Kerry McGuire
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Kerry McGuire | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1963-2005 |
Kerry McGuire is an Australian actress.[1]
Career[edit]
Film and TV[edit]
McGuire's creen roles include Olive where she played the titular Olive Bodill, an actress battling cancer,[2] Runaway Island as innkeeper Molly McKenzie and Against the Wind as Polly, also an innkeeper.[3]
Stage[edit]
Her long stage career[4] included roles in Absurd Person Singular runs at the Northside Theatre,[1] a gender swapped The Odd Couple[5][6]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Devlin | Joan Hunter | TV play |
| 1982 | Runaway Island | Molly McKenzie | TV movie |
| 1988 | Olive | Olive Bodill | TV movie Won the 1988 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Lead Actress in a Telefeature |
Television[edit]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Catwalk | Kate Mackenzie | TV series |
| 1979 | Against the Wind | Polly | TV miniseries Won the 1979 Sammy Award for Best Actress. Won the 1979 Logie[1] for Best Performance by an Actress in a Major Role. |
Awards[edit]
For her performance in Olive she won the 1988 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Lead Actress in a Telefeature.[7] For her role in Against the Wind she won the 1979 Sammy Award for best actress[8] and a 1979 Logie[1] for Best Performance by an Actress in a Major Role.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Collier, Shayne (30 October 1986), "Kerry happily puts her neck in a noose", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Morris, Joan (14 February 1988), "Television violence exercises the minds of the ABC.", The Canberra Times
- ^ Adams, Clay (14 February 1981), "RUNAWAY ISLAND- for European eyes only", Woman's Weekly
- ^ Kerry McGuire, AusStage
- ^ Jamrozik, Wanda (24 September 1987), "Sex change surgery adds to the laughs - Florence ond Olive replace Felix and Oscar in a feminist-inspired update of the lonesome bachelors' story", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ The Odd Couple, AusStage
- ^ "And the winners were...", The Canberra Times, 12 October 1988
- ^ "Hines, Walsh awarded gold Sammys", The Canberra Times, 18 October 1979