Melba (miniseries)
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| Melba | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Roger McDonald |
| Directed by | Rodney Fisher |
| Starring | Linda Cropper Hugo Weaving Googie Withers |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 4 x 2 hours |
| Production | |
| Producers | Errol Sullivan Pom Oliver |
| Running time | 248 mins |
| Budget | $8 million[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | Network Seven |
| Release | 22 March 1988 |
Melba is a 1988 Australian miniseries about opera soprano Nellie Melba.[1]
Cast[edit]
- Linda Cropper as Nellie Melba
- Hugo Weaving as Charles Armstrong
- Peter Carroll as David Mitchell
- Googie Withers as Lady Armstrong
- Joan Greenwood as Madame Marchesi
- Jean-Pierre Aumont as Comte de Paris
- Maria Aitken as Gladys de Grey
- Tom Burlinson as Sid Meredith
- Noel Ferrier as J.C. Williamson
- Nell Schofield as Belle Patterson
- Simon Burke as John McCormack
- Dorothy Alison as Elizabeth Mitchell
- Judi Farr as Amy Davidson
- Helmut Bakaitis as John Lemmone
- Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Otway
- Mel Martin as Mrs. Otway
- Lyndel Rowe as Blanche Marchesi
- Tamsin Carroll as Dora Mitchell
- Vanessa Downing as Evie Doyle
- Arianthe Galani as Melika
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Categories:
- 1980s Australian television miniseries
- 1988 Australian television series debuts
- 1988 Australian television series endings
- 1988 television films
- 1988 films
- Australian English-language television shows
- Biographical films about musicians
- Cultural depictions of Nellie Melba
- Films financed by the Queensland Film Corporation
- Films shot in Queensland
- Australian television film stubs