# Sandy Gore

Sandy Gore (born 28 June 1950) is an Australian film, stage and television actress. She has had an extensive stage career in Australia with the Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company including playing Vivian in Wit (2000) and Maria in Uncle Vanya (2010), reprising the latter role in New York in 2012.

## Career

On television, Gore appeared in the hit series Prisoner in 1980, as Kay White, the payroll-embezzling accountant who met a sticky end when her gambling addiction gets the better of her. Also, she has starred as Mother Ambrose in the 1991 mini-series Brides of Christ and had guest roles in TV series such as Grass Roots and Farscape. She played Heckla in the 1992 children's sci-fi series Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left. She also appeared as Anja in Paws and as a guest role in Rafferty's Rules.
She was nominated three times for the Australian Film Institute Award (now AACTA Awards) for Best Supporting Actress, for her work in the Australian films Norman Loves Rose (1982), Undercover (1983) and Street Hero (1984). She also appeared in Evil Angels (1988), Lorenzo's Oil (1992) and in the epic film Australia (2008)
Gore has worked extensively with the Melbourne Theatre Company and the Sydney Theatre Company. Her stage roles include an acclaimed performance in the play Wit in 2000. She played Baptista in the 2009 Australian tour of The Taming of the Shrew with the Bell Shakespeare Company, while in 2010, she was cast as Maria in the Sydney Theatre Company production of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, alongside Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh and reprised the role in 2012, when it transferred to New York at the New York City Center theatre.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1970 | The Lady from Peking | Marisa Russo | Feature film |
| 1972 | Pisces Dying | | Film short |
| 1972 | The Man Who Played With Boats | | Film short |
| 1974 | Petersen | Suburban Housewife | Feature film |
| 1976 | Eliza Fraser | Lady | Feature film |
| 1978 | The ABC of Love and Sex: Australia Style | Narrator | Feature film documentary |
| 1981 | The Stranger | | Film short |
| 1982 | Momento | | Film short |
| 1982 | Dead Easy | Frieda | Feature film |
| 1982 | Norman Loves Rose | Maureen | Feature film |
| 1983 | Moving Out | Miss Stanislaus | Feature film |
| 1983 | Night of Shadows | Margo / Clare Neale / Lucy | Film short |
| 1984 | Undercover | Nina | Feature film |
| 1984 | Street Hero | Bonnie Rogers | Feature film |
| 1984 | Access Code | Uncredited | Feature film |
| 1988 | Grievous Bodily Harm | Barbara Helmsley | Feature film |
| 1988 | Evil Angels (aka A Cry in the Dark) | Joy Kuhl | Feature film |
| 1989 | Luigi's Ladies | Cee | Feature film |
| 1989 | Minnamurra | Maude Richards | Feature film |
| 1992 | Lorenzo's Oil | Murphy Family | Feature film |
| 1997 | Paws | Anja | Feature film |
| 1998 | Kissing Katie Sandstrom | | Film short |
| 2000 | The Magic Pudding | Frog on the Log (voice) | Animated feature film |
| 2006 | Darklovestory | Vera | Feature film |
| 2008 | Australia | Gloria Carney | Feature film |
| 2013 | Only One | Consultant | Film short |
| 2015 | Now Add Honey | Diane | Feature film |
| 2015 | Super Awesome! | Clarice Zegrab | Feature film |
| 2015 | Women He's Undressed | Hedda Hopper / Louella Parsons | documentary film |
| 2021 | Dust Cloud | Francine | Film short |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1967 | Bellbird | | TV series |
| 1969-1973 | Homicide | June Higgins / Jenny Moloney / Ruthie Miles / Ruth Cross | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 1969-1974 | Division 4 | Josie Nash / Mary Roberts / Martha Baldwin / Marie | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 1970 | The Link Men | Dale | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1970 | The Juggler | | TV movie |
| 1972 | Dust or Polish | Rita | TV movie |
| 1972 | The Norman Lindsay Festival - Dust or Polish? | Rita | TV play |
| 1974 | Matlock Police | Evelyn Armstrong | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1975 | Cash and Company | Madam | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1975 | Quality of Mercy | Sandy | TV series, 1 episode "Send Him On His Way Rejoicing" |
| 1976 | Taggart's Treasure | | TV movie |
| 1979 | Ray Lawler Trilogy | Nancy Wells / Pearl Cunningham | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1979 | Cop Shop | Margaret Jamieson | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1979 | Twenty Good Years | Reba Cohen | TV series |
| 1980 | Prisoner | Kay White | TV series, 18 episodes |
| 1981 | Bellamy | Leanne | TV series, 1 episode 25. "The Fizz" |
| 1981 | I Can Jump Puddles | Miss Claws | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1984 | The Mike Walsh Show | Guest (with John O'May) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1984; 1991 | A Country Practice | Barbara Bolton / Meg Cullen | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1985; 1988 | The Flying Doctors | unknown role | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1985 | Fitness - Make It Your Own Business | Herself | Film documentary |
| 1985 | I Can't Get Started | Jenny | TV movie |
| 1985 | Remember Me | Adele | TV movie |
| 1988 | The Clean Machine | Marcia Irving | TV movie |
| 1988 | The Flying Doctors | Ann Williams | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1988; 1990 | Rafferty's Rules | Helen Hawthorne | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1989; 1991 | Chances | Connie Taylor | TV movie (unaired) |
| 1991 | Brides of Christ | Mother Ambrose | TV miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 1991 | A Country Practice | Meg Cullen | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 1991 | Chances | | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1992 | Six Pack | Analyst | TV series, 1 episode "Mimi Goes to the Analyst" |
| 1993-1994 | Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left | Hecla | TV series, 14 episodes |
| 1993-1994 | Newlyweds | Irene Carter | TV series, 52 episodes |
| 1993-2000 | Good Morning Australia | Herself | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 1995 | Spirits of the Forest | Narrator | TV documentary |
| 1999 | Mumbo Jumbo | Phyllis | TV movie |
| 2000-2003 | Farscape | Nurse Vreena / Judge | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2000 | Murder Call | Penny Satchwell | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2000-2003 | Grass Roots | Dr. Salwah Mandikis | TV series, 18 episodes |
| 2004 | Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars | Muoma | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Rake | District Court Judge | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2016 | Here Come the Habibs | Tetta | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Diary of an Uber Driver | Anne | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2021 | The Unusual Suspects | Jeannie | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 2023 | Totally Completely Fine | Gloria | 1 episode |
| 2023 | Bay of Fires | George | TV series, 1 episode |