Judith Kuring papers, ca. 1974-1984

MLMSS 8328

fonds

ca. 1974-1984

Textual Records, Clippings, Ephemera, Photographs

152197

0.68 metres of textual material (4 boxes)

Judith Olive (Jude) Kuring (born 1948) is an Australian actress and writer who appeared in film and television during the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. She remains best known for her role as Noeline Bourke in episodes 30-132 of the television soap opera ‘Prisoner’ set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women’s prison. The series was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation and ran on Network Ten for 692 episodes from 27 February 1979 to 11 December 1986. Her film roles include ‘The Singer and the Dancer’, ‘Journey Among Women’, ‘Newsfront’, ‘The Journalist’, ‘Maybe This Time’ and ‘Prisoner Queen’.

Kuring joined the Australian Performing Group during the early 1970s continuing an association till the mid 1980’s. She began television acting on the police drama ‘Homicide’ in 1971, then took a minor role in the 1975 television movie ‘They Don’t Clap Losers’ and later appeared on the television series ‘Alvin Purple’ and in comedy shows including ‘Wollongong the Brave’, ‘The Gary McDonald Show’, and ‘The Off Show’. After guest appearing on ‘Waterloo Station’ in 1983, Kuring moved away from acting, later returning to play a prominent role in the movie ‘Prisoner Queen’ which centered on an obsessed fan of the ‘Prisoner’ television series.

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Judith Kuring papers, ca. 1974-1984 consisting mainly of various scripts for theatre, television programs and film and an unpublished screenplay entitled ‘Nelly Kelly and the Passionfruit Saloon’, 1977. Also includes printed material, notebooks and personal papers related to finance, business contracts and funding bids, courses at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, and feminist issues.

BOX 1
Photographs including portrait of Judith Kuring, ca. 1977, documents related to scripts and plays, ca. 1977-1982, including, ‘Rosaleen’ fist draft, typewritten manuscript, 1982, music for ‘Chores’, correspondence, handwritten notes, publicity material, ephemera, ‘The Carolina Chisel Show’, ‘Nelly Kelly and the Passionfruit Saloon’ typescript screenplay by Jude Kuring and Jenny Pausacker, 1977

BOX 2
‘Nelly Kelly and the Passionfruit Saloon’ annotated draft notes and typescript by Jude Kuring and Jenny Pausacker, 1977, ‘Nelly Kelly and the Passionfruit Saloon’ rejects from original script, by Jude Kuring and Jenny Pausacker, 1977, ‘Nelly Kelly and the Passionfruit Saloon’ typescript manuscript screenplay by Jude Kuring and Jenny Pausacker, 1977, ‘Nelly Kelly and the Passionfruit Saloon’ character profiles by Jude Kuring and Jenny Pausacker, 1977, folder of personal papers including banking and financial documents 1977-1984

BOX 3
Women Directors Course, 1980, Women and theatre project, 1982, Draft manuscript of ‘Megalomania’ by Geoff Kelso, The Carolina Chisel Show, Adelaide, 1976, manuscript for ‘Cockroaches’ by Brendon Doyle, 1981, manuscript for ‘Flash Nick from Jindavick’ by Bill Harding ca.1975, Manuscript for ‘And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little’ by Paul Zindel, ca. 1975, Final shooting script for ‘Wollongong the Brave: Norman Gunston”, 1974

BOX 4
Printed material, spiral bound notebooks, 1975-1979, folder of miscellaneous notes, ephemera related to scripts and shows including documents related to ‘Nude Radio’, 1975.

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