Jeanie Drynan

Jeanie Drynan
Born	(1951-05-05) 5 May 1951 (age 73)
Alma mater	Queen Margaret University
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Antony Bowman[1]

Jeanie Drynan is an Australian film and television actress well known for her roles in the television series Class of '74, as Muriel's mother in the 1994 film Muriel's Wedding and as solicitor Angela Jeffries in the cult classic television series Prisoner Cell Block H.

Early life

Jean Julia Drynan's parents were James Joseph and Muriel Drynan.^[2] She grew up in the regional NSW towns of Lithgow and Coffs Harbour. She moved to the UK at the age of 15 with the intention of going to finishing school and instead studied acting at Edinburgh College of Speech and Drama (now Queen Margaret University) in Scotland. She later trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Australia.^[3]

Career

Drynan has twice been nominated for Australian Film Institute Awards; Best Supporting actress in 1994 for her role in Muriel's Wedding and in 1999 for the Best Actress Award for her role in Soft Fruit.^[4][5]

Personal life

Drynan met her husband, director Antony Bowman, in 1987 when she played the part of Maggie in his film Cappuccino. They married in 1989.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Title	Year	Role	Type
1966	They're a Weird Mob	Betty	Feature film
1967	The Schoolmistress		Teleplay
1969	2000 Weeks	Jacky Lewis	Feature film
1969	Skippy and the Intruders	Margaret 'Meg' Curtis	Feature film
1970	Single File		Film documentary short
1973	The Black Arrow	Voice	Animated TV movie
1973	The Swiss Family Robinson	Voice	Animated TV movie
1976	Don's Party	Kath Henderson	Feature film
1976	Cromwell M.D.		TV movie
1976	The Understudy		TV movie
1977	The Picture Show Man	Mrs. Duncan	Feature film
1977	Hospitals Don't Burn Down!	Sister	Film short
1978	Money Movers	Dawn Jackson	Feature film
1979	Saint Therese	Therese	Film short
1980	Touch and Go	Gina	Feature film
1982	Wilde's Domain	Liz	TV movie
1983	The Body Corporate	Janine Fox	TV movie
1984	Fantasy Man	Liz Bailey	Feature film
1985	Relatives	Catherine Taylor	Feature film
1989	Cappuccino	Maggie	Feature film. Also associate producer[7]
1994	Muriel's Wedding	Betty Heslop	Feature film
1998	Paperback Hero	Suzie	Feature film
1999	A Kind of Hush	Beryl	Feature film
1999	Soft Fruit[8]	Patsy Haft	Feature film
2002	The...		Film short
2015	Skin Deep	Anna Davies	Feature film
2017	Zelos	Lynn	Feature film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Type
1965	Adventure Unlimited[9]		TV series, episode 7: "The Silver Backed Brushes"
1965	My Brother Jack		TV series
1966-1973	Homicide	Sandra O'Brien / Pauline Shearer / Glenys Watts	TV series, 3 episodes
1966	The Story of Making the Film: They're a Weird Mob"	Herself	TV special
1968	Hunter	Anna Polanski	TV series, 1 episode
1968; 1969	Skippy the Bush Kangaroo	Iris Temple / Dulcie Condon	TV series, 2 episodes
1969-74	Division 4	Paula Klein / Sally Irving / Cindy Thompson / Lettie Ward / Barbara Bennett / Meg Reagan / Sandra Black / Vivienne Gunnerson / Faith Cameron / Patti Regan	TV series, 10 episodes
1968; 1969	Riptide	Val Wells / Penny Waring	TV series, 2 episodes
1969	Pastures of the Blue Crane	Rhyll Mereweather	TV miniseries
1970	The Rovers	Ann Fraser	TV series, 1 episode
1970	The Link Men	Marguerita Costello	TV series, 1 episode 10: "The Quiet One"
1970	Delta	Jennifer McKenzie	TV series, 1 episode
1971-72	Matlock Police	Alice Price / Carol Marsh / Gail Marsh	TV series, 3 episodes
1972	Spyforce	Kathy Reilly	TV series, 1 episode
1972-73	Boney	Sally Forrest / Isobel Matthews	TV series, 2 episodes
1973	Password	Herself	TV series, 2 episodes
1973	Ryan	Tricia	TV series, 1 episode
1973	Elephant Boy	Jane Shorter	TV series, 1 episode
1974	Class of '74	Mary Dunstan	TV series, 2 episodes
1975	Silent Number	Denise	TV series, 1 episode
1976	Bluey	Shirley Watson	TV series, 1 episode: "The Changeling"
1977	The Young Doctors	Sister Margaret Evans	TV series, 15 episodes
1977-78	Graham Kennedy's Blankety Blanks	Panellist	TV series
1978	Cop Shop	Dimitra Coogan	TV series, 2 episodes
1978	Chopper Squad	Dr Georgia Beattie	TV series, 13 episodes
1979-80	Prisoner	Angela Jeffries	TV series, 11 episodes
1981	Holiday Island	Julie-Anne Tucker	TV series, 1 episode
1982	A Country Practice	Audrey Matthews	TV series, 2 episodes
1985	Winners: Quest Beyond Time		TV series, Season 1, episode 2: "Quest Beyond Time"
1987	The Flying Doctors	Sal Cleary	TV series, 1 episode
1989	Rafferty's Rules	Carol Taylor	TV series, 1 episode
1989	The Midday Show	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
1991	The Girl From Tomorrow	Miss Durkin	TV series, 2 episodes
1995	G.P.	Hannah Hardigan	TV series, 1 episode
1996	A Season in Purgatory		TV miniseries
1998	The Movie Show	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
2002	Dossa and Joe	Vanessa	TV miniseries, 6 episodes
2004-05	The Cooks	Leanne	TV series, 4 episodes
2005	Crashing The Party: The Making of 'Don's Party'	Herself	Video documentary
2010	Rake	Carmen	TV series, 1 episode
2017	David Stratton: A Cinematic Life	Herself	TV series, 1 episode

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Makassar Reef		Nimrod Theatre Company
2010	Bedroom Farce[10]	Delia	Stage play
2012	Biddies		Stage play

References

1. "Bio". Rossgraysonbell.com. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
2. Stephanie Bunbury 'A luvvie has the last laugh', Melbourne Age 30 October 1999 'Extra' section p. 3
3. Gerald Mayhead 'The making of a star' Melbourne Age 6 March 1968 p. 16
4. "1994 AFI Awards". Australian Television. 30 October 1998. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
5. "smh.com.au - The Sydney Morning Herald". Newsstore.fairfax.com.au. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
6. Stephanie Bunbury 'A luvvie has the last laugh', Melbourne Age 30 October 1999 'Extra' section p. 3
7. "Jeanie Drynan Biography ((?)-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
8. "Urban Cinefile DRYNAN, JEANIE; SOFT FRUIT". Urbancinefile.com.au. 23 June 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
9. Vagg, Stephen (6 May 2023). "Forgotten Australian TV Series: Adventure Unlimited". FilmInk. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
10. "Bedroom Farce - theatre interview from". The Blurb. 27 June 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2011.

External links

• Jeanie Drynan at IMDb