Carol Burns
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Carol Burns (born 1947) is an Australian actor. She has worked in film, television and theatre in Australia and the United Kingdom.
, in which she played tough lesbian bikie, Frankie Doyle. A highly experienced and versatile theatre actress, Burns has also appeared in films including The Mango Tree
, Bad Blood
, Starstruck
, and Strikebound
.
Carol Burns had acted exclusively in the theatre for ten years before acting in film or on television. As a founding member of the Queensland Theatre Company, based in Brisbane, she has been a major contributor to its success. In 2005, Carol performed in the Queensland Theatre Company's sell-out season of Edward Albee's production of The Goat or Who is Sylvia?. As part of the 2007 season, she appeared in The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
. She has also performed for La Boite Theatre.
Carol Burns (born 1947) is an Australian actor. She has worked in film, television and theatre in Australia and the United Kingdom.
Career highlights
Born and bred in Brisbane, Carol attended Milton State Primary School where her initiation into the world of theatre began with elocution classes in 1958.Carol first shot to fame in her award winning performance in the now cult TV program, PrisonerPrisoner (TV series)
Prisoner is an Australian television soap opera which was set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison. The series was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation and ran on Network Ten for 692 episodes from 27 February 1979 to 11 December 1986.The series was inspired by the 1970s...
, in which she played tough lesbian bikie, Frankie Doyle. A highly experienced and versatile theatre actress, Burns has also appeared in films including The Mango Tree
The Mango Tree
The Mango Tree is a Miles Franklin Award winning novel by Australian author Ronald McKie.-References:...
, Bad Blood
Bad Blood
Bad Blood is an English phrase referring to enmity between two people or groups.The phrase may also refer to:-In film and television:* Bad Blood , starring Jack Thompson, about mass murderer Stanley Graham...
, Starstruck
Starstruck (1982 film)
Starstruck is a 1982 Australian comedy-drama musical film starring Jo Kennedy, Ross O'Donovan and Margo Lee about two teenagers trying to make their break into the music industry. The film was shot on location in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, and Strikebound
Strikebound
Strikebound is a 1984 Australian film directed by Richard Lowenstein and based on the Wendy Lowenstein novel Dead Men Don't Dig Coal. The film got several AFI Award nominations and won in the Best Achievement in Production Design category....
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Carol Burns had acted exclusively in the theatre for ten years before acting in film or on television. As a founding member of the Queensland Theatre Company, based in Brisbane, she has been a major contributor to its success. In 2005, Carol performed in the Queensland Theatre Company's sell-out season of Edward Albee's production of The Goat or Who is Sylvia?. As part of the 2007 season, she appeared in The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie is a four-character memory play by Tennessee Williams. Williams worked on various drafts of the play prior to writing a version of it as a screenplay for MGM, to whom Williams was contracted...
by Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...
. She has also performed for La Boite Theatre.
Awards and nominations
- Logie Awards – Best Lead Actress in a Series – PrisonerPrisoner (TV series)Prisoner is an Australian television soap opera which was set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison. The series was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation and ran on Network Ten for 692 episodes from 27 February 1979 to 11 December 1986.The series was inspired by the 1970s...
(1979) – won - Australian Film InstituteAustralian Film InstituteThe Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...
– Best Actress in a Guest Role in a Television Drama Series – Blue Heelers (1994) – episode – "Deadly Fascination" – nominated - Australian Film InstituteAustralian Film InstituteThe Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...
– Best Actress in a Lead Role – StrikeboundStrikeboundStrikebound is a 1984 Australian film directed by Richard Lowenstein and based on the Wendy Lowenstein novel Dead Men Don't Dig Coal. The film got several AFI Award nominations and won in the Best Achievement in Production Design category....
(1984) -nominated - Australian Film InstituteAustralian Film InstituteThe Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...
– Best Actress in a Supporting Role – The Mango TreeThe Mango TreeThe Mango Tree is a Miles Franklin Award winning novel by Australian author Ronald McKie.-References:...
(1977) – nominated - Queensland Actors Equity Award – Best Established Artist – (2006) – won
External links
- Queensland Theatre Company – The Glass Menagerie
- View diary of Maria Steley written in 1863–1864 and narrated by Carol Burns. This virtual book is held at the State Library of Queensland, reference code OM71-14.