Wendy Hughes

Wendy Hughes

Birthday: 1952-07-29

Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Biography: Wendy Hughes (29 July 1952 – 8 March 2014) was an Australian actress known for her work in theatre, film and television. Hughes was an award-winning actress. Her career spanned more than forty years and established her reputation as one of Australia's finest and most prolific actors. Her biggest role was in Lonely Hearts, played in 1982 (this film was the beginning of a long collaboration with director Paul Cox). In her later career she acted in Happy New Year along with stars Peter Falk and Charles Durning. In 1993 she played Dr. Carol Blythe, M. E. in Homicide: Life on the Street. In the late 1990s, she starred in State Coroner and Paradise Road. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wendy Hughes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue

Blue is a teenage girl who lives with her Jazz playing father Ham. Ham gets very sick and dies, and ...

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Sidecar Racers
Sidecar Racers

You're going to get us both killed with your grandstanding...! Two guys, one girl, and no brakes! De...

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The Man Who Sued God
The Man Who Sued God

A lawyer becomes a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece of property, his boat, is struck b...

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Princess Caraboo
Princess Caraboo

Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is trie...

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My Brilliant Career
My Brilliant Career

A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family w...

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Duet for Four
Duet for Four

A middle aged man, Ray Martin, faces a series of problems – his wife is cheating on him, his mistres...

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Hoodwink
Hoodwink

Hoodwink is based on the true story of an Australian con artist who briefly won the hearts of the me...

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The Heist
The Heist

Ex-con Neal Skinner seeks revenge against track owner Ebbet Berens for framing him in an emerald smu...

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Newsfront
Newsfront

Two brothers working as news cameramen for competing companies in '50s Australia find their lives dr...

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Jock Petersen
Jock Petersen

Tony Petersen, a married electrician and ex-footballer, goes to university to study English. Peterse...

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Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train
Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train

A convent teacher spreads a little happiness and makes enough money to support her crippled brother'...

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Lonely Hearts
Lonely Hearts

In this offbeat comedy, an unlikely romance develops between a flamboyant, middle-aged piano tuner a...

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A Dangerous Summer
A Dangerous Summer

Building is Howard's passion, and he is so absorbed in his plans to build an elaborate resort in the...

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The View from Greenhaven
The View from Greenhaven

A grumpy old man living in an idyllic coastal town who can't see he has the perfect life....

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Boundaries of the Heart
Boundaries of the Heart

A small desert town in western Australia is the scene of several love affairs in this romantic dram...

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Salvation
Salvation

Aging artist and scholar Barry is disenchanted with his existence - disillusioned by his sexless mar...

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Kostas
Kostas

A love affair between a Greek and a middle-class Australian divorcee....

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Shadows of the Peacock
Shadows of the Peacock

The love story between an Australian woman and a Balinese dancer....

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An Indecent Obsession
An Indecent Obsession

Sister Honour Langtree (Wendy Hughes), is in charge of a military hospital for psychiatric patients....

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Paradise Road
Paradise Road

A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being impri...

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Careful, He Might Hear You
Careful, He Might Hear You

Abandoned by his father after his mother dies, young PS lives in suburban Sydney with his aunt Lila ...

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Is There Anybody There?
Is There Anybody There?

A beautiful woman, Kate (Tina Grenville), is released from a sanatorium unaware that while she was a...

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I Can't Get Started
I Can't Get Started

Stalwart aussie actor John Waters is wannabe-novelist Robert Marks. No one can fault his persistence...

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Remember Me
Remember Me

A woman recently returned to work is contacted by her former husband who has been in a mental instit...

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Luigi’s Ladies
Luigi’s Ladies

Shaken by the stockmarket crash of ’87 … plus a few other distractions like attempted murder, flirta...

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Puzzle
Puzzle

Franciscus searches for the urn that contains the remains of Buddha but instead finds danger and int...

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Not Quite Hollywood
Not Quite Hollywood

As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art hou...

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Touch and Go
Touch and Go

Three attractive socialites working for charity turn to robbery to keep a special primary school for...

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My First Wife
My First Wife

My First Wife is about the dramatic collapse of the marriage between John and Helen. It is also a f...

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High Rolling
High Rolling

Two fun-loving carnival workers take a vacation with the hope of finding plenty of sex and drugs. Th...

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The Caterpillar Wish
The Caterpillar Wish

A young girl's view on belonging and loss....

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Donor
Donor

Dr. Kristine Lipton finds that something strange is happening in the hospital she works for when a f...

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The Alternative
The Alternative

Unmarried, beautiful and talented, Melanie Hilton discovers she is pregnant. The editor of a woman's...

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Happy New Year
Happy New Year

Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Us...

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