'', '' Ghost Train'' and toured Australia with J.C. Williamson's production of ''Goodnight Mrs. Puffin'' (by Arthur Lovegrove), alongside Irene Handl. Travelling to England, she studied at the Royal Court Theatre, with George Devine and Keith Johnstone. She performed in a production of ''Painting on Wood'' with the International Theatre Company of The Seventh Seal. From there she moved into repertory and into the company of a West End lunch-time theatre, TheatreSco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hargreaves (actor)
John William Hargreaves (28 November 1945 – 8 January 1996) was an Australian actor. He won three Australian Film Institute Awards and was nominated six times. Background Hargreaves was educated at Marist College Kogarah.Marist College Kogarah- Famous Ex-students (accessed:17-07-2007) He taught in , but moved to Sydney in the 1960s. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1970. Hargreaves was mainly a film actor, but is well-remembered by Australian audiences for th ... [...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'' alongside Shane Bourne where in turn they would read jokes sent in by viewers. During the 1980s, Fields also became known as the voice of Wally Walpamur (Chimpanzee's dressed as humans painting houses) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caz Adams
Caz or CAZ may refer to: Acronym or abbreviation * Cazenovia, New York a town in New York state ** Cazenovia (village), New York Cazenovia is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village in the Cazenovia, New York, town of Cazenovia in Madison County, New York, Madison County, New York (state), New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the village had a po ..., a village in the Town of Cazenovia * CAZ, a Clean Air Zone defined to meet air quality law * CAZ, IATA code for Cobar Airport * Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe, a former political party from Zimbabwe Name * Arrow Caz!, a Dutch commercial radio station * Caz the Rabbit, a character from the Spellsinger series * 24354 Caz, a main-belt minor planet People * Camille Cazedessus Jr., American editor and publisher * Caz the Clash, former guitarist with the band HorrorPops * Caz Walton, British Paralympic athlete and team manager * Grandmaster Caz, American DJ and rapper * Richard Cazeau, co-host of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Money
Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, which is derived from the Hebrew given name (Yohanan, ') and corresponds to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename ''Iain''. This name is a popular name in Scotland, where it originated, as well as in other English-speaking countries. The name has fallen out of the top 100 male baby names in the United Kingdom, having peaked in popularity as one of the top 10 names throughout the 1960s. In 1900, Ian ranked as the 180th most popular male baby name in England and Wales. , the name has been in the top 100 in the United States every year since 1982, peaking at 65 in 2003. Other Gaelic forms of the name "John" include " Seonaidh" ("Johnny" from Lowland Scots), "Seon" (from English), "Seathan", and "Seán" and "Eoin" (from Irish). The Welsh equivalent is Ioan, the Cornish counterpart is Yowan and the Breton equivalent is Yann. Notable people named Ian Given name * Ian Agol (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Baberis
Irene is a name derived from εἰρήνη (eirēnē), Greek for "peace". Irene, and related names, may refer to: * Irene (given name) Places * Irene, Gauteng, South Africa * Irene, South Dakota, United States * Irene, Texas, United States * Irene, West Virginia, United States * Irene Lake, Quebec, Canada * Lake Irene, a small lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, United States * Lake Irene, a lake in Minnesota, United States * Irene River (Opawica River tributary), a tributary of the Opawica River in Quebec, Canada * Irene River (New Zealand), a river of New Zealand * Eirini metro station, an Athens metro station in Ano Maroussi, Greece Storms and hurricanes * Tropical Storm Irene (1947) * Tropical Storm Irene (1959) * Hurricane Irene–Olivia (1971) * Hurricane Irene (1981), part of the 1981 Atlantic hurricane season * Hurricane Irene (1999) * Hurricane Irene (2005) * Hurricane Irene (2011) Arts and entertainment Films and anime * ''Irene'' (1926 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
