Melba (miniseries)

Melba
Written by	Roger McDonald
Directed by	Rodney Fisher
Starring	Linda Cropper Hugo Weaving Googie Withers
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of episodes	4 x 2 hours
Production
Producers	Errol Sullivan Pom Oliver
Running time	248 mins
Budget	$8 million[1]
Original release
Network	Seven Network
Release	22 March 1988 (1988-03-22)

Melba is a 1988 Australian miniseries about opera soprano Nellie Melba.[1]

Cast

• Linda Cropper as Nellie Melba
• Hugo Weaving as Charles Armstrong
• Peter Carroll as David Mitchell
• Googie Withers as Lady Armstrong
• Joan Greenwood as Madame Marchesi
• Jean-Pierre Aumont as Comte de Paris
• Maria Aitken as Gladys de Grey
• Tom Burlinson as Sid Meredith
• Noel Ferrier as J.C. Williamson
• Nell Schofield as Belle Patterson
• Simon Burke as John McCormack
• Dorothy Alison as Elizabeth Mitchell
• Judi Farr as Amy Davidson
• Helmut Bakaitis as John Lemmone
• Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Otway
• Mel Martin as Mrs. Otway
• Lyndel Rowe as Blanche Marchesi
• Tamsin Carroll as Dora Mitchell
• Vanessa Downing as Evie Doyle
• Arianthe Galani as Melika

References

1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p214

External links

• Melba at IMDb