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Lisa Crittenden
Lisa Crittenden (born 1962) is an Australian former actress, noted for her roles in various television series, such as '' The Restless Years'' (as Briony Thompson, 1981), '' The Sullivans'' (as Sally Meredith), ''Prisoner'' (as Maxine Daniels 1982–83), '' Sons and Daughters'' (as Leigh Palmer 1985–86), ''Rafferty's Rules'' (1988) and the New Zealand produced ''Shortland Street'' (as Carrie Burton 1992–93). She had 3 roles in drama Blue Heelers ''Blue Heelers'' is an Australian police drama series that was produced by Southern Star Group and ran for twelve years on the Seven Network, from 1994 to 2006. Although based around the policing of the town, the series generally depicted th ... and also played a lead role in mini-series '' Whose Baby?'' and made a guest appearance as Gabrielle's mother Hecuba in '' Xena: Warrior Princess''. Personal life Crittenden has been married to Gary Moore, a freelance director of photography, since 1986. She currently resides in Me ...
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TV Week
''TV Week'' is a weekly Australian magazine that provides television program listings information and highlights, as well as television-related news. Content ranges from previews for upcoming storylines of popular television programs, particularly dramas, comedies, soap operas and reality shows airing in Australia, celebrity interviews, gossip and news reports about television, movies and music. A full weekly program guide with highlights is featured, as well listings for streaming services and crossword puzzles. It was first published as a Melbourne-only publication in December 1957 (as ''TV-Radio Week''), bearing a strong affiliation to television station Channel Nine, GTV9. The publication is also well known for its association with the annual ''TV Week Logie Awards''. History Early days The first issue of ''TV-Radio Week'' published in Melbourne covered the week 5–11 December 1957, with popular GTV9 performers Geoff Corke and Val Ruff featured on the cover. In 1958 ...
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Power Without Glory
''Power Without Glory'' is a 1950 historical novel written by Australian author Frank Hardy, following the life and ambitions of John West, a politician born into a working-class family who rises to prominence in Australian federal politics. Following the novel's publication, Ellen Wren, the wife of bookmaker and businessman John Wren sued Hardy for libel, claiming that the characters of John West and his wife Nellie were modelled on the Wrens, and that Nellie's affair in the novel was libellous to Ellen Wren. Ultimately Hardy was cleared and publication allowed. Publication The work was originally self-published, with illustrations by Hardy's friend "Amb" Dyson, with the subtitle "a novel in three parts by Frank J. Hardy, Ross Franklyn". "Ross Franklyn" was the pseudonym Hardy had always used prior to ''Power Without Glory''. This combination of real name and pen name was also used in Hardy's 1961 book ''The Hard Way'' which describes the difficulties "Ross Franklyn" ha ...
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21st-century Australian Actresses
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Living People
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Australian Soap Opera Actresses
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the countr ...
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1962 Births
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – The office of Pope John XXIII announces the excommunication of Fidel Castro for preaching communism and interfering with Catholic churches in Cuba. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the worst Netherlands, Dutch rail disaster. * January 9 – Cuba and the Soviet Union sign a trade pact. * January 12 – The Indonesian Army confirms that it has begun operations in West Irian. * January 13 – People's Socialist Republic of Albania, Albania allies itself with the People's Republic of China. * January 15 ** Portugal abandons the United Nations General Assembly due to the debate over Angola. ** French designer Yves Saint Laurent (designer), Yves Saint Laurent launches Yves Saint Lau ...
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Short Cuts (TV Series)
''Short Cuts'' was an Australian children's television series that first screened on the Seven Network in 2002. The 26-episode series was aimed at teenagers. It was financed by the Australian Film Finance Corporation and Burberry Productions. The series was subsequently repeated on the youth-oriented network ABC3 in March and April 2011. Premise Short Cuts depicts a group of students in a media studies class facing the challenges of growing up and using a camera to express themselves for their schoolwork. Location The series was filmed at Fitzroy High School in the inner north of Melbourne. Cast Main / regular * Alex Tsitsopoulos as Ross Papasavas * Gemma Bishop as Sophie Bennett * Damien Bodie as Oscar Coxon * Katie Barnes as Fiona Frischmann * Alexander Cappelli as Kurt Winters * Leah De Niese as Ruth Hartnell * Lucia Smyrk as Anna Klopfer * Dylan Gray as Tim McQuilten * Joel Gray as Tom McQuilten * Matthew Green as Gordon Long * Kym Osborne as office guy Recurring * K ...
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A Country Practice
''A Country Practice'' is an Australian television soap opera/serial which was broadcast on the Seven Network from 18 November 1981 until 22 November 1993, and subsequently on Network Ten from 13 April 1994 to 5 November 1994. Altogether, 14 seasons and 1,088 episodes were produced. The show was produced at the ATN-7's production facility at Epping, New South Wales; Pitt Town and Oakville, suburbs on the outskirts of northwest Sydney, Australia, were used for most of the exterior filming, with the historic heritage-listed Clare House, built in 1838, serving as the location of the Wandin Valley Bush Nursing Hospital. Many other fictional locations, including Dr. Terence Elliot's ( Shane Porteous) medical practice, Frank and Shirley Gilroy's house Brian Wenzel and Lorrae Desmond, the Wandin Valley Church and Burrigan High School were filmed in the Hawkesbury. Several of the regular cast members became popular celebrities as a result of their roles in the series. It also fe ...
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Holiday Island
''Holiday Island'' is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for Network Ten. The show aired twice weekly for a single season from 1981 to 1982, the show was unsuccessful and axed within two months of broadcast. Series synopsis Like preceding Crawford's series, the aborted ''Hotel Story'', ''Holiday Island'' was a '' Love Boat''-style drama series set in a luxury hotel. This time the location was a tropical resort island in Queensland. In each episode the regular characters - the various islanders and hotel workers - hosted a new batch of guest star hotel guests. Various plots and situations on the show included a fierce cyclone hitting the island, children being kidnapped, a siege where the hotel workers were held hostage by less than pleasant guests, drug trafficking, the resort being terrorised by a biker gang and a politician dying of a heart attack while staying at the island's resort. The series became notorious amongst critics for its allegedly ...
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Bellamy (TV Series)
''Bellamy'' was an Australian television crime series broadcast on Network Ten and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation airing from mid-to-late 1981.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 76 Synopsis The series focused on a maverick cop named Steve Bellamy ( John Stanton). His partner was Detective Mitchell ( Tim Elston). Recurring characters in the series were the disapproving Daley ( James Condon) who appeared in 21 episodes, the forensics technician Clem (Brian Young) who was in 15 of the episodes. Adam Garnett as Ginger, a street-wise child who befriended Bellamy, appeared in six early episodes but was phased-out of the series. Later in the run Tom Richards appeared as Detective Burns over five episodes. In the story Burns was ultimately revealed to be corrupt. The series was noticeably more violent than previous Australian police series such as those made by Crawford Productions during the 1970s. ''Bellamy'' attracted only mediocre rating ...
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