Kerry McGuire
Kerry McGuire | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1963–2019 |
Kerry McGuire is an Australian actress.[1]
Early life
[edit]McGuire studied at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating with a Bachelor of Dramatic Acting in 1964.[2]
Career
[edit]Film and TV
[edit]McGuire's screen roles include Olive (1988) where she played the titular Olive Bodill, an actress battling cancer,[3] Runaway Island (1982) as innkeeper Molly McKenzie and Against the Wind (1978) as Polly, also an innkeeper.[4] She later appeared as Diana Fraser, mother of James and Lachlan Fraser on Home and Away, on and off from 1997–2005.
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, G.P.,
Stage
[edit]Her long stage career[5] included roles in Absurd Person Singular runs at the Northside Theatre, a gender swapped The Odd Couple[6][7]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| 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 |
| 1982 | Runaway Island | Molly | TV movie |
| 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
[edit]| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | The Stranger | Nurse | Miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1967 | Love and War | Miniseries, 1 episode | |
| 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 Johanssem | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1981 | Cop Shop | Geraldine Shipton | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1983–84 | Runaway Island | Molly | 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 |
| 1997–2005 | Home and Away | Diana Fraser | TV series, 49 episodes |
| 2019 | Paranoia | Narc | TV series, 1 episode |
Awards
[edit]For her performance in Olive she won the 1988 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Lead Actress in a Telefeature.[8] For her role in Against the Wind she won the 1979 Sammy Award for best actress[9] and a 1979 Logie[1] for Best Performance by an Actress in a Major Role.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Collier, Shayne (30 October 1986), "Kerry happily puts her neck in a noose", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ https://www.nida.edu.au/alumni-and-industry/all-alumni/
- ^ 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