Kate Fitzpatrick
Australian actress
Kate Fitzpatrick
Born Kerry Kathleen Fitzpatrick
[ 1] (1947-10-01 ) 1 October 1947 (age 77) Occupation Actress Years active 1967–present
Kerry Kathleen Fitzpatrick (born 1 October 1947) known as Kate Fitzpatrick , is an Australian television, film, and theatre actress.
Early years
Kate grew up in the Adelaide suburb of Dover Gardens , and it was in Adelaide that her love for classical music, art and cricket developed. A highlight of her early years was being selected by Jeffrey Smart ("Phidias" of the Argonauts Club ) for a travelling art scholarship to Japan. At the age of 18 she was accepted as a drama student by NIDA and moved to Sydney .[ 2]
Career
Theatre roles include The Lady of the Camellias , Hamlet , Celluloid Heroes , The Ride Across Lake Constance , Shadows of Blood , Rooted , Kennedy's Children . With the Old Tote Theatre Company she acted in The Legend of King O'Malley , The Season at Sarsaparilla , The Misanthrope , The Threepenny Opera , and Big Toys by Patrick White , who wrote the play for Fitzpatrick. She acted in Visions for the Paris Theatre Company, and in The Recruiting Officer for the Melbourne Theatre Company . She played Magenta in the original Australian production of The Rocky Horror Show in 1974. Her latest appearance (2017) was in Cabaret as Fraülein Schneider.
Fitzpatrick's film roles included appearances in Homesdale (1971), The Office Picnic (1972), Promised Woman (1975), The Great Macarthy (1975), The Removalists (1975), The Night Nurse (1977), Goodbye Paradise (1983), The Return of Captain Invincible (1983) and A World Apart (1988). Her television series appearances include Serpent in the Rainbow , Birds in the Bush , Boney , Something in the Air , Scooter: Secret Agent , Blue Heelers , Marshall Law , Always Greener , and All Saints . In 2006, Fitzpatrick briefly joined the cast of soap opera Neighbours in the role of Loris Timmins . In 2009, Fitzpatrick appeared in Packed to the Rafters in a reprising guest role. In 2010, Fitzpatrick did a short film called Stay Awake and also appeared on Satisfaction .
In 1983, Fitzpatrick became the world's first female cricketing commentator on television, when she joined the Nine Network cricket commentating team, a gamble by Channel Nine to add a more female approach to the game and attract a larger audience. Allegedly, Fitzpatrick was not welcomed with open arms by the (until then) male bastion of cricket commentators , according to Angela Pippos .[ 3] Nine's tactical move, in placing a female in a cricket commentator role, was not successful and Fitzpatrick didn't return for the following season.
Fitzpatrick is a published author, essayist, and humourist whose work has appeared in numerous major newspapers and journals over the last 30 years. Fitzpatrick has also worked as a political speech writer during the 1990s.
Recognition
She also has been awarded the Queen's "Silver Jubilee Medal " for services to the theatre on the Britannia and has recently[when? ] completed an Arts degree from National Institute of Dramatic Art .[citation needed ]
Personal life
Fitzpatrick has a son named Joe Fitzpatrick with French architect José Albertini. Joe, an Australian commercial real estate professional, is well known in Sydney social circles.
Filmography
Film
Television
Year
Title
Role
Type
1967
Bellbird
TV series
1970
The Rovers
Connie
TV series, 1 episode: "My Millions for a Meal"
1970, 1973, 1976
Homicide
Rachel Hayes-Manning / Chris Green / Bunny Rogers
TV series, 3 episodes: "Peter's Party", "The Adventurer", "Bunny"
1970–71, 1972
Division 4
Suzanne Potter / Elaine / Lorraine Hunt
TV series, 3 episodes: "Marvels of Reproduction", "The Monkey Chased the Weasel", "Voice of the Gun"
1971
GTK
Herself - Model
TV series, 1 episode
1971
The Comedy Game
Airy Fairy
TV series, episode: "Aunty Jack's Travelling Show"
1972
Behind the Legend
Nellie Melba
TV series
1972
Redheap
Hetty
TV series, 3 episodes
1972
Birds in the Bush
Michelle
TV series, 13 episodes
1972
The Aunty Jack Show
Airy Fairy
TV series, 1 episode
1973
Boney
Constable Alice McGorr
TV series, 13 episodes (season 2)
1973
Serpent in the Rainbow
Helen Quigg
TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1974
The Paul Hogan Show
Guest - Herself
TV series, 1 episode
1975
Certain Women
Paula Coburn
TV series, 1 episode
1976
Luke's Kingdom
Emily
TV miniseries, 1 episode: "The Dam and the Damned"
1976
The Bushranger
Jane
TV film
1976
The Haunting of Hewie Dowker
TV film
1976
King's Men
TV series, 1 episode
1977
Graham Kennedy's Blankety Blanks
Herself
TV series, 2 episodes
1977
Maggi Eckhardt Show
Herself
TV series, 1 episode
1977
Flashez
Herself as TV Interviewer
ABC TV series
1978
Cappriccio
Herself
TV series, 1 episode
1978
Micro Macro
Herself
TV series
1978
The Night Nurse
Prudence Simpson
TV film
1979; 1979
The Mike Walsh Show
Guest - Herself
TV series, 1 episode
1979
Miss USA Pageant
Herself - Miss Oregon USA (as Katie Fitzpatrick)
TV special
1979; 1983
The Mike Walsh Show
Guest - Herself
TV series, 1 episode
1979, 1980; 1982
Parkinson in Australia
Herself
TV series, 3 episodes
1980
Big Toys
Teleplay
1980
Stages: Peter Brock and the C.I.C.T in Australia
Presenter
TV special
1980
1980 Australian Film Institute Awards
Presenter
TV special
1980
Players in the Gallery
Kate Harris
TV miniseries, 1 episode
1981
The Great Australian Argument Settler
Herself
TV special
1981
Summer Spectrum
Presenter
TV series
1982
Runaway Island
Elene Costard
TV film
1983
The Mike Walsh Show
Guest - Herself
TV series, 1 episode
1983
World Series Cricket
Commentator
TV series
1984
Skin Deep
Maggie Peters
TV film
1984; 1985
Runaway Island
Elene Costard
TV series, 2 episodes
1985
The Perfectionist
Su
TV film
1986
Call Me Mister
Ingrid
TV series , 1 episode: "Long Shot"
1986
The Three Musketeers
Milady (voice)
Animated TV film
1988
The Last Resort
Elizabeth Parker
TV series
1991
In Sydney Today
Herself
TV series, 1 episode
1991
Chances
Maggie
TV series, 1 episode
1992
The Resting Place
Myra
TV film
1993
The Burning Piano: A Portrait of Patrick White
Herself
Film documentary
1995; 1996
Midday
Herself
TV series, 1 episode
1996
Twisted Tales
Elizabeth Bishop
TV film series, 1 episode: "Directly from My Heart to You"
1996
Midday with Kerri-Anne
Herself
TV series, 1 episode
1997; 1999
Good Morning Australia
Herself
TV series, 1 episode
1997
Monday to Friday
Herself
TV series, 1 episode
1998
Murder Call
Madeleine Gault
TV series, season 2, episode 2: "Many Unhappy Returns"
1998
House Gang
Astra
TV series, 1 episode: "Ambition"
1998
Bullpitt!
Helga
TV series, 1 episode: "Too Many Teds"
1998; 2008
All Saints
TV series, 2 episodes Natasha Reece / Margaret Coolage
Episodes: "Heart to Heart", "When Tomorrow Comes"
1998-1999
Ketchup: Cats Who Cook
Madame Courgette (voice)
TV series
1999
Burke's Backyard
Herself
TV series, 1 episode
1999
Dog's Head Bay
Trish Fairweather
TV series, 1 episode: "Fairweather Friends"
1999
Good Morning Australia
Guest - Herself
TV series, 1 episode
1999
The Lost World
Garza
TV series, 1 episode: "Creatures of the Dark"
1999
Mumbo Jumbo
Dorothy
TV film
2000–2002
Something in the Air
Julia Rutherford
TV series
2000
The Games
Herself
TV series, ! episode
2001
Blue Heelers
Naomi Burke
TV series, 1 episodes: "The Blame Game: Parts 1 & 2"
2002
Marshall Law
Susan
TV series, 2 episodes: "Mother's Day", "The Samovar"
2002
Always Greener
Chantal Wilkinson
TV series, 3 episodes: "In the Beginning, I Was Afraid", "Opening Gambit"
2002
Whose House Is It Anyway?
Herself
TV series, 1 episode
2002
Ty The Tasmanian Tiger
Shadow of the Ghost Bat (voice)
Video game
2004
Today
Guest - Herself
TV series, 1 episode
2004
Mornings
Guest - Herself
TV series, 1 episode
2005
Scooter: Secret Agent
Taipan
TV series
2005–2006
Neighbours
Loris Timmins
TV series
2006
Mortified
Mayor
TV series, 1 episode: "Mother in the Nude"
2006
H2 O: Just Add Water
Dr. Holt
TV series, 1 episode: "Under the Weather"
2008
Double the Fist
Birgit
TV series, 1 episode: "Fist Furniture"
2008–09
Packed to the Rafters
Marjorie Stevens
TV series, seasons 1–2
2010; 2011
20 to 1
Herself
TV series, 2 episodes
2010
Satisfaction
Fran
TV series, 1 episode: "Non Standard Package"
2010
Cops L.A.C.
Meg Sinclair
TV series, 3 episodes: "The Killer Wore Sneakers", "Ghost House", "Life Is a Rodio"
2012
Guess How Much I Love You: The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare
Blue Bird (voice) / Narrator
TV series, 1 episode
2014
Guess How Much I Love You: Autumn's Here
Blue Bird (voice) / Narrator
TV film
2015
Heidi
Barble (voice)
TV series, 2 episodes: "First Day in the Mountains", "For a Loaf of Bread"
2016
Rake
Judith
TV series, 1 episode: "4.2"
2017
Ten Eyewitness News
Herself
TV series, 1 episode: Harry M. Miller Memorial segment
2023
The Way We Wore
Herself - Model in archive clip
ABC TV series, 1 episode
2024
I Was Actually There
Herself
ABC TV series, 1 episode
Theatre
Bibliography
Kate Fitzpatrick (2004). Name dropping : an incomplete memoir . Pymble, N.S.W. : HarperCollins. ISBN 0-7322-7468-0 .
Kate Fitzpatrick (2005). Air Mail : Three women Letters from five continents . John Wiley & sons Australia LTD.
References
External links
International National Artists People