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Kerry McGuire

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Kerry McGuire
Born
OccupationActress
Years active1963–2005
Notable workOlive, Runaway Island, Against the Wind, Home and Away

Kerry McGuire is an Australian actress.[1]

Early life

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McGuire studied at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating with a Bachelor of Dramatic Acting in 1964.[2]

Career

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Film and TV

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McGuire's screen roles include her AACTA Award-winning role in Olive (1988) where she played the titular Olive Bodill, an actress battling cancer,[3] Runaway Island (1982) as innkeeper Molly McKenzie and miniseries Against the Wind (1978) as Polly (also an innkeeper), the latter for which she won both a Sammy Award and a Logie Award.[4] She later appeared as Diana Fraser, mother of doctors Lachlan and James Fraser on Home and Away, on and off from 1997–1999, reprising the role for 2 further episodes in 2005.

She made guest appearances throughout her career on tv series' such as Division 4, Riptide, Catwalk, Homicide, Boney, Certain Women, Skyways, Prisoner, Cop Shop, A Country Practice, Neighbours, Rafferty's Rules and G.P.

Stage

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McGuire's long stage career included roles in Absurd Person Singular (a gender swapped The Odd Couple) at Sydney's Northside Theatre[5][6] She also starred in Don's Party which toured Australia in 1973, Bedroom Farce (1979) and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1983–1984).[7]

Acting credits

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Film

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Year Film Role Notes
1971 Devlin Joan Hunter TV play
1977 Going Home TV movie
1977 Mama's Gone A-Hunting Concierge (uncredited) TV movie
1978 Puzzle Diana Carson TV movie
1979 The Little Convict Polly Nelson (voice) Animated TV movie
1981 The Homicide Squad Barbara Patista TV movie
1982 Runaway Island Molly McKenzie TV movie
1982 Heatwave Female TV Reporter Feature film
1985 Fragments of Terror Wife (uncredited) Anthology film, segment: "The Coming"
1988 Olive Olive Bodill TV movie
Won the 1988 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Lead Actress in a Telefeature

Television

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Year Film Role Notes
1965 The Stranger Nurse Miniseries, 1 episode
1967 Love and War Miniseries, episode 3: "O’Flaherty, VC"
1969 Division 4 Patsy Jordan TV series, 1 episode
1968 Riptide Freda Phillips / Beryl Winton TV series, 2 episodes
1968; 1972 Homicide Elaine Harvey / Faye Hall / Patti Summers TV series, 3 episodes
1970 Woobinda, Animal Doctor TV series, 1 episode
1970 The Rovers Dorrie TV series, 1 episode
1970 Dynasty Frank Halliday TV series, 1 episode
1971 Catwalk Kate MacKenzie TV series, 1 episode
1972 Boney Meena TV series, 1 episode
1974 Silent Number Clare Milson TV series, 1 episode
1974 Our Man in the Company Marcia TV series, 1 episode
1975 Certain Women TV series, 1 episode
1978 Father, Dear Father in Australia Miss Wilson TV series, 1 episode
1979 Against the Wind Polly McNamara Miniseries, 12 episodes
Won 1979 Sammy Award for Best Actress. Won 1979 Logie[1] for Best Performance by an Actress in a Major Role
1979 Skyways Ann Driscoll TV series, 1 episode
1981 Prisoner Arna Johanssen TV series, 2 episodes
1981 Cop Shop Geraldine Shipton TV series, 1 episode
1983–84 Runaway Island Molly McKenzie TV series, 8 episodes
1984 A Country Practice Robyn Riley TV series, 2 episodes
1987 Neighbours Christine Wilton TV aeries, 3 episodes
1987–88 Rafferty's Rules Irene Doonan TV series, 2 episodes
1993 G.P. Reverend Pauline Ternier TV series, 2 episodes
1997–99; 2005 Home and Away Diana Fraser TV series, 49 episodes

Theatre

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Year Film Role Notes
1963 Hotel Paradiso Victoire the Maid UNSW with NIDA
1963 The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet Babsy UNSW with NIDA
1963 Under Milk Wood Rosie Robert / Mrs. Organ Morgan / Mrs. Dai Bread One UNSW with Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust
1963 Barnstaple / The House of Bernarda Alba Helen / Bernarda UNSW with Old Tote Theatre Company
1964 The Caucasian Chalk Circle UNSW with Old Tote Theatre Company
1964 The Oresteia of Aeschylus Queen Clytemnestra Tent Theatre, Sydney with NIDA
1964 A Resounding Tickle Middie Paradock UNSW with NIDA
1964 The Sport of My Mad Mother Patty UNSW with NIDA & Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust
1964 Still Life Dolly UNSW with NIDA & Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust
1965 Ballad of the Drover's Wife Narrator UNSW with NIDA
1966; 1968 A Refined Look at Existence Jane Street Theatre, Sydney, UNSW with Old Tote Theatre Company
1966 Halloran's Little Boat Jane Street Theatre, Sydney with NIDA
1967 The Lion in Winter Independent Theatre, Sydney with Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust
1967 How's the World Treating You Independent Theatre, Sydney with Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust
1968 This Old Man Comes Rolling Home UNSW with Old Tote Theatre Company
1969 You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running Phillip Street Theatre, Sydney with Harry M. Miller
1973 Don's Party Kerry UNSW, Warner Theatre, Adelaide, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, Hunter Theatre, Sydney, Theatre Royal, Hobart, Playhouse, Perth, Canberra Theatre, Shepparton, Mildura, Wangaratta, Bendigo, Albury with Old Tote Theatre Company, J. C. Williamson's & NIDA
1977 The Business of Good Government Assembly Hall, Sydney with Q Theatre Company
1977; 1978 Mothers and Fathers Sally Longman NIDA Parade Theatre, UNSW, Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane
1978 Dry Run Myra Kendall Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane
1978 There Were Giants in Those Days Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
1979 Bedroom Farce Susannah Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Opera Theatre, Adelaide, Perth, Townsville, Cairns with Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust
1979 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Helena Albert Park Amphitheatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre
1979; 1980 The Man Who Came to Dinner Lorraine Sheldon SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre, Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC
1980 Piaf Toine Comedy Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company
1983; 1984 Caravan Sydney Opera House with Ensemble Theatre Company
1983; 1984; 1985 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Madame Mantalini / Mrs Witterly / Mrs Snevellicci Theatre Royal Sydney with STC for Sydney Festival, State Theatre, Melbourne with MTC, Festival Theatre, Adelaide
1984 An Act of Settlement Sydney Opera House with Ensemble Theatre Company & with Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust for Sydney Festival
1984 Stage Struck Marian Street Theatre, Sydney with Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust
1984 Season’s Greetings Marian Street Theatre, Sydney with Northside Theatre Company
1985 What If You Died Tomorrow? Marian Street Theatre, Sydney with Northside Theatre Company
1987 The Odd Couple Northside Theatre, Sydney
1988 A Small Family Business Northside Theatre, Sydney
1989 Passion Play Sydney Opera House with Gary Penny Productions
1993 A Flea in Her Ear NIDA Parade Theatre
1994 Heartbreak House His Majesty's Theatre, Perth with Angel Productions
1995 The Real Thing Marian Street Theatre, Sydney
1997 After-Play Marian Street Theatre, Sydney with Northside Theatre Company

As director

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Year Film Role Notes
1986 Otherwise Engaged Director Marian Street Theatre, Sydney with Northside Theatre Company

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Radio

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Year Film Role Notes
1979 Silent Night, Lonely Night Janet ABC Radio, Brisbane

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Awards and nominations

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Year Nominated work Award Category Result Ref.
1988 Olive Australian Film Institute Awards Best Lead Actress in a Telefeature Won [10]
1979 Against the Wind Sammy Awards Best Actress Won [11]
1979 Against the Wind Logie Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Major Role Won [1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Collier, Shayne (30 October 1986), "Kerry happily puts her neck in a noose", The Sydney Morning Herald
  2. ^ https://www.nida.edu.au/alumni-and-industry/all-alumni/
  3. ^ Morris, Joan (14 February 1988), "Television violence exercises the minds of the ABC.", The Canberra Times
  4. ^ Adams, Clay (14 February 1981), "RUNAWAY ISLAND- for European eyes only", Woman's Weekly
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ The Odd Couple, AusStage
  7. ^ Kerry McGuire, AusStage
  8. ^ Kerry McGuire, AusStage
  9. ^ Silent Night Lonely Night, AusStage
  10. ^ "And the winners were...", The Canberra Times, 12 October 1988
  11. ^ "Hines, Walsh awarded gold Sammys", The Canberra Times, 18 October 1979
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