Sandy Gore

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Sandy Gore
Born (1950-06-28) 28 June 1950 (age 74)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActress
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(m. 1985;div. 1992)
Children1 [1]

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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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 Evil Angels (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

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1970 The Lady from Peking Marisa RussoFeature film
1972Pisces DyingFilm short
1972The Man Who Played With BoatsFilm short
1974 Petersen Suburban HousewifeFeature film
1976 Eliza Fraser LadyFeature film
1978 The ABC of Love and Sex: Australia Style NarratorFeature film documentary
1981The StrangerFilm short
1982MomentoFilm short
1982 Dead Easy FriedaFeature film
1982 Norman Loves Rose MaureenFeature film
1983 Moving Out Miss StanislausFeature film
1983Night of ShadowsMargo / Clare Neale / LucyFilm short
1984 Undercover NinaFeature film
1984 Street Hero Bonnie RogersFeature film
1984 Access Code UncreditedFeature film
1988 Grievous Bodily Harm Barbara HelmsleyFeature film
1988 Evil Angels (aka A Cry in the Dark)Joy KuhlFeature film
1989 Luigi's Ladies CeeFeature film
1989 Minnamurra Maude RichardsFeature film
1992 Lorenzo's Oil Murphy FamilyFeature film
1997 Paws AnjaFeature film
1998Kissing Katie SandstromFilm short
2000 The Magic Pudding Frog on the Log (voice)Animated feature film
2006DarklovestoryVeraFeature film
2008 Australia Gloria CarneyFeature film
2013Only OneConsultantFilm short
2015 Now Add Honey DianeFeature film
2015Super Awesome!Clarice ZegrabFeature film
2015 Women He's Undressed Hedda Hopper / Louella Parsons documentary film
2021Dust CloudFrancineFilm short

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1967BellbirdTV series
1969-1973 Homicide June Higgins / Jenny Moloney / Ruthie Miles / Ruth CrossTV series, 4 episodes
1969-1974 Division 4 Josie Nash / Mary Roberts / Martha Baldwin / MarieTV series, 4 episodes
1970 The Link Men DaleTV series, 1 episode
1970The JugglerTV movie
1972Dust or PolishRitaTV movie
1972The Norman Lindsay Festival - Dust or Polish?RitaTV play
1974 Matlock Police Evelyn ArmstrongTV series, 1 episode
1975 Cash and Company MadamTV series, 1 episode
1975 Quality of Mercy SandyTV series, 1 episode "Send Him On His Way Rejoicing"
1976Taggart's TreasureTV movie
1979 Ray Lawler Trilogy Nancy Wells / Pearl CunninghamTV series, 3 episodes
1979 Cop Shop Margaret JamiesonTV series, 1 episode
1979Twenty Good YearsReba CohenTV series
1980 Prisoner Kay WhiteTV series, 18 episodes
1981 Bellamy LeanneTV series, 1 episode 25. "The Fizz"
1981 I Can Jump Puddles Miss ClawsTV miniseries, 1 episode
1984 The Mike Walsh Show Guest (with John O'May)TV series, 1 episode
1984; 1991 A Country Practice Barbara Bolton / Meg CullenTV series, 2 episodes
1985; 1988 The Flying Doctors unknown roleTV miniseries, 1 episode
1985Fitness - Make It Your Own BusinessHerselfFilm documentary
1985 I Can't Get Started JennyTV movie
1985 Remember Me AdeleTV movie
1988 The Clean Machine Marcia IrvingTV movie
1988 The Flying Doctors Ann WilliamsTV series, 1 episode
1988; 1990 Rafferty's Rules Helen HawthorneTV series, 2 episodes
1989; 1991 Chances Connie TaylorTV movie (unaired)
1991 Brides of Christ Mother AmbroseTV miniseries, 6 episodes
1991 A Country Practice Meg CullenTV series, 4 episodes
1991 Chances TV series, 1 episode
1992 Six Pack AnalystTV series, 1 episode "Mimi Goes to the Analyst"
1993-1994 Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left HeclaTV series, 14 episodes
1993-1994 Newlyweds Irene CarterTV series, 52 episodes
1993-2000 Good Morning Australia HerselfTV series, 6 episodes
1995Spirits of the ForestNarratorTV documentary
1999Mumbo JumboPhyllisTV movie
2000-2003 Farscape Nurse Vreena / JudgeTV series, 3 episodes
2000 Murder Call Penny SatchwellTV series, 1 episode
2000-2003 Grass Roots Dr. Salwah MandikisTV series, 18 episodes
2004 Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars MuomaTV miniseries, 2 episodes
2014 Rake District Court JudgeTV series, 1 episode
2016 Here Come the Habibs TettaTV series, 2 episodes
2017 Diary of an Uber Driver AnneTV series, 1 episode
2021 The Unusual Suspects JeannieTV miniseries, 4 episodes
2023Totally Completely FineGloria1 episode
2023 Bay of Fires GeorgeTV series, 1 episode

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