Brides of Christ
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| Brides of Christ | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Running time | 0.55 (per episode) |
| Creator(s) | John Alsop Sue Smith |
| Starring | Brenda Fricker Sandy Gore Josephine Byrnes Lisa Hensley Naomi Watts Kym Wilson |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | September 4, 1991–October 9, 1991 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| IMDb profile | |
Brides of Christ is an Australian television miniseries produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1991.
The series takes place behind the walls of a Sydney convent school and deals with the struggles of both the Roman Catholic nuns and the young students to adapt to the many social changes taking place within the church and the outside world during the 1960s.
Six fifty-minute episodes were made.
[edit] Cast
| The Nuns | |
|---|---|
| Sister Agnes | Brenda Fricker |
| Mother Ambrose | Sandy Gore |
| Diane/Sister Catherine | Josephine Byrnes |
| Veronica/Sister Paul | Lisa Hensley |
| Sister Attracta | Melissa Jaffer |
| Sister Patrick | Penny Stehli |
| Sister Philomena | Caroline Gillmer |
| Sister Clare | Beth Champion |
| Sister Francine | Michelle Pettigrove |
| The Girls | |
| Frances Heffernan | Naomi Watts |
| Rosemary Fitzgerald | Kym Wilson |
| Brigid Maloney | Melissa Thomas |
| Other characters | |
| Jack Delahunty | Simon Burke |
| Ian McGregor | Philip Quast |
| Mary Maloney | Pat Bishop |
| Dominic Maloney | Russell Crowe |
| Liz Heffernan | Anne Tenney |
