Alethea McGrath
Рождение : 1920-06-01,
Смерть : 2016-02-09
История
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)
Во время раскопок на территории школы, где учится сын преподавателя Теда Майлса, находят таинственную капсулу времени. Поразительные предсказания, находящиеся в капсуле, действительно сбылись, и это заставляет учителя поверить в то, что к концу недели мир погибнет.Вскоре он находит девушку Диану, дочь женщины, которая в 1962 году и зарыла капсулу. Поначалу она со скептизмом относится к делу, но со временем вспоминает необычные события из своего детства, и постепенно все детали начинают складываться в общую картину...
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
Трепещите, злодеи! Гроза криминала и заступник обиженных, единственный и неповторимый инспектор Гаджет возвращается! Не зря Ривертон называют самым тихим городом в мире. Ведь закон и порядок в нем охраняет непобедимый инспектор Гаджет — киборг, в тело которого встроены тысячи приспособлений для борьбы с преступностью! Он один стоит целого полицейского участка и, поскольку бандиты боятся его как огня, Ривертон они обходят стороной. Но супергерою рано почивать на лаврax. Его место может занять киборг нового поколения, механическая девица Гаджет-2, а из тюрьмы сбегает его извечный враг, архизлодей Клешни, и последнее значит, что улицы города станут свидетелями такой грандиозной битвы между Добром и Злом, какой еще не видел мир!
Madame Jocasta Nu
Действие разворачивается через 10 лет после событий, описанных в первом эпизоде знаменитой саги. Республика все глубже погружается в пучину противоречий и хаоса. Движение сепаратистов, представленное сотнями планет и могущественным альянсом корпораций, грозит стать новой угрозой для Галактики, с которой не смогут справиться даже джедаи.
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.
