Mary: The Mary MacKillop Story

Mary: The Mary MacKillop Story

75 mins | Drama, Documentary | Dec. 1, 1994

MARY is based on the true life story of Mary MacKillop who in the 1860s began an order of nuns to teach poor Catholic children in rural Australia. When she refused to obey the local Bishop, she was ex-communicated. More than 100 years later, in 1995, she was beatified as Australia's first saint. The film follows her tumultuous journey.

Mary: The Mary MacKillop Story

75 mins | Drama, Documentary | Dec. 1, 1994

Mary: The Mary MacKillop Story
MARY is based on the true life story of Mary MacKillop who in the 1860s began an order of nuns to teach poor Catholic children in rural Australia. When she refused to obey the local Bishop, she was ex-communicated. More than 100 years later, in 1995, she was beatified as Australia's first saint. The film follows her tumultuous journey.
Producers New South Wales Film & Television Office, Australian Film Finance Corporation, Goalpost Pictures, The Australian Film Commission, R.B. Films
Original title Mary: The Mary MacKillop Story
Directors Kay Pavlou
Writers Julie Macken, Kay Pavlou

Cast

Lucy Bell

as Sister Mary MacKillop

Linden Wilkinson

as Older Mary MacKillop

Rebecca Scully-Webster

as Young Mary MacKillop

Brendan Higgins

as Father Julian Woods

Brian Harrison

as Bishop Sheil

Maureen Green

as Sister Teresa

Brian McDermott

as Bishop James Quinn

Stephen Leeder

as Father Horan

Frank Garfield

as Bishop Reynolds

Roslyn Oades

as Sister Paula

Vanessa Downing

as Flora MacKillop

Dean Nottle

as Governor's Gentleman

Lynne Porteous

as Cook

Jane McDermott

as Sister Clare

Kye Clark

as Donald MacKillop

James Klein

as John MacKillop

Jaclyn Hewett

as Lexie MacKillop (as Jaclyn Hewitt)

Deborah Galanos

as Assistant Sister (as Deborah Gallanos)

Christen Cornell

as Dying Miracle Woman

Ron Zines

as Bishop Matthew Quinn

Jeanette Moon

as Mother Bernard Walsh

Chris Hanrahan

as Photographer

Tommaso Monacelli

as Pope Pius IX

Claire Dunn

as Self (as Clare Dunn)

Marie Foale

as Self (as Sister Marie Foale)

P. Peter Gumpel

as Self

Margaret McKenna

as Self (as Sister Margaret McKenna)