Kerry McGuire

Kerry McGuire is an Australian actress.

Early life McGuire was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She studied at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating with a Bachelor of Dramatic Acting in 1964.

Career

Film and TV McGuire's screen roles include her AACTA Award-winning role in Olive (1988) where she played the titular Olive Bodill, an actress battling cancer, Runaway Island (1982) as innkeeper Molly McKenzie and miniseries Against the Wind (1978) as Polly (also an innkeeper), the latter for which she won both a Sammy Award and a Logie Award. She later appeared as Diana Fraser, mother of doctors Lachlan and James Fraser on Home and Away, on and off from 1997–1999, reprising the role for 2 further episodes in 2005.

She made guest appearances throughout her career on tv series' such as Division 4, Riptide, Catwalk, Homicide, Boney, Certain Women, Skyways, Prisoner, Cop Shop, A Country Practice, Neighbours, Rafferty's Rules and G.P.

Stage McGuire's long stage career included roles in Absurd Person Singular (a gender swapped The Odd Couple) at Sydney's Northside Theatre She also starred in Don's Party which toured Australia in 1973, Bedroom Farce (1979) and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1983–1984).

Acting credits

Film Year Film Role Notes 1971 Devlin Joan Hunter TV play 1977 Going Home TV movie 1977 Mama's Gone A-Hunting Concierge (uncredited) TV movie 1978 Puzzle Diana Carson TV movie 1979 The Little Convict Polly Nelson (voice) Animated TV movie 1981 The Homicide Squad Barbara Patista TV movie 1982 Runaway Island Molly McKenzie TV movie 1982 Heatwave Female TV Reporter Feature film 1985 Fragments of Terror Wife (uncredited) Anthology film, segment: "The Coming" 1988 Olive Olive Bodill TV movieWon the 1988 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Lead Actress in a Telefeature

Television Year Film Role