Sandy Gore

Sandy Gore (born 28 June 1950) is an Australian film and television actress, also with an extensive stage career in Australia.

Early life and education Gore's childhood dream was to study Veterinary Science but she wasn't as academically inclined as she had hoped, when it came to her Biology studies. In the last term of school, her English teacher recommended she audition for the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), and after doing so, she was accepted into the course, graduating in 1966 with a Diploma in Acting.

Career On television, Gore appeared in the hit series Prisoner in 1980, as Kay White, the payroll-embezzling accountant who met a sticky end when her gambling addiction got the better of her. She starred as Mother Ambrose in the acclaimed 1991 miniseries Brides of Christ. She played Aunt Hecla in 1992 children's sci-fi series Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left. She also starred as Irene Carter, the depressive mother in 1993 Crawfords comedy series Newlyweds, alongside Annie Jones, John Wood and Cathy Godbold. She made guest appearances in series such as Grass Roots, Farscape and Rafferty's Rules.

Gore was nominated three times for the Australian Film Institute Award (now AACTA Awards) for Best Supporting Actress, for her work in the Australian films Norman Loves Rose (1982), Undercover (1983) and Street Hero (1984). She also appeared in Evil Angels (1988) and Lorenzo's Oil (1992). She played Anja in 1997 independent family comedy film Paws, alongside Nathan Cavaleri and appeared in the 2008 Baz Luhrmann epic Australia.

Gore has worked extensively with the Melbourne Theatre Company and the Sydney Theatre Company. Her stage roles include an acclaimed performance in the play Wit in 2000. She played Baptista in the 2009 Australian tour of The Taming of the Shrew with the Bell Shakespeare Company,

After Gore and Miller were divorced, Gore raised her daughter in the Sydney suburb of Mosman.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

As actor Year Title Role Type Ref1968 Generation The Little Foxes Alexandra Giddins The Living Room Rose Pemberton 1970 Widowers' Houses Miss Blanche Sartorius 1971 The Legend of King O'Malley Old Tote Theatre Company, Sydney 1973 Jugglers Three Australian tour with MTC 1974 The Removalists Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC 1975 Much Ado About Nothing 1981 Shorts at the Stables Stables Theatre, Sydney 1982 As You Like It Rosalind Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC Party Wall Nimrod St Theatre, Sydney Extremities Marjorie 1989 Uncle Vanya MTC 1992 Antony and Cleopatra Cleopatra Blackfriars Theatre, Sydney with STC 1994 Gift of the Gorgon Helen Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC 1995 Les Parents Terribles Leo Sydney Opera House with STC 1996 Medea Medea Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC A Conversation Lorin Zemanek Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2004 Scenes from a Separation Margaret Molyneaux Sydney Opera House with STC 2007 Love Lies Bleeding Toinette Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC 2009 The Taming of the Shrew Baptista Bell Shakespeare Becky Shaw Susan Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2013 Small and Tired Clytemnestra Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney 2015 Footfalls Voice of Mother STCSA 2024 Sparkling Darkly Monologue Old Fitzroy Theatre, Sydney with Sugary Rum Productions

Awards Year Work Award Category Result Ref 1982 Norman Loves Rose AFI Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role 1983 Under Cover 1984 Street Hero 1992 Brides of Christ Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama