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Gita Rivera and Garry Pankurst filming Skippy
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Title:
Gita Rivera and Garry Pankurst filming Skippy
NFSA ID
586435
Year
1968
The camera crew film Garry Pankhurst (as Sonny) and guest star Gita Rivera (as the aspiring ballerina Lisa) climbing up a cliff for the Skippy episode The Lyre Bird.
Rivera was born in Croatia and arrived in Australia as a teenager in 1961. As well as appearing on TV in Skippy and the Go!! show, she had a small part in the film They're a Weird Mob (1966) and released an album, Enter Laughing (1967), and several singles through RCA Records.
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