ScreenTalk: Elizabeth McRae
28 Aug 2012
Elizabeth McRae: Shortland St’s Marge and much more..
Actor Elizabeth McRae is best known as Marge the receptionist on Shortland Street. She began her TV career in the 70s on shows such as The Games Affair. Since then she has appeared in television dramas Hanlon, About Face, Terry and the Gunrunners, and Go Girls.
Her film credits include Jubilee, award-winner A Death in the Family, and Rest for the Wicked.
In this ScreenTalk, McRae talks about:
- Working with Rudall and Ramai Haywood in The Doll’s House
- Melting a vinyl floor during the shoot for The Games Affair
- Playing a sympathetic aunt in ground-breaking AIDs drama A Death in the Family
- Being accused of ‘prostituting her art’ by appearing in Shortland Street
- Having a memorable scene with a bull in Jubilee
- Playing a slightly batty pakeha mother in Nancy Brunning’s short film Journey to Ihapa
- The joy of working with other acting veterans in rest-home feature film Rest for the Wicked
- Acknowledging the importance of writing to the TV and film industry
This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a Creative Commons licence.
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