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Margaret Kelly Margaret Kelly i(A90331 works by) (a.k.a. M. Kelly; Margaret Dingwall)
Born: Established: 1939 Queensland, ;
Gender: Female
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1 3 form y separately published work icon McLeod's Daughters Jane Allen , Robert Armin , Blake Ayshford , Shane Brennan , Hamilton Budd , Sam Carroll , Elizabeth Coleman , Chris Corbett , Louise Crane , Max Dann , Ysabelle Dean , Peter Dick , Liz Doran , Robert Dudley , Sarah Duffy , Fin Edquist , Anthony Ellis , Justine Gillmer , Jutta Goetze , Kym Goldsworthy , Marieke Hardy , Chris Hawkshaw , Claire Haywood , Rick Held , John Honey , Sue Hore , Andrew Kelly , Margaret Kelly , Vicki Madden , Meg Mappin , Mardi McConnochie , Christine McCourt , Jackie McKimmie , Christina Milligan , Greg Millin , Denise Morgan , Michaeley O'Brien , Murray Oliver , Elizabeth Packett , Deborah Parsons , Chris Pearce , Chris Phillips , David Phillips , John Ridley , Giula Sandler , Hadass Segal , Sarah Smith , Nick Stevens , Charlie Strachan , Cathy Strickland , Lily Taylor , Katherine Thomson , Tracey Trinder-Doig , Jeff Truman , Alana Valentine , James Walker , Dave Warner , Sally Webb , Carol Williams , Margaret Wilson , Samantha Winston , Alexa Wyatt , Posie Graeme-Evans , Caroline Stanton , ( dir. Ali Ali et. al. )agent Australia : Nine Network Southern Star Entertainment , 2001-2009 Z1858228 2001-2009 series - publisher film/TV
1 3 form y separately published work icon SeaChange Deb Cox , Andrew Knight , Deb Cox , Matt Cameron , Hannie Rayson , Graeme Koetsveld , Sherri McIver , Andrea Denholm , Chris Hawkshaw , Tim Pye , Stuart McDonald , Sue Hore , Luke Devenish , Elizabeth Coleman , Max Dann , Margaret Kelly , Doug MacLeod , Andrew Knight , ( dir. Michael Carson et. al. )agent 1998 Australia : Artist Services Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 1998-2000 Z1888232 1998 series - publisher film/TV

'In one day successful city lawyer, Laura Gibson's world falls apart. Suddenly she realises she no longer knows her husband, her children, or where her all-consuming career is going. On a whim, Laura grabs at a position as magistrate in the small coastal town of Pearl Bay and with two bewildered kids in tow sets off to change their lives forever.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 18/9/2012)

1 Patronising the Professionals Margaret Kelly , 1995 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Independent Monthly , July vol. 7 no. 1 1995; (p. 21-22)
1 4 form y separately published work icon Heartbreak High Ben Gannon , David Phillips , Sally Webb , Serge Lazareff , Greg Millin , Howard Griffiths , Peter A. Kinloch , Kevin Roberts , Tim Gooding , Chris Roache , Leon Saunders , Lisa Hoppe , Suzanne Hawley , Craig Wilkins , Kris Wyld , Margaret Kelly , Kristen Dunphy , Pieter Aquilia , Tony Morphett , Steve J. Spears , Michael Cove , Peter Neale , Elizabeth Coleman , Vicki Madden , Chris Phillips , Johanna Pigott , Keith Thompson , Susan MacGillicuddy , David Worthington , Helen Steel , Michael Miller , Charlie Strachan , James Lee , Joan Sauers , Kit Oldfield , Peter Schreck , Carol Williams , Phil McAloon , Vincent Gil , Marcia Gardner , Philip Dalkin , Alexa Wyatt , Alan Love , ( dir. Shirley Barrett et. al. )agent 1994 Australia : Gannon Television Network Ten Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 1994-1999 Z1741241 1994 series - publisher film/TV young adult

'Fast-paced series spin-off of the hit feature film. Filmed at an abandoned school in Sydney's Maroubra, this program was about an ethnically diverse group of students attending Hartley High School.'

Source: National Film and Sound Archive record.

1 form y separately published work icon G. P. Sue Masters , Chris Anastassiades , Linda Aronson , Luis Bayonas , Shelley Birse , David William Boutland , Anne Brooksbank , Don Catchlove , Elizabeth Coleman , Judith Colquhoun , John Coulter , Michael Craig , Louise Crane , John Cundill , Joe Dowse , Kristen Dunphy , Matt Ford , Peter Gawler , Michael Gaylard , Howard Griffiths , Chris Hawkshaw , Noel Hodda , Ro Hume , Louise Johnson , Patricia Johnson , Andrew Kelly , Margaret Kelly , Carla Kettner , Joseph King , Peter A. Kinloch , Graeme Koetsveld , Susan MacGillicuddy , Rick Maier , Tony Maniaty , Grant McAloon , Christine McCourt , Lina Mckenzie , Stephen Measday , Jennifer Mellet , Michael Miller , Greg Millin , John Misto , Margaret Morgan , Tony Morphett , Mary Morris , Peter Neale , Carol Nemo , Alison Nisselle , Felicity Packard , Deborah Parsons , David Phillips , Tim Pye , Oliver Robb , Ted Roberts , Leon Saunders , Peter Schreck , Bill Searle , Mark Sims , Robyn Sinclair , Steve J. Spears , Caroline Stanton , Helen Steel , Charlie Strachan , Marnie Taylor , John Thomas , Keith Thompson , Katherine Thomson , Steven Vidler , Craig Wilkins , Carol Williams , Kris Wyld , Peter Yeldham , ( dir. Peter Andrikidis et. al. )agent 1989 Australia : ABC Television Roadshow Coote and Carroll , 1989-1996 7819205 1989 series - publisher film/TV

G.P. is an Australian television series that ran for eight seasons. Set in and around a fictional general medical practice in an inner-city suburb, the storylines explore the professional and personal lives of the doctors and staff who worked there.

1 4 form y separately published work icon The Cowra Breakout Margaret Kelly , Chris Noonan , Phillip Noyce , ( dir. Phillip Noyce et. al. )agent Sydney : Kennedy Miller Entertainment , 1985 Z1820995 1985 series - publisher film/TV historical fiction

Mini-series dramatising the breakout of Japanese prisoners of war from a camp in the New South Wales town of Cowra, which led to the deaths of 231 Japanese prisoners. Moran notes, in his Guide to Australian TV Series, that it 'became a Bridge on the River Kwai in reverse, with the strategy of the mini-series being to stress heroism, as well as stupidity and cowardice, both on the Japanese and the Australian side.'

Moran notes that this mini-series employed the same approach as previous Kennedy Miller productions (including 'intensive workshops for actors, directors and parts of the crew'), but was 'the least dramatically successful of the Kennedy Miller series'. Nevertheless, it was sold to both Great Britain and Japan.

1 form y separately published work icon The Nargun and the Stars Margaret Kelly , ( dir. John Walker ) Sydney : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1981 Z1849117 1981 series - publisher film/TV

Based on the novel by Patricia Wrightson, The Nargun and the Stars follows Simon, a heartbroken and orphaned boy from the city, who goes to live with cousins on a remote country property. Hidden in the depths of the property, he discovers a variety of creatures from the distant Dreamtime. But not all are benevolent, as Simon discovers when the threat of development wakes the stone Nargun.

With an overt environmental message and a strong focus on Indigenous Australian mythologies, The Nargun and the Stars attracted positive interest from reviewers, though Greg Flynn noted in the Australian Women's Weekly that the Potkoorok's voice is 'the fruity vowel sounds of the regrettably late Noel Brophy', and adds 'Surely the Aboriginals never imagined their swamp-dwelling monster sounding like a music hall turn?' Ultimately, however, Flynn noted that 'As with fantastic children's stories, it's the creatures and the gimmicks which make the programme fascinating. But the plot does have its merits. Although the series takes a while to pick up speed, once the Dreamtimers appear most viewers should be captivated by this story of the bush defending itself against the crass hand of man.'

Source: Australian Women's Weekly, Wed. 23 September 1981, p.145.

2 4 form y separately published work icon A Country Practice Graeme Ellis , Anne Brooksbank , Hugh Stuckey , David William Boutland , Moya Wood , Leon Saunders , Luis Bayonas , James Davern , Roger Dunn , David Sale , Peter A. Kinloch , Keith Thompson , Chris Thomson , Tony Morphett , Denise Morgan , Christine McCourt , Gwenda Marsh , David Allen , Christine Schofield , Ro Hume , Galia Hardy , Marcus Cooney , Beverley Phillips , Don J. Townshend , Margaret Mitchell , Michael Aitkens , Patricia Johnson , Sheila Sibley , Margaret Kelly , Judith Colquhoun , Agi Schreck , Mary Wright , John Graham , Ted Roberts , Michael Brindley , Forrest Redlich , Anthony Wheeler , Michael Freundt , Russell E. Webb , Bill Searle , Cliff Green , Foveaux Kirby , Helen Steel , Howard Griffiths , Suzanne Hawley , Terry Larsen , Serge Lazareff , Helen Boyd , Carol Williams , David Worthington , Ray Harding , Bevan Lee , Stephen Measday , Patrea Smallacombe , Shane Brennan , Betty Quin , Graeme Koetsveld , Tim Pye , Jenny Sharp , Bob Herbert , Tom Galbraith , Alister Webb , David Phillips , Andrew Kennedy , Craig Wilkins , Grant Fraser , Sally Webb , Caroline Stanton , Chris Roache , Geoff Newton , David Marsh , Colin Free , Thomas Mitchell , Brett Mitchell , Steve J. Spears , Louise Crane , Ian David , Robyn Sinclair , Micky Bennett , Linden Wilkinson , Terry Fogarty , Michael Cove , Patrick Flanagan , Peter Neale , Peter Lavelle , Julieanne Stewart , Sally Irwin , John Hanlon , David Henry , Jenni Kubler , Jo Barcelon , John Misto , Katherine Thomson , Neville Brown , Margaret Morgan , Susan Bower , Sean Nash , John Lonie , Paul Spinks , Christifor McTrustry , Andrew Kelly , Charlie Strachan , Susan Bower , James Balian , Peter Dann , Michael Harvey , Jerome Ehlers , Jo Horsburgh , Jeff Truman , Rod Rees , Peter Gawler , Linda Aronson , Catherine Millar , Lynn Bayonas , James Davern , ( dir. Igor Auzins et. al. )agent Sydney Australia : JNP Films Seven Network , 1981-1993 Z1699739 1981-1994 series - publisher film/TV

Set in a small, fictional, New South Wales country town called Wandin Valley, A Country Practice focused on the staffs of the town's medical practice and local hospital and on the families of the doctors, nurses, and patients. Many of the episodes also featured guest characters (frequently patients served by the practice) through whom various social and medical problems were explored. Although often considered a soap opera, the series was not built around an open-ended narrative; instead, the two one-hour episodes screened per week formed a self-contained narrative block, though many of the storylines were developed as sub-plots for several episodes before becoming the focus of a particular week's storyline. While the focus was on topical issues such as youth unemployment, suicide, drug addiction, HIV/AIDS, and terminal illness, the program did sometimes explore culturally sensitive issues, including, for example, the Aboriginal community and their place in modern Australian society.

Among the show's principal characters were Dr Terence Elliott, local policeman Sergeant Frank Gilroy, Esme Watson, Shirley Dean Gilroy, Bob Hatfield, Vernon 'Cookie' Locke, and Matron Margaret 'Maggie' Sloan. In addition to its regularly rotating cast of characters, A Country Practice also had a cast of semi-regulars who would make appearances as the storylines permitted. Interestingly, while the series initially targeted the adult and older youth demographic, it became increasingly popular with children over the years.

1 18 form y separately published work icon Puberty Blues Margaret Kelly , ( dir. Bruce Beresford ) Sydney : Limelight Productions , 1981 Z826184 1981 single work film/TV (taught in 3 units)

Debbie and Sue are accepted into Greenhill Beach's gang, an elite group of teenagers occupying a particular stretch of Cronulla beachfront. As surfie groupies, Debbie and Sue find out that they are expected to submit to male whims and play out 'strange' rituals, such as not eating or going to the bathroom when a boy is around. The girls' life mainly consists of doing what everyone else does: watching the boys surf, having sex with them (in the back seat of cars and at home-alone parties), and getting drunk. The narrative maintains a humorously ironic distance from the awfulness of the scene, particularly through the use of narration. The boys, though portrayed as collectively dominant, are individually consigned to the margins, while Debbie and Sue ultimately break out of the confines of male-imposed rules.

1 form y separately published work icon Top Mates Anne Brooksbank , Margaret Kelly , ( dir. Chris Thomson ) Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1979 Z1888731 1979 series - publisher film/TV children's

'Paul Jackson runs away from home. He's in the top form of the primary school in a Sydney suburb, and he's doing okay in class. But he's a new boy and he's an Aborigine [sic], and some of the toughies at school think those are good enough reasons to pick a fight with him. The headmaster is prejudiced against him and doesn't take his part, and Paul thinks this is a good reason to run away. His white mate, Brett Towers, goes with him. Where do they run? To a deserted terrace house inhabited by an old drunken "derro". Soon all three are top mates. But mateship has its ups and down, as the two boys soon find out.'

Source: 'ABC Hits Home with New Drama', The Age, 6 Aug. 1981, p.36.

1 1 form y separately published work icon Pig in a Poke John Dingwall , Margaret Kelly , ( dir. Michael Jenkins ) Sydney : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1977 7200984 1977 series - publisher film/TV

A Melbourne-based doctor gives up his practice to take a practice in Redfern, sight unseen, and is drawn into the conflicts of the impoverished, inner-city suburb.

1 form y separately published work icon No Thanks, I'm on a Diet Margaret Kelly , Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1976 8102592 1976 series - publisher film/TV
2 form y separately published work icon No Thanks, I'm on a Diet Margaret Kelly , Melbourne : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1974 8102436 1974 single work film/TV
2 form y separately published work icon All the World Is Queer Margaret Kelly , Melbourne : Crawford Productions Seven Network , 1971 Z1913801 1971 single work film/TV crime

The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):

'GRAHAM ELLIS Late twenties, early thirties, Ellis is mentally disturbed with a fetish about cleanliness. He is intense, precise, methodical and shows little emotion. Lead role.

'MRS. FOSTER Ellis's landlady. Age not important. A bossy, nosey woman.

'MR. ELLIS Graham's father. An elderly man, retired, quiet, unassuming.

'MRS. ELLIS Graham's mother, also elderly. Quiet, devoted to her son, motherly.

'JILL PATTERSON Patterson's wife.

'DR. TED WRIGHT. Psychiatrist. Middle aged, self assured.

'JIMMY PATTERSON Patterson's son, aged 10.

'LUKE PATTERSON Patterson's son, aged 8.

'SALLY PATTERSON Patterson's daughter, aged 5.

'MRS. CAHILL Middle-aged. Mother of woman killed at Zoo.

'JOHN PIPER Young man at Zoo. His girlfriend is shot.

'JUDY ARCHER Piper's girlfriend.

'MRS. FELTON Mrs. Cahill's daughter.

'MR. MCBRIDE Old man shot at Zoo.

'MR. FOSTER Landlady's husband.

'MRS. O'BRIEN Elis's [sic] second landlady. Middle aged.

'TWO AMBULANCE MEN ACTUAL.

'EXTRAS 3 People shot in street and onlookers.

'POLICE CONSTABLE.

'COOK IN HAMBURGER SHOP.

'MR. ROGERS. Tram Conductor.'

2 form y separately published work icon I Love You, Primrose Taylor Margaret Kelly , 1971 (Manuscript version)x402251 Z1913788 1971 single work film/TV crime

The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):

'SAMMY WALKER: Must be big and strong-looking, perhaps even slightly flabby. Late twenties, early thirties. Sammy has suffered brain damage and has the mentality of a 10 year old. He always wears his cloth cap. It would help if the actor had a partial plate. (IF NOT, BLACKEN A COUPLE OF TEETH) One can see a few gaps when Sammy smiles.

'PRIMROSE TAYLOR: Policewoman who comes into Homicide. Twenties. Must be attractive. A knowledge of judo would help.

'BEN WALKER: Sammy's brother. Older. Ben looks after Sammy, treats him almost like a son. [Note: an annotation to this character note in blue ink specifies that Ben is five years older than Sammy.]

'JANINE FISHER: Young, attractive air hostess. Killed in first commerical.

'BEV ADAMS: Janine's room mate. Same age, same job.

'DR. ALCOTT: Doctor at post mortem.

'JIM HARRIS: Private detective.

'CAPTAIN RICHARDS: Airline pilot. [Note: an annotation to this character note in blue ink reads, 'needs to be good'.]

'OLD LADY: Old lady on bus.

'MARY WALKER: Ben's wife.

'MRS. FENTON: Very attractive, long blonde hair. She is not provocative in her attitude.

'SALLY GREEN: Young, attractive, ballet teacher. Second murder victim.

'MR. PHILLIPS: Late thirties, early forties. Obscene phone caller.

'T.V. SERVICEMAN:

'AMBULANCE MEN: Actuals.

'SMITH: Interviewed at airport.

'POLICE SERGEANT: One scene.

'STUDENTS IN BALLET SCHOOL: Actual.'

2 form y separately published work icon A Change of Habit Margaret Kelly , (Manuscript version)5999787 5999788 1971 single work film/TV crime

The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):

'SIDNEY ROBERTS Late forties, a professional criminal. A hard man, self-confident. His only weakness is his wife Elsie. He genuinely loves her and the only time we see a softness in him is when he is with her.

'ELSIE ROBERTS Forties. A weak, silly woman. Roberts is and always has been her life. She recognises only the good side of him and takes the attitude that if she ignores the bad things about him they haven't happened. She is a very devout catholic [sic] lady.

'MRS. ARCHER Sixties. A very forceful character with an old-fashioned set of values. She owns the flats Elsie lives in and also lives next door to her.

'CAROL ARCHER A swinging 17. The grand-daughter.

'ERN FULLER Forties. A criminal. Not very smart, rough.

'SISTER IGNATIUS An elderly nun. A very slight, Irish brogue that comes out occasionally when she speaks about home. Must be approximately the same size as Roberts.

'AMBULANCE ATTENDANTS Two.

'"MUMMA" WALSH Forties. A fat jovial character. He loves cooking and looks as though he enjoys eating.

'BENNY ADAMS Same age group. A petty criminal, now reformed.

'PERCY McCALL Fairly old. A seedy little man.

'BOB STEIN Carol Archer's boyfriend. Perhaps 20. A nice boy, not quite as swinging as Carol.

'DOUG MARTIN Detective.

'DRIVER Another policeman.

'CAPTAIN AND CREW OF SHIP Actual.

'POLICE CONST.'

The final character, 'Police constable', has been added to the bottom of the list in blue ink. The names of actors are written under each character on the list in blue ink, except for the characters Bob Stein and Doug Martin.

1 7 form y separately published work icon Homicide Sonia Borg , Vince Moran , Phil Freedman , Luis Bayonas , Everett de Roche , Peter A. Kinloch , Ted Roberts , Roger Simpson , Charles E. Stamp , Margaret Kelly , Colin Eggleston , James Wulf Simmonds , Keith Hetherington , Michael Harvey , Cliff Green , Patrick Edgeworth , James East , John Drew , John Dingwall , Alan Cram , Ian Cameron , John Bragg , David William Boutland , Jock Blair , Don Battye , Fred Parsons , David Minter , Monte Miller , Ron McLean , George Mallaby , Ian Jones , Maurice Hurst , Barry Hill , Max Sims , Keith Thompson , David Stevens , Amanda Spry , Peter Schreck , Martin Robbins , Della Foss Pascoe , Bruce Wishart , ( dir. Bruce Ross-Smith et. al. )agent Melbourne : Crawford Productions , 1964-1975 Z1813076 1964 series - publisher film/TV crime detective

Running for twelve years and a total of 510 episodes, Homicide was a seminal Australian police-procedural program, set in the homicide squad of the Victoria Police. According to Don Storey in his Classic Australian Television, it represented a turning point for Australian television, prompting the development of local productions over the purchase of relatively inexpensive American dramas. Indeed, Storey quotes Hector Crawford as saying that his production company intended three outcomes from Homicide: demonstrating that it was possible to make a high-quality local drama series, counteracting criticism of local performers, and showing that Australian audiences would watch Australian-made dramas.

As Moran notes in his Guide to Australian TV Series, the program adopted a narrative structure focusing on crime, detection, and capture, rather than on character studies of the lead detectives. The early episodes were produced by a small crew (Storey notes that the crew was frequently limited to four people: cameraman, grip, director, and assistant director), requiring some degree of ingenuity to achieve a polished result (including, in some cases, the actors performing their own stunts). However, the program received extensive support from the Victoria Police (who recognised, in its positive portrayal of police officers, a valuable public-relations exercise) and, as its popularity grew, from the public.

The program's cast changed extensively over its twelve years on the air, though it remained focused on a small group of male detectives, with the inclusion of irregular characters such as Policewoman Helen Hopgood (played by Derani Scarr), written on an as-required basis to reflect the involvement of women in the police force. In Moran's words, 'The other star of Homicide was the location film work. These ordinary, everyday familiar urban locations were what gave the series a gritty realism and familiarised audiences with the shock of recognition at seeing themselves and their milieus on air'.

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