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Australian Cinema: My Brilliant Career

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

continues a major season of films new to television. starring Judy Davis , Sam Neill
Sybylla Melvyn , born to poverty on an out-back farm, is determined to fulfil her life and have not just a career but a 'brilliant' one. This moving and dramatic love story follows her years of independence and the eventful writing of her autobiographically-inspired novel, which was published in Edinburgh in 1901. Screenplay by ELEANOR WITCOMBE based on the novel by MILES FRANKUN Produced by MARGARET FINK
Directed by GILLIAN ARMSTRONG
(First showing on British television) Films: page 14

Contributors

Unknown:
Judy Davis
Unknown:
Sam Neill
Unknown:
Sybylla Melvyn
Play By:
Eleanor Witcombe
Novel By:
Miles Frankun
Produced By:
Margaret Fink
Directed By:
Gillian Armstrong
Sybylla Melvyn:
Judy Davis
Harry Beecham:
Sam Neill
Aunt Helen:
Wendy Hughes
Frank Hawden:
Robert Grubb
Mr McSwat:
Max Cullen
Aunt Gussie:
Pat Kennedy
Grandma Bossier:
Aileen Britton
Uncle Julius:
Peter Whitford
Mrs McSwat:
Carole Skinner
Father:
Alan Hopgood
Mother:
Julia Blake
Source: Radio Times

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