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Michael Blakemore

Australian actor (1928-2023) · Australia · On the map · Directors · Died at 95

Michael Howell Blakemore AO OBE was an Australian actor, writer and theatre director who also made some films. A former Associate Director of the National Theatre, in 2000 he became the only individual to win Tony Awards for Best Director of a Play and Musical in the same year for Copenhagen and Kiss Me, Kate.

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2023Died10 December 20232003Officer of the Order of AustraliaAwardThree SistersFilm, 2003Director2000Tony Award for Best Direction of a MusicalAwardTony Award for Best Direction of a PlayAward1994Country LifeFilm, Director, Writer1988Tales from the Hollywood Hills: The Old ReliableFilm, Director1983A Personal History of the Australian SurfFilm, Director, WriterPrivates on ParadeFilm, 1983Director1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries, Writer1965Catch Us If You CanFilm, Officer1964RedcapSeries, Captain Jameson1959The Captain's TableFilm, Steward (uncredited)The Heart of a ManFilm, 1959Man1958The LarkinsSeries, Shop Manager1956The Adventures of Sir LancelotSeries, Cedric1928Born18 June 1928

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Filmography 8

16 credits on file

Television 4

Awards

Officer of the Order of Australia2003
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play2000
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical2000

About this person

Country
Australia
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 2023 · aged 95

In the same film or series as Michael

Lou JacobiAlso in Tales from the Hollywood Hills: The Old Reliable (1988)Rick HuxleyAlso in Catch Us If You Can (1965)Neil PearsonAlso in Privates on Parade (1983)Derek WaringAlso in The Heart of a Man (1959)Susannah WiseAlso in Three Sisters (2003)