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The Sapphires is a 2012 Australian musical comedy-drama film based on the 2004 stage play The Sapphires by Tony Briggs, which is loosely based on a real-life 1960s girl group that included Briggs' mother and aunt. [4] The film is directed by Wayne Blair and written by Keith Thompson and Briggs.
In 1984 Mayers was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for "service to Aboriginal welfare". [10]In 2006, she was the subject of a television documentary made by Film Australia for SBS Television, entitled Jetja Nai medical mob : Naomi Mayers.
Sharon Karen Strzelecki is a fictional character on the Australian comedy series Kath & Kim.She is portrayed by Australian actress Magda Szubanski. [2] The character first appeared on Big Girl's Blouse in 1994 alongside Kath Day-Knight (Jane Turner) and Kim Craig (). [3]
The group first began performing together in the early 1960s, and signed to Swan Records at the behest of producer Jerry Ross. [1] Their first single was "Where Is Johnny Now" b/w "Your True Love", featuring Leon Huff and Thom Bell on keyboards, Bobby Eli on guitar, Bobby Martin on vibraphones, and Joe Macho on bass.
Tony Briggs was born on 3 July 1967. [2] He is the son of Laurel Robinson, one of The Sapphires, [3] and is a Yorta Yorta / Wurundjeri man. [4]He attended Scotch College, Melbourne as a boarding student from 1980 to 1985, and proved to be an outstanding athlete there.
The Sapphires is an Australian play written by Tony Briggs and directed by Wesley Enoch. [1] It is set in 1968 (a year after the referendum , which symbolically expanded the rights of Aboriginal people ) and it tells the story of The Sapphires, a singing group of four Yorta Yorta women who tour Vietnam during the war .
Sharon has played Indoor Cricket in 4 different states. She is a huge fan of Shane Warne. She frequently has injuries or visible conditions such as hives. Sharon has a terrible love life, and is described by viewers and characters in the show as "unlucky in love", mainly by Kath who feels great compassion for Sharon.
Arthur picks up a stone from Sharon's yard, revealing a rotting face beneath it, and shatters the bedroom window and breaks in. Janice escapes, shooting at various masked figures. As Sharon describes Arthur's appearance to Janice on the phone, he unexpectedly comes up behind Sharon and says "the better to eat you with, my dear," (referring to ...