Maggie Dence on the audience reaction to Wake in Fright
2007
Maggie Dence on the audience reaction to Wake in Fright
2007
- NFSA ID0WQA1Z4D
- TypeOral History
- MediumMoving Image
- FormOral history
- Duration1 hr, 29 mins, 33 secs
- Year2007
In this excerpt from a video oral history interview with actress Maggie Dence, she recalls the reaction of the audience at the first cast and crew screening of Wake in Fright in Sydney, 1971.
Maggie had only a small role (as Receptionist) in Wake in Fright, her first film, but went on to have a long and successful career in film and TV and on stage.
Among the long-running TV series she has appeared in are The Sullivans (in 1976–77), A Country Practice (1981–89), Prisoner (1984), Neighbours (1993) and All Saints (1998–2003).
Brendan Horgan interviewed Maggie Dence for the NFSA in 2007.
Notes by Stephen Groenewegen
In this excerpt from a video oral history interview with actress Maggie Dence, she recalls the reaction of the audience at the first cast and crew screening of Wake in Fright in Sydney, 1971.
Maggie had only a small role (as Receptionist) in Wake in Fright, her first film, but went on to have a long and successful career in film and TV and on stage.
Among the long-running TV series she has appeared in are The Sullivans (in 1976–77), A Country Practice (1981–89), Prisoner (1984), Neighbours (1993) and All Saints (1998–2003).
Brendan Horgan interviewed Maggie Dence for the NFSA in 2007.
Notes by Stephen Groenewegen
- NFSA ID0WQA1Z4D
- TypeOral History
- MediumMoving Image
- FormOral history
- Duration1 hr, 29 mins, 33 secs
- Year2007
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