An Angel at My Table

1990

An Angel at My Table

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Laura Jones adapted Janet Frame's autobiographical books To The Is-Land, The Envoy From Mirror City, and An Angel At My Table for this New Zealand made-for-television miniseries which dramatizes her youth, when she was wrongfully confined in a mental institution for eight years, and her subsequent acclaim as a writer after her release.

Cast

Kerry Fox
as Janet Frame
Alexia Keogh
as Young Janet
Karen Fergusson
as Teenage Janet
Iris Churn
as Mum
Kevin J. Wilson
as Dad
Melina Bernecker
as Myrtle
Glynis Angell
as Isabel
Sarah Smuts-Kennedy
as June
Katherine Murray-Cowper
as Isabel Frame (as a child)
Samantha Townsley
as Isabel Frame (as a teenager)
Susan McGregor
as June Frame (as a teenager)
Sarah Llewellyn
as June Frame (as a child)
Andrew Binns
as Buddie Frame
Christopher Lawrence
as Buddie Frame (as a teenager)
Mark Morrison
as Buddie Frame (as a child)
Paul Sanchez
as Francesca
Carla Hedgeman
as Poppy (as a child)
Caroline Somerville
as Poppy (as a teenager)
Colin McColl
as John Forrest
Martyn Sanderson
as Frank Sargeson
Jessica Wilcox
as Kay Stead
Mark Clare
as Karl Stead
Michael Harry
as Colin
William Brandt
as Bernard
Rod Collinson
as Mr. Niles
Peter Dennett
as Mark Goulden
David McKenzie
as Alan Sillitoe
Eleanor Wragge
as Ruth Sillitoe
Sarah Llewwllyn
as June Frame - as a Child
Jessie Mune
as Janet Frame (as a baby)
Maria Mercedes Marato
as Catalina
Francesca Collins
as June Frame (as a baby)
Mark Thomson
as Billy Delaware
Brenda Kendall
as Miss Botting
Paul Moffat
as Dis McIvor
Dave Scott
as Doctor
Blair Hutchinson
as Bully Boy
Cushla Aston
as Borstal Girl
David McAuslan
as Bully Boy
Ailene Herring
as Teacher
Faye Flegg
as Doctor
Melissa Dawson
as Nora Bone
Angela Ford
as Turning Girl
Lorna Storm
as Groovy Girl
Timothy Bartlett
as Gussy Dymock
Gwyneth Hugues
as Matron
Richard Mills
as Talent Scout
Sassy Acorn
as Audition Girl
Elizabeth MacRae
as Nurse
Tony Creamer
as Audition Boy
Hamish McFarlane
as Avril Luxton
Faith Martin
Diana Rowan
Geoff Barlow
as Headmaster
Edith Campion
as Miss Lyndsay
Fiona Kay
as Marguerite
Brian Flegg
as Doctor
Eileen Clark
as Neighbor
Margaret Gordon
as Neighbor
Lillian Enting
as Miss Crowe
Fiona Brown
as Shirley
Maureen Duffy
as Miss Farnie
Karla Smith
as Sybil
Willa O'Neill
as Edith
Fritha Stalker
as Bridget
Melanie Reid
as Melanie
Natasha Gray
as Lesley
Kelly Stewart
as Rose
Erin Mills
as Katherine
Virginia Brocklehurst
as Rona
Natalie Ellis
as Aunt Isy
Eddie Hegan
as Uncle George
Erin Dorricott
as Eunice
Francene Clark
as Mary
Donnell Doreen
as Teacher
Alistair Douglas
as Headmaster
Rod Collison
as Mr. Niles
Harry Lavington
as Head of Psychology
Sheryl Stewart
as Nurse Maitland
Cushla Ashton
as Borstal Girl
Jacqueline O'Rourke
as Borstal Girl
Joy Trow
as Woman on Platform
June Shane
as Neighbour
Annabel Lomas
as Mrs. Chandler
Anne Cockroft
as Nurse
Elizabeth McRae
as Nurse
David Stott
as Doctor
Jim Rawdon
as Wilson
Peter Brunt
as Dr. Burt
Celia Nicholson
as Piona
Peter Needham
as Dr. Palmer
Joshua Cole
as June and Wilson's Child
Ian Hendl
as June and Wilson's Child
Helene Anderson
as Norwegian Woman
Joan Foster
as Hotel Manageress
David Letch
as Patrick
Rob Jayne
as Ben
Sharon Marsden
as Katie
Collette Cooper
as Bohemian
Paul Norell
as Bohemian
Julia Calvo
as Spanish Woman on Train
Maria Matias
as Spanish Woman
Carlos Martinez
as Spanish Official
Maria Mercedes Maroto
as Catalina
Paula Sanchez
as Francesca
Timothy Smith
as Edwin Mather
Alison Bruce
as Dora
Gwyneth Hughes
as Matron
Gerald Bryan
as Dr. Cawley
Billy Atkinson
as Mrs. Morgan
Caroline Flint
as Mrs. Goulden
Rachel Hernandez
as Columba
Patrick Griffiths
as Reporter
Bohemian Cooper
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Audience Reviews for An Angel at My Table

  • Aug 20, 2012
    Fascinating study of oversensitivity as future New Zealand poet laureate endures the slings and arrows of a unpoetic world bent on destroying poetry, or at least ignoring it. Kerry Fox is a round-eyed, trembling terror to behold as a writer mistakenly condemned to the mental ward. This was a television series?!? Excellent work by Campion.
    Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
  • Feb 09, 2008
    Beautiful in every way.
    Michael S Super Reviewer
  • Jul 21, 2007
    A good film...err...okay I have to admit that I can't remember seeing it. Come on!! I see half a gazillion movies!! I have a check next to this film on my list so I must have seen it...hmmm..but for the life of me I can't remember it.
    John B Super Reviewer
  • Feb 17, 2007
    This movie was entirely too long.
    Ida K Super Reviewer
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