Anne Phelan

Anne Phelan (2 August 1944 - 27 October 2019) was an Australian actress of stage and screen who appeared in many theatre, television and film productions as well as radio and voice-over.

The Craic (1999)

When Fergus and Wesley get in the bad books of a local rough in their home town in Northern Ireland they decide to flee to Australia. After making a new life for themselves in Sydney they soon outstay their visas and must go on the run again, this time from the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Emery
CAST:  Jimeoin  •  Alan McKee  •  Colin Hay  •  Bob Franklin

When Fergus and Wesley get in the bad books of a local rough in their home town in Northern Ireland they decide to flee to Australia. After making a new life for themselves in Sydney they soon outstay their visas and must go on the run again, this time from the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Emery
CAST:  Jimeoin  •  Alan McKee  •  Colin Hay  •  Bob Franklin

Hard Knocks (1980)

A young girl with a background of urban poverty and juvenile crime, attempts to become a fashion model. The hypocrisy and double standards of society are juxtaposed against the confusion and frustration she feels as she struggles to become part of a community that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don McLennan
CAST:  Tracy Mann  •  Bill Hunter  •  Kim Rushworth  •  John Arnold

A young girl with a background of urban poverty and juvenile crime, attempts to become a fashion model. The hypocrisy and double standards of society are juxtaposed against the confusion and frustration she feels as she struggles to become part of a community that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don McLennan
CAST:  Tracy Mann  •  Bill Hunter  •  Kim Rushworth  •  John Arnold

Charlie & Boots (2009)

Paul Hogan plays Charlie McFarland and Shane Jacobson plays his estranged son, Boots. After a family tragedy Charlie and Boots try and put their differences aside and head off on the road trip of a lifetime - from regional Victoria to the Cape York Peninsula - they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dean Murphy
CAST:  Paul Hogan  •  Shane Jacobson  •  Roy Billing  •  Morgan Griffin

Paul Hogan plays Charlie McFarland and Shane Jacobson plays his estranged son, Boots. After a family tragedy Charlie and Boots try and put their differences aside and head off on the road trip of a lifetime - from regional Victoria to the Cape York Peninsula - they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dean Murphy
CAST:  Paul Hogan  •  Shane Jacobson  •  Roy Billing  •  Morgan Griffin

I Live With Me Dad (1985)

Peter Hehir plays full-time loser Sid McCall, professional vagrant and alcoholic on the skids. Haydon Samuels is his young son Christopher who lives with him. At the insistence of those who seek to help, child welfare workers are called-in to retrieve the lad from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Moloney
CAST:  Rebecca Gibney  •  Val Lehman  •  Esben Storm  •  Peter Hehir

Peter Hehir plays full-time loser Sid McCall, professional vagrant and alcoholic on the skids. Haydon Samuels is his young son Christopher who lives with him. At the insistence of those who seek to help, child welfare workers are called-in to retrieve the lad from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Moloney
CAST:  Rebecca Gibney  •  Val Lehman  •  Esben Storm  •  Peter Hehir

The Battlers (1994)

Fairly sensitive melodrama about life on the back-roads in Australia at the height of the Great Depression. Centring on the developing romance between two drifters this presents a commendable level of period detail. Based on the novel by Kylie Tennant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Ogilvie
CAST:  Gary Sweet  •  Jacqueline McKenzie  •  Marcus Graham  •  Peter Stonham

Fairly sensitive melodrama about life on the back-roads in Australia at the height of the Great Depression. Centring on the developing romance between two drifters this presents a commendable level of period detail. Based on the novel by Kylie Tennant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Ogilvie
CAST:  Gary Sweet  •  Jacqueline McKenzie  •  Marcus Graham  •  Peter Stonham

Habit (1981)

An alcoholic falls in love with a woman who might be a vampire. Remade in 1995 by the same director.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Fessenden
CAST:  Larry Fessenden  •  Anne Phelan  •  Brendan Mee

An alcoholic falls in love with a woman who might be a vampire. Remade in 1995 by the same director.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Fessenden
CAST:  Larry Fessenden  •  Anne Phelan  •  Brendan Mee

The Harp in the South (1987)

We first meet The Darcys, a poor, working class family of tough Irish stock through whose eyes we hear their story. A story that centres on the bittersweet first and last loves of Roie, who becomes a woman too quickly living among the tenement houses, razor gangs, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Whaley
CAST:  Anne Phelan  •  Anna Hruby  •  Kaarin Fairfax  •  Gwen Plumb

We first meet The Darcys, a poor, working class family of tough Irish stock through whose eyes we hear their story. A story that centres on the bittersweet first and last loves of Roie, who becomes a woman too quickly living among the tenement houses, razor gangs, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Whaley
CAST:  Anne Phelan  •  Anna Hruby  •  Kaarin Fairfax  •  Gwen Plumb

Poor Man's Orange (1987)

Like its predecessor The Harp In The South, Poor Man's Orange was also adapted for Australian television by the Ten Network in 1987. It continues the story of the Darcy family, living in the Surry Hills area of Sydney. Originally a novel by New Zealand-born ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Whaley
CAST:  Anne Phelan  •  Martyn Sanderson  •  Anna Hruby  •  Kaarin Fairfax

Like its predecessor The Harp In The South, Poor Man's Orange was also adapted for Australian television by the Ten Network in 1987. It continues the story of the Darcy family, living in the Surry Hills area of Sydney. Originally a novel by New Zealand-born ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Whaley
CAST:  Anne Phelan  •  Martyn Sanderson  •  Anna Hruby  •  Kaarin Fairfax

The Balanced Particle Freeway (1997)

Welcome to the far-famed and most reliable Balanced Particle Freeway, a magical adventure that can take you anywhere in the world in no time at all! That's what the dragon Mizuchi tells Lili and Bede when he unexpectedly crash lands in their backyard. The children ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Moloney
CAST:  Molly McCaffrey  •  Damien Bodie  •  Trudy Hellier  •  Doug Bowles

Welcome to the far-famed and most reliable Balanced Particle Freeway, a magical adventure that can take you anywhere in the world in no time at all! That's what the dragon Mizuchi tells Lili and Bede when he unexpectedly crash lands in their backyard. The children ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Moloney
CAST:  Molly McCaffrey  •  Damien Bodie  •  Trudy Hellier  •  Doug Bowles

Inanimate Objects

A man is constantly thwarted by the presence of inanimate objects.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Percy
CAST:  Daniel Fletcher  •  Josephine Croft  •  Anne Phelan  •  Jim Daly

A man is constantly thwarted by the presence of inanimate objects.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Percy
CAST:  Daniel Fletcher  •  Josephine Croft  •  Anne Phelan  •  Jim Daly

The Making of 'Habit (1981)'

Documentary short for Larry Fessenden's 1981 short film, HABIT.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Fessenden  •  Brendan Mee
CAST:  Larry Fessenden  •  Anne Phelan  •  Brendan Mee

Documentary short for Larry Fessenden's 1981 short film, HABIT.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Fessenden  •  Brendan Mee
CAST:  Larry Fessenden  •  Anne Phelan  •  Brendan Mee