Olive (film) explained

Director:	Stephen Wallace
Starring:	Kerry McGuire Nick Tate
Country:	Australia
Language:	English

Olive is a 1988 Australian television film about actress Olive Bodill, who died of cancer in 1985.^[1] The film was written by Bodill's husband Anthony Wheeler. It first screened in February 1988 on the ABC.

Cast

• Kerry McGuire as Olive Bodill
• Nick Tate as Anthony Wheeler

Accolades

1988 Australian Film Institute Awards

• Best Lead Actress in a Telefeature - Kerry McGuire - won
• Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Telefeatur - Nick Tate - nominated^[2]
• Best Telefeature - Richard Brennan - nominated^[2]
• Best Achievement in Direction in a Telefeature - Stephen Wallace - nominated^[2]

External links

• Olive at Peter Malone
  • Olive at BFI
• Olive at Screen Australia

Notes and References

1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p. 116
2. Web site: AACTA AWARDS WINNERS & NOMINEES 1988 . AACTA . 20 April 2023.