Olive (film)

Olive
Written by	Anthony Wheeler
Directed by	Stephen Wallace
Starring	Kerry McGuire Nick Tate
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Original release
Release	1988 (1988)

Olive is a 1988 Australian television film about actress Olive Bodill, who died of cancer in 1985. ^[1] The film was written by Bodill's husband Anthony Wheeler. It first screened in February 1988 on the ABC. ^[2]

Cast

• Kerry McGuire as Olive Bodill
• Nick Tate as Anthony Wheeler
• Owen Weingott as Vincent
• Lyn James as Doreen
• Elaine Lee as Elaine
• Moya O'Sullivan as Saleslady
• Richard Meikle as Mr Crawford
• Stephen Leeder as Dr Douglas

Accolades

1988 Australian Film Institute Awards

• Best Lead Actress in a Telefeature - Kerry McGuire - won ^[3]
• Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Telefeatur - Nick Tate - nominated ^[4]
• Best Telefeature - Richard Brennan - nominated ^[4]
• Best Achievement in Direction in a Telefeature - Stephen Wallace - nominated ^[4]

1988 AWGIE Awards

• Major AWGIE Award - Anthony Wheeler ^[5]

References

1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p. 116
2. Morris, Joan (14 February 1988), "Television violence exercises the minds of the ABC.", The Canberra Times
3. "And the winners were...", The Canberra Times, 12 October 1988
4. "AACTA AWARDS WINNERS & NOMINEES 1988". AACTA. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
5. Pakula, Karen (9 July 1988), "Winning with Olive opens old wounds", The Sydney Morning Herald

External links

• Olive at Peter Malone
• Olive at IMDb
• Olive at BFI
• Olive at Screen Australia