Stage and Screen
Brisbane-born actors, actresses, producers, playwrights and comedians include:
- Ray Barrett (actor)
- Diane Cilento (actress)
- Barry Creyton (actor)
- Janet Fielding (actress)
- Barry Otto (actor)
- Miranda Otto (actress)
- Bruce Redman (film producer)
- John Stanton (actor)
- Leonard Teale (actor)
- Josh Thomas (comedian)
- Rowena Wallace (actress)
Actors, actresses and playwrights who began their careers in Brisbane, or live in Brisbane, include:
- Bille Brown {actor) He has a studio named after him at the home of the Queensland Theatre Company)
- Carol Burns (actress)
- Diane Cilento (actress)
- Penny Downie
- Judith McGrath
- Sigrid Thornton (actress)
- Kate Wilson
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Famous quotes containing the words stage and/or screen:
“The literary wiseacres prognosticate in many languages, as they have throughout so many centuries, setting the stage for new haut monde in letters and making up the public’s mind.”
—Fannie Hurst (1889–1968)
“The screen of supreme good fortune curved his absolute smile into a celestial scream.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)