Judy Morris

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Judy Morris (* 1947 in Queensland , Australia ) is an Australian actress , director and screenwriter .

life and career

Judy Morris, whose real name is Judith Ann L'Armand , got her first television role at the age of 10 in an episode of Family Theater that aired in the United States in 1957. In the following years she appeared on The Loretta Young Show and at the age of 13 as assistant to Vincent Price on The Chevy Mystery Show .

After she returned to Australia, she didn't get a role on the TV series Bellbird again until she was 20 . She owed her impressive performance to be cast in the TV series Division 4 , Matlock Police and Homicide series .

In 1973, Judy Morris won the AFI Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the television film Libido: The Child , which was provocative at the time , in which she played a babysitter who aroused the child's interest in sexuality .

Her success continued over the next two decades, and she has appeared in numerous films and TV productions. So she was in 1979 in the film , when the plumber comes (The Plumber) by Peter Weir , 1980 in Maybe This Time , 1983 in Strata and Phar Lap - Legend of a nation (Phar Lap) to see. In Germany she became known as an actress through the role of Catherine Faulkner, mother of Katrina Stanton, played by Nicole Kidman in the 1989 three-part TV series Bangkok Hilton . Between 1984 and 1994 she played a supporting role in the series Mother and Son (Mother and Son) . She had her last film appearance in 1999 in an episode of the TV series Ballykissangel .

Judy Morris directed the comedy Luigi's Ladies , which she also wrote the script for. With George Miller , Mark Lamprelland and Dick King-Smith wrote in 1998 the script for the hit comedy Babe: Pig in the City (Babe: Pig in the City) . She was also involved in the scripts for Dinotopia in 2002 and four years later for Happy Feet . Happy Feet won the 2007 Oscar for Best Animated Film . Judy Morris was nominated for an Annie Award for her screenplay . Morris was also responsible for the script of the 2011 film drama The Eye of the Storm, directed by Fred Schepisi and starring Geoffrey Rush .

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SURNAME Morris, Judy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian actress, director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Queensland , Australia