Sandy Gore
Sandy Gore (born 28 June 1950) is an Australian film, stage and television actress. She has had an extensive stage career in Australia with the Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company including playing Vivian in Wit (2000) and Maria in Uncle Vanya (2010), reprising the latter role in New York in 2012.
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Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 28 June 1950
Occupation | Actress |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 1[1] |
Career
On television, Gore appeared in the hit series Prisoner in 1980, as Kay White, the payroll-embezzling accountant who met a sticky end when her gambling addiction gets the better of her. Also, she has starred as Mother Ambrose in the 1991 mini-series Brides of Christ[2] and had guest roles in TV series such as Grass Roots and Farscape. She played Heckla in the 1992 children's sci-fi series Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left. She also appeared as Anja in Paws and as a guest role in Rafferty's Rules.
She was nominated three times for the Australian Film Institute Award (now AACTA Awards) for Best Supporting Actress, for her work in the Australian films Norman Loves Rose (1982), Undercover (1983) and Street Hero (1984). She also appeared in A Cry in the Dark (1988), Lorenzo's Oil (1992) and in the epic film Australia (2008)[3][4]
Gore has worked extensively with the Melbourne Theatre Company and the Sydney Theatre Company. Her stage roles include an acclaimed performance in the play Wit in 2000.[5] She played Baptista in the 2009 Australian tour of The Taming of the Shrew with the Bell Shakespeare Company, while in 2010, she was cast as Maria in the Sydney theatre company production of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, alongside Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh and reprised the role in 2012, when it transferred to New York at the New York City Center theatre.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1974 | Petersen | Suburban Housewife | |
1975 | The Lady from Peking | Marisa Russo | |
1976 | Eliza Fraser | Lady | |
1978 | The ABC of Love and Sex: Australia Style | Narrator | Voice |
1982 | Dead Easy | Frieda | |
1982 | Norman Loves Rose | Maureen | |
1983 | Moving Out | Miss Stanislaus | |
1984 | Undercover | Nina | |
1984 | Street Hero | Bonnie Rogers | |
1984 | Access Code | Uncredited | |
1985 | I Can't Get Started | Jenny | |
1988 | Grievous Bodily Harm | Barbara Helmsley | |
1988 | Evil Angels | Joy Kuhl | |
1989 | Luigi's Ladies | Cee | |
1989 | Minnamurra | Maude Richards | |
1991 | Brides of Christ | Mother Ambrose | |
1992 | Lorenzo's Oil | Murphy Family | |
1997 | Paws | Anja | |
2000 | The Magic Pudding | Frog on the Log | Voice |
2006 | Darklovestory | Vera | |
2008 | Australia | Gloria Carney | |
2015 | Now Add Honey | Diane | |
2015 | Super Awesome! | Clarice Zegrab |
References
- Turner, Brook (May 2007). "Curious George". The Australian Financial Review: 26–38. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- O'connor, John J. (11 June 1993). "TV Weekend; Her Wish to Serve God And to Feed Her Ego". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- Nicole and Hugh film Australia
- "Man behind The Boy farewelled". Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- "Bobbys puzzle rather than dazzle - smh.com.au". www.smh.com.au. Retrieved 8 January 2018.