Brides of Christ
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| Brides of Christ | |
|---|---|
| Format | Drama |
| Created by | John Alsop Sue Smith |
| Starring | Brenda Fricker Sandy Gore Josephine Byrnes Lisa Hensley Naomi Watts Kym Wilson |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 0.55 (per episode) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | September 4, 1991 – October 9, 1991 |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
Brides of Christ was an Australian television miniseries produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1991.
The series takes place behind the walls of a Sydney convent school and deals with the struggles of both the Roman Catholic nuns and the young students to adapt to the many social changes taking place within the church and the outside world during the 1960s.
Six fifty-minute episodes were made, each episode focusing on one of the main characters, though Josephine Byrnes' character was the focus of both the first and last episodes.
It is notable that this series was one of the earlist outings for Naomi Watts as the leading schoolgirl character (although Naomi was 23 at the time), and one episode guest-starred the then unknown Russell Crowe as a young man distressed about being called up for the Vietnam War.
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[edit] Cast
| The Nuns | |
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| Sister Agnes | Brenda Fricker |
| Mother Ambrose | Sandy Gore |
| Diane/Sister Catherine | Josephine Byrnes |
| Veronica/Sister Paul | Lisa Hensley |
| Sister Attracta | Melissa Jaffer |
| Sister Patrick | Penny Stehli |
| Sister Philomena | Caroline Gillmer |
| Sister Clare | Beth Champion |
| Sister Francine | Michelle Pettigrove |
| The Girls | |
| Frances Heffernan | Naomi Watts |
| Rosemary Fitzgerald | Kym Wilson |
| Brigid Maloney | Melissa Thomas |
| Other characters | |
| Jack Delahunty | Simon Burke |
| Ian McGregor | Philip Quast |
| Mary Maloney | Pat Bishop |
| Dominic Maloney | Russell Crowe |
| Liz Heffernan | Anne Tenney |
[edit] Awards
- 1991 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission TV Drama Award was presented to the ABC TV and accepted by Penny Chapman and Sue Masters (Executive Producers)[1]
- 1992 Logie Awards the show and cast won several awards:
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- Most Popular Telemovie or Mini Series
- Most Popular Actress in a Telemovie or Mini Series to Josephine Byrnes
- Most Popular New Talent to Kym Wilson (along with her work on A Country Practice)
- Most Outstanding Actress to Josephine Byrnes
- Most Outstanding Telemovie or Mini Series
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