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Kaarin Fairfax est une Actrice Australienne née le 30 septembre 1959
Kaarin Fairfax (born 30 September 1959) is an Australian actress, director and musician who played the role of 'Dolour Darcy' in two TV miniseries The Harp in the South (1986) and its sequel Poor Man's Orange (1987) based on books of the same names by Ruth Park. She has also acted in other Australian television series throughout the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and recorded music under the name of Mary-Jo Starr. Fairfax had the role of 'Deb Mathieson' on Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV series, Bed of Roses (2008, 2010).
Fairfax played the mother in the Rachel Perkins 2001 short film One Night the Moon, a story of racial prejudice in the outback. Fairfax is the former partner of Australian musician Paul Kelly—they met in 1988— their two children are Madeleine (born 1991) and Memphis (born 1993). Memphis appeared with her parents in One Night the Moon, the couple separated not long after the film's release. She appeared in the Australian sitcom Col'n Carpenter, a spin-off from The Comedy Company, after Vicki Blanche left the series
By 2008, Fairfax had established The Little Theatre Company in Frankston, Melbouurne, in honour of her father George Fairfax. Fairfax directed Frankston Lights in January 2009, it was a musical which included songs co-written by Madeleine and Memphis and Robert McHugh. Kaarin has been working extensively since that time, joining forces with Sally Baillieu and directing The Wetlands Project, One Last Chance- performed in the Wetlands at Tootgarook. She runs with Sally The Lineup at Frankston Arts Centre Cube37. A musical mentorship program for young emerging Artists. In January 2012 she directed Good People for Red Stitch Actors Theatre. Her children Madeleine and Memphis have recorded their first EP with additional band member Sam Humphrey. The band's name is Wishful, the EP is called Fifty Days and it was produced by their father Paul Kelly. Kaarin and Sally have an Arts program on 3RPP Radio Port Phillip on the Mornington Peninsula, called Arts About.
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Fairfax played the mother in the Rachel Perkins 2001 short film One Night the Moon, a story of racial prejudice in the outback. Fairfax is the former partner of Australian musician Paul Kelly—they met in 1988— their two children are Madeleine (born 1991) and Memphis (born 1993). Memphis appeared with her parents in One Night the Moon, the couple separated not long after the film's release. She appeared in the Australian sitcom Col'n Carpenter, a spin-off from The Comedy Company, after Vicki Blanche left the series
By 2008, Fairfax had established The Little Theatre Company in Frankston, Melbouurne, in honour of her father George Fairfax. Fairfax directed Frankston Lights in January 2009, it was a musical which included songs co-written by Madeleine and Memphis and Robert McHugh. Kaarin has been working extensively since that time, joining forces with Sally Baillieu and directing The Wetlands Project, One Last Chance- performed in the Wetlands at Tootgarook. She runs with Sally The Lineup at Frankston Arts Centre Cube37. A musical mentorship program for young emerging Artists. In January 2012 she directed Good People for Red Stitch Actors Theatre. Her children Madeleine and Memphis have recorded their first EP with additional band member Sam Humphrey. The band's name is Wishful, the EP is called Fifty Days and it was produced by their father Paul Kelly. Kaarin and Sally have an Arts program on 3RPP Radio Port Phillip on the Mornington Peninsula, called Arts About.
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Paul Kelly: Stories of Me (2012)
, 1h36Réalisé par Ian Darling
Genres Documentaire, Musical
Thèmes La musique, Documentaire sur la musique, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musique
Acteurs Kaarin Fairfax
Rôle Elle-même
Note74%
One Night the Moon (2001)
, 57minutesRéalisé par Rachel Perkins
Genres Drame, Musical
Thèmes Musique
Acteurs Kaarin Fairfax, Chris Haywood, David Field
Rôle Rose Ryan
Note70%
Set in the 1930s Australian Outback, starring singer Paul Kelly as a farmer, Jim Ryan, newly settled in the area. He is the father of a girl, Emily (Memphis Kelly, his real life daughter), who climbs out the window of their farmhouse one night and follows the moon into the hills. Rose Ryan (Kelly's then wife Kaarin Fairfax and mother of Memphis) comes to check on her daughter only to find that Emily is missing.
Einstein Junior (1988)
, 1h27Réalisé par Yahoo Serious
Origine Australie
Genres Science-fiction, Comédie
Thèmes La mer, Transport
Acteurs John Howard, Elliott Reid, Yahoo Serious, Su Cruickshank, Christian Manon, Lulu Pinkus
Rôle The Brunette
Note52%
L'histoire raconte avec un humour particulier la jeunesse - fictive - d'Albert Einstein quittant son village australien natal pour la ville. Il compte y déposer une nouvelle formule permettant de faire mousser la bière : E=mc ! Il y rencontrera Marie Curie, courtisée par un certain Preston Preston bien décidé à profiter de la formule du jeune Einstein.
Midnight Dancer (1988)
, 1h37Acteurs Kaarin Fairfax, Hazel Phillips, John Jarratt, Gerda Nicolson, Tim Burns
Rôle Sandra
Note54%
Sixteen-year-old Australian girl Belinda (Deanne Jeffs) wants to become a ballerina. To makes ends meet, she takes a job as an exotic dancer in a Sydney cabaret. Eventually, she is able to reach her goal, but not before experiencing humanity at best and worst of times.
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Philip Quast, Gosia Dobrowolska, John Howard, Kaarin Fairfax, Richard Carter
Note61%
Starstruck (1982)
, 1h45Réalisé par Gillian Armstrong
Genres Drame, Comédie, Musical, Romance
Thèmes La mer, Transport, Musique
Acteurs Jo Kennedy, Max Cullen, Geoffrey Rush, Melissa Jaffer, Pat Evison, Mark Little
Rôle Ice Cream Girl
Note67%
Jackie Mullens dreams of becoming a singing star and her cousin Angus thinks he has what it takes to be a successful manager. After a spot at the hip club in town (wearing a kangaroo suit) fails to win Jackie any paying gigs, Angus enters her in a major talent competition to be held on New Year's Eve. If Jackie wins, her career is assured, and the $25,000 grand prize will help keep her family's pub open.
, 48minutesThèmes La mer, Transport
Acteurs Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Tony Barry, Lesley Baker, Olivia Brown, Debra Lawrance, Lisa Aldenhoven
Rôle Rene
Note80%
Based on Alan Marshall's three-part autobiography I Can Jump Puddles (1955), This is the Grass (1962) and In Mine Own Heart (1963), the film tells of Marshall's childhood growing up in rural Victoria during the turn of the century. Contracting polio soon after attending school, the story retells the obstacles he faced as a child in trying to overcome his disability. As an adult, he later encounters prejudice from his debilitating disease while looking for work in Melbourne.