''Skin Deep'' is a 1984 Australian television film produced by PBL Productions for Channel 9. It was directed by Chris Langman and

Mark Joffe Mark Joffe (born 1956) is an Australian film and television director. He has directed feature films, telemovies, and drama series. Joffe learned his trade at Crawford Productions, working on ''Carson's Law'', '' Special Squad'' and ''Neighbour ...

and stars

Briony Behets Briony Behets (born 1951) is an English-born Australian actress who found fame acting in television soap operas of the 1970s and 1980s. She is known for her early roles in '' Birds in the Bush'', '' Number 96'', '' The Box'', '' Bellbird'', and ...

and

Carmen Duncan Carmen Joan Duncan (7 July 1942 – 3 February 2019) was an Australian-born stage and screen actress and activist, with a career locally and internationally in the United States that spanned over 50 years. She was nominated for the AFI Award ...

and features an early appearance by

Nicole Kidman Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian and American actress and producer. Known for Nicole Kidman on screen and stage, her work in film and television productions across many genres, she has consistently ranked among the world ...

. Set in the fashion industry, it was one of the few Australian films to be set in this milieu and was an attempt to do an Australian ''Dallas'' or ''Dynasty''.Peter Malone
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Plot

Barbara Kennedy is a successful business woman in the fashion and modelling industry. In the lead up to a fashion designers awards night, her boyfriend Cliff proposes to her. But then she realises that one of her own models is her illegitimate daughter, placed for adoption years earlier. She has a bitchy rival Vanessa. And a murderer is loose.

Cast

as Barbara Ramsay *

James Smillie James Smillie, (born 28 November 1944), also credited variously as Jim Smillie and Jim Smilie, is a Scottish/Australian actor. He has worked in both Britain and Australia in film, extensively on stage, on television, with voice-over and anima ...

as Cliff Hudson *

Bartholomew John Bartholomew John (born 24 August 1952 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is an actor best known for his roles on television in America and Australia. In 1974, his single "Someone" peaked at number 75 in Australia. Career John has worked as a profess ...

as Ray Scott * Maureen O'Shaughnessy as Jackie Sorensson * Antoinette Byron as Christina Sorensson *

as Vanessa Corey *

Betty Lucas Betty Helen Lucas (31 May 1924 – 7 April 2015), also known as Betty Lucas Peterson, was an Australian character actress and theatre director, known for her numerous roles on stage and television, starting from the post-WWII years in 1945. Ear ...

as Betty Kennedy *

David Reyne David Nicholas Reyne (born 14 May 1959) is an Australian actor, musician, television and radio presenter. Reyne was born in Lagos, Nigeria to an Australian mother and English diplomat father. The family moved to Victoria, Australia in the earl ...

as Grant Johnson *

Jon Finlayson Jon Douglas Finlayson (23 March 1938–12 September 2012) was an Australian stage and screen character actor, radio performer, writer, director, producer and singer Early life Jon Finlayson was born in Coburg, Victoria to Clorine and Ron Finl ...

as Simpson Byrne *

Kate Fitzpatrick Kerry Kathleen Fitzpatrick (born 1 October 1947) known as Kate Fitzpatrick, is an Australian television, film, and theatre actress. Early years Kate grew up in the Adelaide suburb of Dover Gardens, and it was in Adelaide that her love for cl ...

as Maggie Peters *

John O'May John O'May is an American-born Australian actor, best known for his stage performances. Early life O'May was born at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, one of four children. He grew up with a love of reading and literature. At univ ...

as Roger Crane *

John Ewart John Reford Ewart (26 February 1928 – 8 March 1994) was an Australian actor of radio, stage, television and film. Ewart was a double nominee (and one/time winner) of the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Early life Ewart was ...

as Billy Harris * Liz Harris as Emily Sorensson *

Bobby Limb Robert Limb Officer of the Order of Australia, AO, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, OBE (10 November 1924 – 11 September 1999) was an Australian-born entertainment pioneer, comedian, band leader and musician and legend of radio, te ...

as Compere / Self *

as Sheena Henderson *

Alyson Best Alyson Best (born 29 September 1960) is an Australian actress known for her appearance in ''Prisoner'' (1983) and '' Man of Flowers'' (1983). In 1979 she appeared in a famous photo with Derryn Hinch in ''Playboy''. Select Credits *'' Young Ra ...

as Nicki * Kevin J. Wilson

References

External links

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