Alethea McGrath
出生 : 1920-06-01,
死亡 : 2016-02-09
略歴
Alethea Ada McGrath (1 June 1920 – 9 February 2016) was an Australian actress and comedian. She played Jocasta Nu in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. She is also widely known for her roles on television, playing Dot Farrar in Prisoner and she has had three parts in Neighbours: Miss Logan in 1985, Mary Crombie from 1989 to 1990 and Lilly Madigan in 1998. Most recently she played the older character of Miss Taylor in Knowing (2009). Before concentrating on acting professionally, McGrath taught Drama at Methodist Ladies College in the Melbourne suburb of Kew.
Miss Taylor (2009)
1959年、マサチューセッツ州レキシントンのとある小学校では創立記念日を迎えようとしていた。この小学校の生徒の一人、ルシンダの提案が評価され、みんなでタイムカプセルを埋めることになる。それぞれが思い思いに描いた『絵』をその中に閉じ込めて。50年後、それは予定通り掘り起こされた。この小学校に通う少年ケイレブは、不可解な数字で埋め尽くされた一枚の紙を持ち帰ってきた。彼の父親で宇宙物理学教授のジョンは、そこに記された数字の羅列が過去50年とこれから先に起きる未来の出来事を予言したものだと気づく。
Mrs. Lillie
The story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story of impossible love that ultimately celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.
Mrs. Needham
1941. A country in crisis. A new man in power. Leadership demands and personal demons are set to collide. The story of John Curtin as he faces his first six months as Prime Minister, confronting in quick succession, the tragedy of Pearl Harbour, the fall of Singapore, the bombing of Darwin and a furious battle with Churchill over the deployment of Australian troops. This is a raw and intimate story of a driven and inspirational leader - a man who struggles to battle his own personal demons while serving and protecting a country at war.
Lucy
The seasons go by her window, she dreams about a boy she knew; his baby brother is now a man. A film about time, depression and a woman's need for a story.
Mrs McLeod
Tony Stilano and Trev Spackneys both own, live over and work in adjoining take-away fish shops in Melbourne. Although they have fallen into a habitual rivalry based on a cause long forgotten, the pair unite when the multinational fast-food outlet "Burgies" unveils a new store directly opposite the twin fish & chips shops.
Mrs. Quimby
After capturing Claw, all the criminals have gone into hiding until, Claw escapes! Gadget thinks he will get the case, but everyone else has other planes. A new version of the Gadget project is unveiled in the form of G2. Strict orders are given for Gadget to stay away from G2 and every crime scene, but Gadget feels he is needed more than anyone.
Madame Jocasta Nu
青年へと成長したアナキン・スカイウォーカーはオビ＝ワン・ケノービの指導の下、フォースの力を習得し優秀なジェダイの騎士となるべく修行に励んでいた。その頃、銀河元老院では、ドゥークー伯爵の画策により、数百もの惑星が一斉に共和国からの脱退を宣言する。これにより、ジェダイだけでは銀河を統治できないと判断した元老院では、クローン軍隊の是非を問う重要な投票が行われようとしていた。この会議に出席するため惑星コルサントに向かっていたナブーの元女王アミダラは、途中で何者かに命を狙われる。オビ＝ワンとアナキンはこの事件の調査のためナブーへと派遣されるのだったが…。
Older Woman
When two medical students find themselves dangerously indebted to a sadistic loan shark, they become embroiled in an illicit black-market organ transplant scam in order to save their lives. 'Muggers' is a twisted, hilarious, pitch-black comedy about friendship, poor choices and the drag of student debt.
Grandmother
In this sci-fi adventure a gorgeous alien woman is sent to Earth by mistake from the planet Epsilon. Landing in the Australian outback she meets a surveyor and they cross the continent together. However, she spends the trip haranguing him for the ecological recklessness and avarice of the human race.
Grammar Flack
Ort Flack is 12 years old and lives with his mother and his sister Tegwyn in the Australian outback. The three of them also have to take care of their old grandma and their paralyzed father. It is not easy for one mother to take care of everybody. But one day a mysterious stranger, Henry, comes to their desolate house to help them...
Mrs. Bilson
Set in the summer of 1910 in Australia the film follows the story of 14 year old Alan Marshall (Alexander Outhread) as he stumbles out of childhood towards the exciting yet forbidding world of adulthood. For Alan, despite the effects of polio, there is only one passion in life - to become a great horseman just like his hero, the reclusive horse trainer East Driscoll (Russell Crowe). Alan is one of East's few friends and also one of the few who knows about the affair between East and the aristocratic English woman Grace McAlister (Charlotte Rampling). Things inevitably take a turn towards the tragic when East becomes determined to force Grace to leave her husband and run away with him. Hammers Over The Anvil is an evocative coming of age film from Australian director Ann Turner.
