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Elspeth Ballantyne is a Actor Australienne born on 20 april 1939 at Adelaide (Australie)
Elspeth Ballantyne (born 20 April 1939 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian actress known in theatre, film and television, she is perhaps best known for her soap opera roles as firm but compassionate prison officer Meg Jackson later Meg Morris in the international cult hit soap opera Prisoner, better known as Prisoner: Cell Block H in the USA and UK, and Cathy Alessi in Neighbours.
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Ballantyne has two children from her marriage to actor Dennis Miller, whom she was married to from 1968-1977. She is the sister of film producer Jane Ballantyne.Usually with
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Mondo Maniacs (2007)
, 1h30Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Actors Tim Burns, Elspeth Ballantyne
Roles Desma
Rating77%
Deux punks sans abri ont entamé une série de crimes étranges dans toute la région de Victoria en Australie. Ils ont bloqué des boutiques et des bars à lait, des nudistes et des délinquants enlevés et ont attaqué des femmes avec une pince à salade. Leur existence a dérouté la police et ils sont devenus notoirement connus comme les légendaires "Belgrave Bandits".
The Caterpillar Wish (2006)
, 1h40Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Victoria Thaine, Susie Porter, Philip Quast, Robert Mammone, Elspeth Ballantyne, Wendy Hughes
Roles Mrs. Woodbridge
Rating66%
A sleepy seaside town, in winter. Emily, a seventeen-year-old schoolgirl, lives with her mother Susan. Emily never knew her father. According to her mother, he was a "tom cat" - a tourist who wandered into town one summer and was never seen again.
Three Dollars (2005)
, 1h58Directed by Robert Connolly
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors David Wenham, Sarah Winter, Frances O'Connor, Julia Blake, John Flaus, Elspeth Ballantyne
Roles Eddie's Mother
Rating61%
The film and book tell the story of Eddie (David Wenham), a principled man with a seemingly stable and happy life. He has a wife, the academic Tanya (Frances O'Connor), a daughter, Abby (Joanna Hunt-Prokhovnik), is paying off a house and has a job as a government land assessor. Yet when the forces of economic and social change threaten this, he realises just how fragile his reality and security is. After losing his job, he checks his bank balance and realises he has only the 'three dollars' of the title to his name.
One Way Ticket (2003)
, 1h37Directed by Richard Franklin
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Peter Phelps, Rachel Blakely, Chris Haywood, Jane Hall, Samuel Johnson, Russell Fletcher
Roles Elizabeth
Rating60%
A criminal languishing in jail embarks on a torrid affair with a female guard. However, events take a sinister turn as she becomes increasingly besotted, and news of their romance becomes public - leading to the collapse of her marriage. Desperate, she agrees to help the crook escape, only to start doubting his commitment.
Selkie (2000)
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Actors Elspeth Ballantyne, Bryan Marshall
Roles Loopy Laura
Rating59%
Blowing Hot and Cold (1989)
, 1h25Actors Peter Adams, Elspeth Ballantyne, Denise Drysdale, Mary Coustas
Roles Shelagh MacBean
Breakfast in Paris (1982)
Directed by John D. Lamond
Genres Romance
Actors Barbara Parkins, Rod Mullinar, Elspeth Ballantyne, Christopher Milne
Roles Millie
Rating63%
Fashion executive Jackie Wyatt discovers her boyfriend has been cheating on her. She flies to Paris and bumps into photographer Michael who she at first dislikes but grows to love.
Blue Fin (1978)
, 1h35Directed by Bruce Beresford, Carl Schultz
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Hardy Krüger, Greg Rowe, Elspeth Ballantyne, John Jarratt, Hugh Keays-Byrne, George Spartels
Roles Mrs. Pascoe
Rating60%
Based on the children's novel by celebrated South Australian author 'Colin Thiele', this is an emotional father and son story about tuna fishing of Southern Blue Fin tuna in South Australia's Port Lincoln fishing district. Accident prone son Snook is forever making mistakes much to the chagrin of his father Pascoe. But when tragedy strikes the fishing boat during a deep sea fishing trek in the Southern Ocean, the boy is called on to become a man in a rites of sea passage to reconcile is past mishaps and save both his father and the ship from certain disaster.
End Play (1976)
, 1h54Directed by Tim Burstall
Genres Thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors George Mallaby, John Waters, Delvene Delaney, Bud Tingwell, Belinda Giblin, Sheila Florance
Roles Welfare Officer
Rating63%
Hitchhiker Janine Talbort is picked up and murdered by an unseen assailant. Mark Gifford, a merchant sailor on leave, then disposes of the body, attracting the suspicion of his wheelchair bound brother Robert. The police become suspicious of both brothers, who are rivals over their half-cousin, Margaret.