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Nina Landis

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Nina Landis
Born
OccupationActress
Years active1978–2014

Nina Landis is an Australian stage and screen actress, who trained in Australia and New York.

Early life

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Landis studied drama at Flinders University, Adelaide in the mid to late 1970s.

Career

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Landis' feature film credits include the title role (Rikky) in Rikky and Pete, Komodo, Four of a Kind, Handle with Care, and Blackjack: Sweet Science.

Her principal roles on television include Embassy, Prime Time, The Keepers, One Summer Again, MDA, The Flying Doctors, Prisoner, A Country Practice.

She has performed on the stages of national theatre companies and fringe theatres.

Landis also lectures on acting, is a voice-over artist, and a documentary photographer.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Type
1980 Nightmares Judy[1] Feature film
1985 Niel Lynne Helen Feature film
1987 To Market to Market Samantha Feature film
1988 Rikky and Pete Rikky Menzies[2] Feature film
1991 Antamosi Film short
1997 True Love and Chaos Affirmation Voice Feature film
1999 Komodo Aunt Annie[1] Feature film
2008 Four of a Kind Susan Feature film
2008 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! Herself Feature film documentary

Television

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Year Title Role Type
1981; 1984 Cop Shop Ellen Shannon TV series, 3 episodes
1981 Prisoner Michelle Parkes TV series, 5 episodes
1981; 1993 A Country Practice Sandra Popovich TV series, 2 episodes
1982 The Sullivans Guest role: Molly TV series
1984 The Keepers Miriam Woods TV series, 9 episodes
1984 Special Squad Lisa TV series, episode 10: "Duel"
1984 Carson's Law TV series, 1 episode
1985 One Summer Again Clara Southern TV miniseries
1985 Handle with Care Julie TV film
1986 Prime Time Kate MacArthur TV series
1987 Always Afternoon Renata Stein TV miniseries, 1 episode
1988 Rafferty's Rules Jan Mondale TV series, 1 episode
1990 The Flying Doctors Megan Price TV series, 1 episode
1990 Embassy Susan Derek TV pilot
1990–91 Embassy Susan Derek TV series, 25 episodes
1992 The Late Show Sally Bowen TV series, 1 episode
1993 A Country Practice TV series, 2 episodes
1994–97 Ocean Girl[3] H.E.L.E.N. (voice) TV series, 78 episodes
1999 Thunderstone Syndia TV series, 19 episodes
2002–03 MDA Claudia Montserrat TV series, 12 episodes
2003 Wilderness Narrator Film documentary
2004 BlackJack: Sweet Science Stella Anderson TV film series
2008 The Hollowmen TV series, 1 episode
2008 City Homicide Valerie Zimmerman TV series, 2 episodes
2009 Liquid Stone: Unlocking Gaudi's Secret Narrator Film documentary
2014 Neighbours Judge Lockwood TV series, 1 episode
2015 Little Stars Narrator Film documentary

Stage

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Year Title Role Type
Hotel Baltimore Suzy Drama Centre, Adelaide
Dracula Lucy Drama Centre, Adelaide
The Trial Mrs Burstner Drama Centre, Adelaide
Lysistrata Lampito Dodd Street Theatre, Melbourne
Dōjōji (The Dancer) The Dancer Drama Centre, Adelaide
1978 Oedipus the King / Oedipus at Colonus Suppliants / Guards / Attendants The Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA for Adelaide Festival
1979 Hamlet The Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1979 The Shaughraun Moya The Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1979 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Bubba STCSA
1980 Errol Flynn's Great Big Adventure Book for Boys Lois Space Theatre, Adelaide & Edinburgh Festival with The Stage Company
1981 Covenant of the Rainbow Art La Mama, Melbourne
1982 Degrees of Change
1984 Scapin Zerbinetta Hoyts Prince Theatre, Hobart, Studio Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company
1992 No Going Back Ruth Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
1993 Blood Moon Katina Theatreworks, Melbourne
1994 Wounds to the Face The Mother Theatreworks, Melbourne with Black Box Theatre Company
2023 Way Voice Over Artist La Mama, Melbourne

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References

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  1. ^ a b Shelley, P. (2012). Australian Horror Films, 1973-2010. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7864-6167-7. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ Willis, J.A. (1989). Screen World. Crown Publishers. ISBN 978-0-517-57332-7. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  3. ^ Romanko, K.A. (2019). Women of Science Fiction and Fantasy Television: An Encyclopedia of 400 Characters and 200 Shows, 1950-2016. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 1-PA38. ISBN 978-1-4766-3848-5. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  4. ^ "AusStage".
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