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You And Me And Uncle Bob
''You and Me and Uncle Bob'' is a 1993 Australian television film directed by Alister Smart. The screenplay concerns two children (portrayed by Brooke Anderson and David Kaff) who play cupid to an unlikely older couple: a chorus girl (portrayed by Melissa Jaffer) and an unemployed butcher (portrayed by Martin Vaughan).Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p165 Cast * Brooke Anderson as Charlie * David Kaff * Melissa Jaffer as Sylvie * Martin Vaughan as Uncle Bob * Joanne Samuel as Rosie * Sarah Chadwick as Tess * Lynn Rainbow as Miss Gibbs * Noel Hodda Noel Hodda (born 1954) is an Australian actor, writer, dramaturge, director and teacher. Early life Noel Hodda was born in 1954, in Albury, New South Wales, Australia. Career Acting and narration Hodda was a founding member of the Riverina T ... as Neville References External links * 1993 television films 1993 films Australian television films 1990s English-language fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alister Smart
Alister Smart (born 1935)GILES, NIGEL "Number 96: Australia's Most Notorious Address" also credited as Alastair Smart, is an Australian retired television presenter, actor, television director and screenwriter. A staple of the small screen, he appeared in productions in England, before returning to Australia, and had roles in television plays, telefilms and soap opera/serials with numerous credits from the late 1950s until the mid-1990s. Smart is best known for his extended role as a presenter on the children's TV series '' Play School'' spanning from 1966 to 1993. He is also recognized for his appearances with fellow members of '' Play School'', including Don Spencer on tie-in records released for ABC Music, as well as in audiobooks. As a presenter on ''Play School'' he had one of the longest stints on television in Australia, co-hosting alongside Spencer, Lorraine Bayly, Benita Collings, John Hamblin, Noni Hazlehurst, John Waters, Philip Quast and Anne Haddy. In addition to hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Jaffer
Melissa Jaffer (born 1 December 1936) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her stage and television roles, but has also appeared in many films. Career Jaffer started her career in theatre productions in the mid 1950s, and has made many appearances in television series, including ''Kings'', ''Mother and Son'', '' G. P.'', '' Brides of Christ'', ''Grass Roots'' and '' All Saints''. Jaffer is probably best known to international audiences for her role as ageing mystic Utu-Noranti Pralatong in the science fiction series ''Farscape''. In 1976, Jaffer tied for the first AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role opposite Jacki Weaver for her performance in ''Caddie''. In 1980 she played the part of ''Cousin Edie'' in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia’s principal public service broadcaster. It is funded primarily by grants from the federal government and is administered by a government-appoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooke Anderson (actress)
Brooke Paige "Mikey" Anderson (born 15 August 1981) is an Australian actress, who started her career as a child actress when she played the character Claire Fielding on the Australian series '' E Street'', and has appeared in the American series '' Lost''. Filmography Film Television External links * Brooke's Official WebsiteBrooke's Production Company– Cordova Pictures Off The Ledge Movie {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Brooke Mikey 1981 births Living people Actresses from Sydney Australian television actresses Australian child actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Vaughan
Martin Kevin Vaughan (5 June 1931 – October 2022) was an Australian stage, television and film actor and musician. He is best known for appearing in the film ''Phar Lap'' as trainer Harry Telford and the lead role in the award-winning 26-part 1976 television miniseries '' Power Without Glory''. Career Vaughan was born in Brisbane, Queensland, to a vaudeville comedian father in 1931. Moving to Sydney, New South Wales. at age 17, he was employed in a number of occupations including steam presser, tram conductor, postman, customs clerk and bassoon player. After taking theatre production classes, Vaughan landed his first stage role in 1963 when he was 32.''North Shore Times'', 24 July 2011 Vaughan moved into television in 1967 and in 1975 won the Hoyts Prize for Best Perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bruning
Robert Bruning (27 May 1928 – 4 March 2008) was an Australian actor and film producer, who was the founder of film production firm Gemini Productions Biography Bruning was born as Robert Bell in Dongara, Western Australia in 1928. He worked as an amateur actor at the New Theatre in the Sydney suburb of Newtown in the 1940s and 1950s. Bruning also was a regular guest performer in ''Homicide'', ''Division 4'', '' The Sullivans'' and '' A Country Practice''. He also had substantial roles on Australian films such as 1970's ''Ned Kelly Edward Kelly (December 185411 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader, bank robber and convicted police-murderer. One of the last bushrangers, he is known for wearing armour of the Kelly gang, a suit of bulletproof ...'' and his production credits, on sitcoms, variety, and drama add up to more than 200 hours of television. He headlined the short-lived Ten Network produced police series '' The Long Arm''. Of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cupid
In classical mythology, Cupid ( , meaning "passionate desire") is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the god of war Mars. He is also known as Amor (Latin: ', "love"). His Greek counterpart is Eros.''Larousse Desk Reference Encyclopedia'', The Book People, Haydock, 1995, p. 215. Although Eros is generally portrayed as a slender winged youth in Classical Greek art, during the Hellenistic period, he was increasingly portrayed as a chubby boy. During this time, his iconography acquired the bow and arrow that represent his source of power: a person, or even a deity, who is shot by Cupid's arrow is filled with uncontrollable desire. In myths, Cupid is a minor character who serves mostly to set the plot in motion. He is a main character only in the tale of Cupid and Psyche, when wounded by his own weapons, he experiences the ordeal of love. Although other extended stories are not told about hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chorus Girl
A chorus line is a large group of dancers who together perform synchronized routines, usually in musical theatre. Sometimes, singing is also performed. While synchronized dancing indicative of a chorus line was vogue during the first half of the 20th century, modern theatre uses the terms " ensemble" and "chorus" to indicate all supporting players in a stage production. History In the mid-1800s, chorus lines of cartwheeling, synchronized dancing can-can "girls" began sprouting up throughout Paris with even edgier, more erotic cabarets found in venues like the Moulin Rouge, Le Lido, and the Folies Bergẻre. By the late 1860s, the scandalous trend found its way to the United States with a more conservative trend of chorus lines hitting England, including Tiller Girls and Gaiety Girls. Chorus lines throughout Western Europe and the United States largely owned the stages of the early twentieth century. Chorus line dancers in early Broadway musicals and revues were referred to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanne Samuel
Joanne Samuel is an Australian film and television actress, who is best known for her role as the screen wife of Mel Gibson's title character in the 1979 film ''Mad Max''. Early life and education Joanne Samuel was born in Camperdown, Sydney, Australia. She studied dance with Honeybrooks and drama at the Independent Theatre. Career Prior to her appearance in ''Mad Max'', Samuel had made guest appearances in police procedurals ''Matlock Police'' and ''Homicide''. She was then a regular cast member in television soap operas '' Class of '74'', '' The Sullivans'' and ''The Young Doctors''. She left ''The Young Doctors'' after the producers wrote her out of the show when she was offered the ''Mad Max'' role after a fellow ''Young Doctors'' actress who had been due to take the role fell ill. Samuel later returned to television in the regular role of Kelly Morgan-Young in ''Skyways''. Samuel's other film appearances included roles in ''Alison's Birthday'' (1981), '' Early Frost' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Chadwick
Sarah Chadwick (born 11 August 1960) is an Australian television actress best known for her role on ''The Flying Doctors'' as Dr. Rowie Lang, and for her role as Marion in the 1994 film ''The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert''. Before she took up acting at the age of 25, Chadwick worked as a receptionist at the offices of the Nine Network. Chadwick held a recurring role on television series, ''Flat Chat''. She also appeared as a guest on popular Australian dramas such as ''Blue Heelers'', '' G.P.'', '' All Saints'' and '' Water Rats'' and ''Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, N ...'', as well as being a guest presenter on the long-running children's programme, '' Play School''. Filmography Film Television Television (as self) External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Rainbow
Lynn Carol Rainbow-Reid (born 19 September 1942) credited also as Lynne Rainbow, is an actress of stage, film, television and radio, dancer and voice artist. Early life Rainbow was born to Judge Alfred Rainbow and his wife. A fourth generation performer, her great grandfather John Fuller emigrated to New Zealand from the UK and was known as the ‘Silver throated tenor of New Zealand'. Her grandfather was theatre entrepreneur Sir Benjamin Fuller, who opened Fuller's Theatres across Australasia, together with brother Johnny. Rainbow's mother was also a dancer, whose partner was actor Ron Shand. Rainbow was educated in Australia at the Ascham School, then studied acting under Dame Doris Fitton at the Independent Theatre school in Sydney. She subsequently attended The Sorbonne in Paris and the Dante Alighieri in Italy. Entertainment career Rainbow has worked in the entertainment industry throughout England, the US and her native Australia. Serving as a judge by day, and da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Hodda
Noel Hodda (born 1954) is an Australian actor, writer, dramaturge, director and teacher. Early life Noel Hodda was born in 1954, in Albury, New South Wales, Australia. Career Acting and narration Hodda was a founding member of the Riverina Theatre Company, located in Wagga Wagga and Project TYER, a Theatre In Education Co., for whom he also wrote and appeared in the play ''Strata Digger''. Subsequently, he graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) at the UNSW Sydney and then worked as an actor for the Sydney Theatre Company, the Queensland Theatre Company, the Griffin Theatre Company, the Ensemble Theatre, the Q Theatre, Marian Street Theatre, Sport for Jove at the Seymour Centre and others. He also performed in major national and international tours, including '' The Removalists'', ''Are You Lonesome Tonight?'', '' The Club'', ''Life of Galileo'', ''Chasing the Dragon'', ''Diving for Pearls'' and ''Dinner''. He has appeared in numerous Australian televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Television Films
The General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its calendar advanced 24 hours to the Eastern Hemisphere side of the International Date Line, skipping August 21, 1993. Events January * January 1 ** Czechoslovakia ceases to exist, as the Czech Republic and Slovakia separate in the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. ** The European Economic Community eliminates trade barriers and creates a European single market. ** International Radio and Television Organization ceases. * January 3 – In Moscow, Presidents George H. W. Bush (United States) and Boris Yeltsin (Russia) sign the START II, second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. * January 5 ** US$7.4 million is stolen from the Brink's Armored Car Depot in Rochester, New York, in the fifth largest robbery in U.S. history. ** , a Liberian-registered oil tanker, runs aground ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
