My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career

100 mins | Drama, Romance | Aug. 17, 1979

A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.

My Brilliant Career

100 mins | Drama, Romance | Aug. 17, 1979

My Brilliant Career
A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers New South Wales Film Corp., Margaret Fink Productions, Greater Union Organisation (GUO)
Original title My Brilliant Career
Directors Gillian Armstrong
Writers Eleanor Witcombe, Miles Franklin

Cast

Judy Davis

as Sybylla Melvyn

Sam Neill

as Harry Beecham

Wendy Hughes

as Aunt Helen

Robert Grubb

as Frank Hawdon

Max Cullen

as Mr. McSwatt

Aileen Britton

as Grandma Bossier

Peter Whitford

as Uncle Julius

Patricia Kennedy

as Aunt Gussie

Alan Hopgood

as Father

Julia Blake

as Mother

David Franklin

as Horace

Marion Shad

as Gertie

Aaron Wood

as Stanley

Sue Davies

as Aurora

Gordon Piper

as Barman

Basil Clarke

as Butler

James Moss

as Pub Drinker

Bill Charlton

as Joe

Suzanne Roylance

as Biddie

Zelda Smyth

as Ethel

Bobbie Ward

as Mrs. Butler

Amanda Pratt

as Blanche Derrick

Dorothy St. Heaps

as Mrs. Derrick

Gerry Duggan

as Squatter

Babs McMillan

as Miss Benson

Carole Skinner

as Mrs. McSwatt

Tony Hughes

as Peter McSwat

Tina Robinson Hansen

as Lizer McSwat

Aaron Corrin

as Jimmy McSwat

Sharon Crouch

as Sarah McSwat

Robert Austin

as Willie McSwat

Mark Spain

as Tommy McSwat

Simone Buchanan

as Mary Anne

Hayley Joye

as Rosie Jane

Ray Meagher

as Mailman (uncredited)