Judy Morris | |
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Born | Judith Ann L'Armand 17 February 1947 (age 77) Queensland, Australia |
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Judith Ann Morris (born 17 February 1947) is an Australian character actress, as well as a film director and screenwriter, well known for the variety of roles she played in 58 different television shows and films, starting her career as a child actress and appearing on screen until 1999, since then she has worked on film writing and directing, most recently for co-writing and co-directing a musical epic about the life of penguins in Antarctica which became Happy Feet , Australia's largest animated film project to date. [1] [2]
Morris's first role came at the age of 10 when she was part of the cast of the television episode "Picture of the Magi" a Family Theater production which aired about 1957 on the Mutual Broadcasting System in the United States. [2] She then performed in two other roles in the US, at the age of 10 on the Loretta Young Show , and in 1960, at the age of 13, on The Chevy Mystery Show hosted on that occasion by Vincent Price. [3]
Returning to Australia, Morris's next role was not to come until she reached the age of 20 when, in 1967, she worked in the ABC television series, Bellbird . Impressing casting agents, she was cast in numerous well known television series, including (see drop-down filmography list for further details) seven episodes in Division 4 , four episodes in Matlock Police and three episodes in Homicide series, Over There 24 episodes and Certain Women 26 episodes. [2]
In 1970, she starred in the short portmanteau film 3 to Go . During this time she also moved to more provocative (for its time) television, especially in the sex series of Alvin Purple , [2] and then under the direction of Tim Burstall as Sybil the babysitter in Libido: The Child (one of four parts of a portmanteau film that showed various aspects of human sexuality). In this part Morris awakens the sexuality of the boy that she is babysitting. For her part, Morris won the 1973 Australian Film Industry (AFI) Best Actress in a Lead Role. [4] [5] [6] Morris then played the part of "Sam" in the 1978 movie In Search of Anna , before receiving top billing as the wife "Jill Cowper" in the 1979 black comedy The Plumber , which began its life as a small 6 week television series directed by Peter Weir but following its success was produced as a DVD titled The Mad Plumber. [7]
The 1980s brought further success. She starred in Maybe This Time (1980), Strata (1983), Phar Lap (1983) as Bea Davis, the wife of Phar Lap's owner David J. Davis, and played the part of "Catherine Faulkner", the mother of the main character, "Kat Stanton", (played by Nicole Kidman) in Bangkok Hilton (1989). [8] In 1986 Morris was cast as Margaret 'Meg' Stenning in the miniseries The Last Frontier, that also starred Jason Robards as her father Edward Stenning, fellow Australian Jack Thompson as her brother, the black sheep of the family, Nick Stenning, and American actress Linda Evans as Kate Adamson-Hannon. (This miniseries was released on 3 November 1986). During and after this work she also played the role of "Liz Beare", the daughter-in-law of "Maggie Beare" (played by Ruth Cracknell) in the Mother and Son series that ran from 1984 to 1994. She also starred as an American photographer in Razorback .
Following this, amongst other work, she was cast in the role of "Mrs Muggleton" in eight episodes of the Spellbinder (1995) television series.
In 1996, she had voiced Melba the Crocodile from an animated TV show called Crocadoo.
Morris wrote and directed the comedy Luigi's Ladies in 1989. Later she teamed up with George Miller and Dick King-Smith to write Babe: Pig in the City in 1998. An episode of Dinotopia in 2002 and then most recently co-wrote the story to the film Happy Feet (along with Warren Coleman, John Collee, and once again, George Miller). Happy Feet was the first Australian animated film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and for her part in writing it Morris was nominated for an Annie Award. She later wrote the screenplay for Fred Schepisi's 2011 film, The Eye of the Storm , based on the novel of the same title.
Morris has been nominated for several awards in her career including:
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1971 | 3 to Go | Judy | Segment: "Judy" Feature film |
1972 | The Final Comedown | Feature film (US) | |
1973 | Libido | Sybil / Nanny | Feature film (Segment: The Child) |
1973 | Avengers of the Reef | Airline hostess | Feature film |
1974 | Between Wars | Deborah Trenbow | Feature film |
1975 | The Great Macarthy | Miss Russell | Feature film |
1975 | Scobie Malone (aka Murder at the Opera House) | Helga Brand | Feature film |
1976 | The Trespassers | Dee | Feature film |
1977 | The Picture Show Man | Miss Lockhart | Feature film |
1978 | In Search of Anna | Sam | Feature film |
1980 | ...Maybe This Time | Fran | Feature film |
1982 | Strata | Margaret | Feature film (NZ) (aka Checkmate) |
1983 | Phar Lap | Bea Davis | Feature film |
1984 | Razorback | Beth Winters | Feature film |
1985 | Niel Lynne (aka Best Enemies) | Patricia | Feature film |
1985 | The More Things Change | Connie | Feature film |
1987 | Going Sane | Ainslee Brown | Feature film |
1989 | Luigi's Ladies | Director | Feature film |
2008 | Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | Herself | Feature film documentary |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1957 | Loretta Young Show | Guest role | TV series (US), 1 episode |
1960 | The Chevy Mystery Show | Guest role | TV series (US), 1 episode |
1967 | Bellbird | Recurring role | TV series |
1968 | The Gordon Chater Show | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1968 | Rita and Wally | Guest role | TV series, 1 episode |
1968 | Nights Out | Lead role | Film short |
1968 | Juke Box | Lead role | Film short |
1968 | Junior Secondary Maths | Herself | TV series |
1969 | Delta | Girl | TV series, 1 episode |
1969 | Australia, The Biggest Island in the World | Herself | Film documentary |
1970 | Stirring the Pool | TV movie | |
1970 | GTK | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
1970 | Mrs. Finnegan | Guest role: Receptionist | TV series, 1 episode |
1970 | Bachelor Gaye | Regular role | TV series |
1970 | Barrier Reef | Guest role: Gail Smith | TV series, 1 episode: "Sea Fever" |
1970-1975 | Division 4 | Policewoman Kim Baker / Lynne Clark / Evie Morris / Helen Roche / Helen Ford / Judy Sutton / Liz Chandler / Sandra Morris (as Judith Morris) | TV series, 10 episodes |
1970–71, 1974 | Homicide | Margaret Gillespie / Caroline Murray / Prue Fletcher | TV series, 3 episodes: "Wheels", "Thursday's Child", "The Last Season" |
1971 | The Comedy Game | Guest role | TV series, 1 episode "Arthur" |
1971–72; 1975 | Matlock Police | Jenny Fisher / Bel Harris / Sheila Kelly / Jill Thompson | TV series, 4 episodes: "Early One Morning", "The Milk & Honey Man", "Cat & Mouse", "Baby Doll" |
1971 | Spyforce | Jill | TV series, 1 episode |
1972 | The Lady and the Law | Marion Hall | TV pilot |
1972 | The Spoiler | Fancy | TV series, 1 episode: "Catch as Catch Can" |
1972; 1973 | Boney | Kathy Markham / Jill Madden | TV series, 2 episodes: "Boney and the Claypan Mystery", "Boney and the Paroo Bikeman" |
1972–73 | Over There | Elizabeth Kirby | TV series, 24 episodes |
1973 | Ryan | Jan Taylor | TV series, 1 episode: "The Little Piggy Went to Pieces" |
1973–74 | Certain Women | Marjorie Faber | TV series, 26 episodes |
1975 | Division 4 | Kim Baker | TV series, 3 episodes: "What Will My Friends Say?", "A Bird in the Hand", "Two Hours of Madness" |
1975 | Cash and Company | Mary Fincham | TV series, 1 episode: "Dolly Mop" |
1976 | Luke's Kingdom | Guest role: Ellen | TV miniseries, 1 episode: "The Land Lovers" |
1976 | Alvin Purple | Sophie | TV series, 1 episode: "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?" |
1976 | Master of the World | Voice | TV movie |
1976 | The Outsiders | Karen | TV series, 1 episode: "Bad Dream Town" |
1976 | Mama's Gone A-Hunting | Tessa Goodman | TV movie |
1977 | The Dave Allen Show in Australia | Various character roles | TV series, 1 episode |
1978 | The Making of Anna | Herself | Film documentary |
1978 | The Geeks | Lee | Teleplay |
1978 | Cass | Margo | TV movie |
1978 | Heidi | Guest role | TV series Switzerland / West Germany / Australia |
1979 | Patrol Boat | Guest role | TV series, 1 episode |
1979 | The Plumber | Jill Cowper | TV movie |
1979 | Tickled Pink | Guest role | TV series, 1 episode |
1979 | Skyways | Robyn Davies | TV series, 12 episodes |
1979 | Sammy Awards | Herself | TV special |
1979 | The First Christmas | Voice | TV short |
1980 | The Girl Who Met Simone de Beauvoir In Paris | Lead role | Film short |
1981 | Trial By Marriage | Guest role | TV series, 1 episode |
1982 | Spring & Fall | Anne Lawrence | TV series, 1 episode: "Jimmy Dancer" |
1984–94 | Mother and Son | Liz Beare | TV series, 18 episodes |
1985 | Make It Your Business | Herself | Video documentary |
1985 | Colour in the Creek | Ellen Fletcher | TV miniseries, 10 episodes |
1985 | Time's Raging | Lauren | TV movie |
1986 | The Last Frontier | Meg Stenning | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
1987 | The Last of the Mohicans | Voice | TV movie |
1987 | Resuscitation (aka You've Probably Saved His Life) | Voice | Film short |
1988 | The Dirtwater Dynasty | Frances Eastwick | TV miniseries, 5 episodes |
1989 | Bangkok Hilton | Catherine Faulkner | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
1991 | Letters from Home | Voice | TV series |
1991 | Eggshells | Kathy Rose | TV series, 13 episodes |
1991 | Tonight Live with Steve Vizard | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1992 | The Other Side of Paradise | Miss Sowerby | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
1993 | Crocadoo | Melba (voice) | TV series, (Season 1) |
1994 | Review | Guest Presenter | TV series, 1 episode |
1995 | Spellbinder | Mrs. Muggleton | TV series, 9 episodes |
1995 | This Is Your Life: Ruth Cracknell | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
1996 | Crocadoo | Melba (voice) | TV series, (series 1) |
1997 | Heartbreak High | Fiona | TV series, 2 episodes: "6.37", "6.38" |
1998 | Twisted Tales | Veronica | TV film series, 1 episode: "The Test" |
1998 | Crocadoo II | Melba (voice) | TV series, Recurring role |
1999 | Ballykissangel | Laurie Woskett | TV series (UK), 1 episode: "Eureka" |
2004 | Jaws on Trotters: The Making of 'Razorback' | Herself - Beth Winters | Video |
2008 | Not Quite Hollywood: Deleted And Extended Scenes | Herself - Beth Winters | Video |
2012 | 1st AACTA Awards | Herself - Writer | TV special |
2014 | Razorback: Extended Interviews With Cast And Crew From Mark Hartley's 'Not Quite Hollywood' | Herself - Beth Winters | Video |
Year | Title | Notes |
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1989 | Luigi's Ladies | Writer, director - Feature film |
1998 | Babe: Pig in the City | Writer - Feature film |
2002 | Dinotopia | Writer, "The Matriarch" |
2006 | Happy Feet | Writer, co-director, co-producer - Animated feature film |
2008 | Meerkat Manor | Writer |
2009 | Legend | Writer |
2010 | Before the Rain | Writer - Feature film |
2011 | The Eye of the Storm | Writer - Feature film |
2011 | Happy Feet Two | Writer - Feature film |
2012 | 1st AACTA Awards | Writer - TV special |
2013 | Adoration | Script editor - Feature film |
2013 | Goddess | Musical director - Feature film |
2021 | Chasing Wonders | Writer - Feature film |
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