Liddy Holloway

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Elizabeth Brenda "Liddy" Holloway (born March 27, 1945 in Wellington , † December 29, 2004 in Auckland ) was a New Zealand actress and screenwriter .

life and career

The daughter of the politician Phil Holloway initially worked as a journalist for many years . Only after the birth of her third child did she turn to acting. She began performing in New Zealand theater and then got a role in the soap opera Prisoner , in which she starred from 1981 to 1984. She also wrote some scripts for the series.

From 1992 to 1998 she was a member of the regular cast of the soap opera Shortland Street and played the recurring role of Alcmene in the fantasy series Hercules . Furthermore, she worked in some international productions such as the comedy Trouble without paddles .

In 1996 she wrote the scripts for various episodes of series such as Prisoners , Seekers and City Life . Her work on early drafts of the script for the film Whale Rider led to a lawsuit in January 2004 with the NZ Film Commission, which had taken over the rights from a deceased producer and, contrary to previous agreements, refused to include Holloway in the film's credits.

On December 29, 2004, she died of liver cancer . She left three grown children, including the actor Joel Tobeck .

Filmography (selection)

actor

  • 1981–1984: Prisoner (TV series, 13 episodes)
  • 1982: Squizzy Taylor - Career of a Robber (Squizzy Taylor)
  • 1982: The Clinic
  • 1986: Queen City Rocker
  • 1992–1998: Shortland Street (TV series)
  • 1995–1998: Hercules (TV series, 10 episodes)
  • 2000: Jubilee
  • 2000: Murder ( Murder Call , TV series, 1 episode)
  • 2001: Her Majesty
  • 2002: Murder in Greenwich ( Murder in Greenwich , TV movie)
  • 2003: Lucy (TV movie)
  • 2003: Sylvia
  • 2004: Fracture
  • 2004: Trouble ohne Paddel (Without a Paddle)

Screenwriter

  • 1983: Prisoner (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 1986: Seekers (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 1991: Shark in the Park (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 1996: City Life (TV series)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Liddy Holloway at nzonscreen.com, accessed on 17 February 2017
  2. ↑ Renee Kiriona: Whale Rider dispute goes to court . In: The New Zealand Herald of January 29, 2004
personal data
SURNAME Holloway, Liddy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holloway, Elizabeth Brenda (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand actress and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Wellington , New Zealand
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 2004
Place of death Auckland , New Zealand