Walker, Kerry 1948-

PERSONAL

Full name, Kerry Ann Walker; born February 29, 1948, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Education: Attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art (Australia).

Addresses:

Agent—Sue Barnett & Associates, 1/96 Albion St., Surry Hills, New South Wales 2010 Australia.

Career:

Actress.

Awards, Honors:

Australian Film Institute Award nomination, best actress in a supporting role, 1985, for Bliss; Australian Film Institute Award nomination, best actress in a supporting role, 1986, for Twelfth Night; Victorian Green Room Award, best female actor in a leading role, 1989, for Knuckledusters: The Jewels of Edith Sitwell; Australian Film Institute Award nomina- tion, best actress in a supporting role, 1993, for The Piano; named an AM (Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia), 1994, for services in the performing arts.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Mother kangaroo and the snake, Land of Dreaming, Marian Street Theatre, Killara, New South Wales, Australia, 1974.

Fings Ain't Wot They Used t'Be, National Institute of Dramatic Art Theatre, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia, 1974.

The Merchant of Venice, National Institute of Dramatic Art Theatre, 1974.

The Miser, National Institute of Dramatic Art, New South Wales, Australia, 1974.

Member of ensemble, Theatre-in-Education (collection of three plays), Melbourne Theatre Company, Victoria, Australia, 1975.

Multiple characters, What Means These Bones?, Australian Theatre, Australia, 1975.

Brenda Mulcahy, A Happy and Holy Occasion, Hunter Valley Theatre Company, Australia, 1976.

Cabaret, Four on the Floor, Hunter Valley Theatre Company, Australia, 1976.

Carol Cummins, Bedfellows, Hunter Valley Theatre Company, Australia, 1976.

Hamlet, Hamlet on Ice, Hunter Valley Theatre Company, Australia, 1976.

Hesther Salomon, Equus, Hunter Valley Theatre Company, Australia, 1976.

Irene Harding, The Floating World, Hunter Valley Theatre Company, Australia, 1976.

Laura Wingfield, The Glass Menagerie, Hunter Valley Theatre Company, Australia, 1976.

Dame Pliant, The Alchemist, Parade Theatre, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia, 1977.

Multiple characters, Confusions, Marian Street Theatre, 1977.

Audrey and Le Beau, As You Like It, Jane Street Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1978.

Mother Courage, Mother Courage and Her Children, Jane Street Theatre, 1978.

Nellie, Gone with Hardy, Nimrod Theatre Downstairs, Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 1978.

Mother and Mrs. White, On Our Selection, Australian National Playwrights Conference, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 1978, Jane Street Theatre, 1978, and Nimrod Theatre Downstairs, 1979.

The nurse, Romeo and Juliet, Nimrod Theatre, Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 1978, and University of Western Australia, Octagon Theatre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, 1979.

Freida Lawrence, Upside Down at the Bottom of the World, Nimrod Theatre Downstairs, 1979.

Agrippina, Britannicus, Sydney University, Seymour Centre, Chippendale, New South Wales, Australia, 1980.

Felicity, Beauty and the Beast, Sydney Theatre Company, Australia, 1980.

Isabella, Measure for Measure, A Shakespeare Company, Australia, 1980.

Speed, Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Shakespeare Company, Australia, 1980.

The House of the Deaf Man, Nimrod Theatre Upstairs, New South Wales, Australia, 1980.

Countess Geshwitz, Lulu, State Theatre Company of South Australia, 1981.

Miriam and Vandaloupe, Pinball, Nimrod Theatre, 1981.

Moira, The Eyes of the Whites, Nimrod Theatre Downstairs, 1981.

The electress of Homburg, The Prince of Homburg, State Theatre Company of South Australia, 1982.

Margaret Mitchell, Spellbound, State Theatre Company of South Australia, 1982.

Member of company ensemble, Royal Show, State Theatre Company of South Australia, 1982.

Mother Courage, Mother Courage and Her Children, State Theatre Company of South Australia, 1982.

Olga, Silver Lining, State Theatre Company of South Australia, 1982.

Second being, Signal Driver, State Theatre Company of South Australia, The Playhouse, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1982.

Tom Snout and Moth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, State Theatre Company of South Australia, 1982.

Eileen Fitzgerald, The Blind Giant Is Dancing, State Theatre Company of South Australia, The Playhouse, Adelaide, 1983.

Gladys Bumps, Pal Joey (musical), State Theatre Company of South Australia, 1983.

Marcelline, The Marriage of Figaro, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1983.

Mother-in-law, Blood Wedding, State Theatre Company of South Australia, 1983.

Peg Sheldon, Sunrise, State Theatre Company of South Australia, 1983.

Feste, Twelfth Night (also known as Twelfth Night, or What You Will), State Theatre Company of South Australia, 1983, and Sydney Festival, 1984.

Mog Figg, Netherworld, State Theatre Company of South Australia, 1983, and Sydney Festival, 1984.

Barbara, Pack of Lies, Melbourne Theatre Company, 1984.

Jenny, The Threepenny Opera, Melbourne Theatre Company, 1984.

Louisa Lawson, Henry and Peter and Henry and Me, Australian National Playwrights Conference, and National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Waterford, CT, both 1984.

Ivy Vokes, Signal Driver, Belvoir Street Theatre, Company B, 1985.

Madame Lynch, Visions, Melbourne Theatre Company, 1985.

Narrator, Your Tribe and My Tribe, Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1985.

Titania and Hippolyta, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Melbourne Theatre Company, 1985.

Lady Fidget, The Country Wife, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Opera House, Drama Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1987.

Queenie, Shepherd on the Rocks, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1987.

Tom Snout, The Popular Mechanicals, Belvoir Street Theatre, Company B, 1987.

Madame, My Sister in This House, Sydney University, Seymour Centre, 1988.

Mary Lou, Mrs. Etherington, and Dolcie, Serious Money, Melbourne Theatre Company, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and Sydney Theatre Company, Wharf 1 Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, both 1988.

Alma Lusty, The Ham Funeral, Sydney Theatre Company, Wharf 1 Theatre, 1989.

Edith Sitwell, Knuckledusters: The Jewels of Edith Sitwell (also known as Knuckledusters), Sydney Festival, Belvoir Street Theatre, Company B, and Melbourne Theatre Company, Russell Street Theatre, both 1989.

Evangelica Callas, Elsa Maxwell, Tina Onassis, and Annina, Rome Tremble—Crumbs from a Feast of Callas (also known as Rome Tremble), Sydney Theatre Company, Wharf 1 Theatre, 1990.

Multiple characters, The Development Site, Sydney Theatre Company, 1990.

Alison, Bonny, Kathleen, and delegate, Furious, Sydney Theatre Company, Wharf 1 Theatre, 1991.

Anna Andreyevna, The Government Inspector, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Opera House, Drama Theatre, 1991.

Clerk of the court, The Royal Commission into the Australian Economy, Belvoir Street Theatre, Company B, 1991.

Liz, The Girl Who Saw Everything, Sydney Theatre Company, Wharf Studio Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1992.

Tom Snout and the duchess of Shafton, The Popular Mechanicals (consists of The Popular Mechanicals and The Popular Mechanicals II; also known as The Popular Mechanicals 1 & 2), Belvoir Street Theatre, Company B, 1992.

Isabella Bird, Joyce, and Mrs. Kidd, Top Girls, Sydney Theatre Company, Wharf 1 Theatre, 1993.

Professor, The Visit, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Opera House, Drama Theatre, 1993.

Alison, Bonny, Kathleen, and delegate, Furious, Sydney Theatre Company, Adelaide Festival, The Space, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, and Playbox Theatre, Southbank, Victoria, Australia, both 1994.

Eileen Fitzgerald, The Blind Giant Is Dancing, Belvoir Street Theatre, Company B, 1995.

The cowboy, Mom, and the magician's assistant, Wasp, Belvoir Street Theatre, Company B, 1996.

Mrs. Jolley, Riders in the Chariot, Belvoir Street Theatre, Company B Workshop, 1996.

Vivien, Jerusalem, Merlyn Theatre, Southbank, Victoria, Australia, 1996, and Sydney Theatre Company, Wharf 1 Theatre, 1997.

Gonzalo, The Tempest, The Bell Shakespeare Company, Canberra Theatre, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, and Sydney Opera House, Playhouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, all 1997, and Atheneum Theatre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, beginning 1997.

The Mirage, Sydney Theatre Company Workshop, 1998.

Emily Greenleaf and Aunt Dottie, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Melbourne Theatre Company, 1999.

Miss Kirby, Thunder Rock, Sydney Theatre Company, 1999.

Mrs. Bennet, Pride and Prejudice, Melbourne Theatre Company Education Company, 1999, and Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Opera House, Drama Theatre, beginning 1999.

Madame Arcati, Blithe Spirit, State Theatre of South Australia, 2000.

Marthe, The Unexpected Man, Belvoir Street Theatre, Company B, and Melbourne International Arts Festival, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, both 2000.

Mrs. Hibble and Mrs. Bleeker, A Cheery Soul, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Opera House, Drama Theatre, beginning 2000, and Australian National Playwrights Conference, c. 2001.

Nora, Holy Day, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Merlyn Theatre, 2001.

Title role, A Derelict Woman, The Studio/New Music Network, 2003.

Trixie and Phyllis, The Spook, Belvoir Street Theatre, Company B, 2004, Glen Street Theatre, Frenchs Forest, New South Wales, Australia, 2005, and produced by the Australian National Playwrights Conference, some sources cite other productions.

Member of ensemble, StickybrickS, BIG hART, Sydney Festival, Northcott Building, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2006.

Monica Cassidy and Sophia Cassidy, A Hard God, Sydney Theatre Company, Wharf 1 Theatre, 2006.

Radio Holiday, BIG hART, Melbourne International Arts Festival, 2006.

Betty, Crystal, and musician, Drive In Holiday, BIG hART, Ten Days on the Island, Tasmania, 2007.

Josephine, The Madwoman of Chaillot (also known as The Mad Woman of Chaillot), Melbourne Theatre Company, Playhouse, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2007.

Inga Heffernan, The Wiredancer's Waltz, National Play Festival, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2008.

Sonya August, Australian Gothic, National Play Festival, 2008.

Appeared in other productions.

Film Appearances:

Mother, Picnic on the Battlefield, Australian Film Television and Radio School, 1977.

Rose Buckley, The Singer and the Dancer, [Australia], 1977.

Felicity Bannister, The Night, the Prowler, Chariot Films/International Harmony, 1978.

Sibyl Anderson, Double Deal, 1977, Roadshow Entertainment, 1981.

Alice Dalton, Bliss, New World Pictures, 1985.

Joan Ferguson, Life after Death, Australian Film Television and Radio School, 1985.

The matron, Valparaiso, Australian Film Television and Radio School, 1985.

Miss Peabody and Dr. Arabella Thorne, The Nights Belong to the Novelist: Elizabeth Jolley, Australian Writer (also known as The Nights Belong to the Novelist), 1985.

Feste, Twelfth Night, [Australia], c. 1986.

Mrs. Gootch, Bullseye (also known as Birdsville), Cinema Group Entertainment, 1986.

Deidre Dobson, Wendy Cracked a Walnut (also known as … Almost), Hoyts Distribution, 1990.

Aunt Vera, The Girl Who Came Late (also known as Daydream Believer), Beyond Films Limited, 1991.

Aunt Morag, The Piano (also known as The Black Keys, Piano, The Piano Lesson, Pleasure, and Le lecon de piano), Miramax, 1993.

Voice of witness, Talk, Australian Film Commission/ Suitcase Films/Total Films, 1994, and Filmpolis Pictures, 1995.

Voice of sheep, Babe (also known as Babe, the Gallant Pig), Universal, 1995.

Sandra, Cosi, Roadshow Entertainment, 1996, Miramax, 1997.

Alice (some sources cite role as Alison), Road to Nhill, Gecko Films/Ronin Films, 1997.

Eugenie Mason (minister for foreign affairs), A Little Bit of Soul, Columbia/TriStar, 1998.

Aunt Puss, Holy Smoke (also known as Holy Smoke!), Miramax, 1999.

Pearl, The Dish, Warner Bros., 2000.

Sister Louise, Looking for Alibrandi, Beyond Distribution, 2000.

Marie, Moulin Rouge! (musical; also known as Moulin Rouge), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001.

Greta, Sway, Blue Key Films, 2002.

Miss Fulsom, Peter Pan, Universal, 2003.

Susan, Len's Love Story (short film), New South Wales Film & Television Office, 2006.

Norma, The Home Song Stories, Dendy Films, 2007.

Myrtle Allsop, Australia (also known as Untitled Baz Luhrmann Project), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2008.

Film Work:

Acting coach, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (also known as Power Rangers: The Movie), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995.

Dialogue coach, Garage Days, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2002.

Television Appearances; Series:

Mrs. Molesworth, Come in Spinner, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, beginning c. 1989.

Mary Donnelly, After the Beep, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1996.

Fran Smith, Grass Roots, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2003.

Kizzy Freeman, Snobs, Nine Network (Australia), 2003.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

The critic, Vietnam, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1986.

Miss Moon, Poor Man's Orange, Ten Network (Australia), 1987.

Mrs. Dunne, The Leaving of Liverpool, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and BBC, 1992.

Sylvia, Heartland (also known as Burned Bridge), Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1994.

Mrs. Baker, Jessica, Ten Network, 2004.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Mrs. Foray, The Lizard King, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1987.

Vera, Ladies' Day, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1989.

Ann Sweeney, The Last Crop, Channel 4 (England), 1990, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1991.

Elaine, Stepfather of the Bride, Channel 4, 2006.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Mrs. Marland, More Winners: The Journey (also known as Touch the Sun: The Journey), [Australia], 1990.

The Ham Funeral, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1990.

Multiple characters, The Burning Piano, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, c. 1993.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Brenda, Dancing Daze, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1985.

"Lady's Day," Studio 86, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1986.

Mrs. Darcy, "Les Darcy," Australians (also known as Michael Willisee's "Australians"), Nine Network (Australia), 1987.

Joan Brodie, G.P., Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1991, 1992.

Mother superior, "Best Wishes," Under the Skin, SBS (Australia), 1993.

Barbara Phillips, "Forget Me Not," All Saints, Seven Network (Australia), 1998.

Iris Leap, "Dead Offerings," Murder Call, Nine Network, 1999.

Aunt Ivy, "Fancy Rugs from India," Worst Best Friends, Ten Network (Australia), 2002.

Mrs. Ertegun, "Attitude," Kick, SBS (Australia), 2007.

Mrs. Ertegun, "Get It While You Can," Kick, SBS (Australia), 2007.

Judy Spotwood, City Homicide (also known as City Homicide—Series 2), Seven Network, 2008.

Appeared in other programs.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Mary Donnelly, After the Beep, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1996.

Radio Appearances:

Voice, Better a Hard Life: Amalie Dietrich, Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio National), 2000.

WRITINGS

Writings for the Stage:

Knuckledusters: The Jewels of Edith Sitwell (based on the writings of Edith Sitwell; also known as Knuckledusters), Sydney Festival, Belvoir Street Theatre, Company B, Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia, and Melbourne Theatre Company, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, both 1989.