Kate Fitzpatrick
{{short description|Australian actress}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2009}}
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| birth_name = Kerry Kathleen Fitzpatrick{{Cite web |url=http://www.panscript.com.au/birthdays.html |title=Panscript |access-date=1 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311205908/http://panscript.com.au/birthdays.html |archive-date=11 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1947|10|1}}
| birth_place = Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1967–present
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Kerry Kathleen Fitzpatrick (born 1 October 1947) known as Kate Fitzpatrick, is an Australian television, film, and theatre actress.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/women-get-second-shot-at-cricket-20061112-gdot64.html|title=Women get second shot at cricket|first=Annette|last=Sharp|date=12 November 2006|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
Early years
Kate grew up in the Adelaide suburb of Dover Gardens, and it was in Adelaide that her love for classical music, art, and cricket developed. A highlight of her early years was being selected by Jeffrey Smart ("Phidias" of the Argonauts Club) for a travelling art scholarship to Japan. At the age of 18, she was accepted as a drama student by NIDA, and moved to Sydney.{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/classic/content/2014/05/07/3998701.htm|title=ABC Classic FM - Midday - Kate Fitzpatrick|website=ABC Classic FM}}
Career
Theatre roles include The Lady of the Camellias, Hamlet, Celluloid Heroes, The Ride Across Lake Constance, Shadows of Blood, Rooted, Kennedy's Children. With the Old Tote Theatre Company she acted in The Legend of King O'Malley, The Season at Sarsaparilla, The Misanthrope, The Threepenny Opera, and Big Toys by Patrick White, who wrote the play for Fitzpatrick. She acted in Visions for the Paris Theatre Company, and in The Recruiting Officer for the Melbourne Theatre Company. She played Magenta in the original Australian production of The Rocky Horror Show in 1974. Her latest appearance (2017) was in Cabaret as Fraülein Schneider.
Fitzpatrick's film roles included appearances in Homesdale (1971), The Office Picnic (1972), Promised Woman (1975), The Great Macarthy (1975), The Removalists (1975), The Night Nurse (1977), Goodbye Paradise (1983), The Return of Captain Invincible (1983) and A World Apart (1988). Her television series appearances include Serpent in the Rainbow, Birds in the Bush, Boney, Something in the Air, Scooter: Secret Agent, Blue Heelers, Marshall Law, Always Greener, and All Saints. In 2006, Fitzpatrick briefly joined the cast of soap opera Neighbours in the role of Loris Timmins. In 2009, Fitzpatrick appeared in Packed to the Rafters in a reprising guest role. In 2010, Fitzpatrick did a short film called Stay Awake, and also appeared on Satisfaction.
In 1983, Fitzpatrick became the world's first female cricketing commentator on television, when she joined the Nine Network cricket commentating team, a gamble by Channel Nine to add a more female approach to the game and attract a larger audience. Allegedly, Fitzpatrick was not welcomed with open arms by the (until then) male bastion of cricket commentators, according to Angela Pippos.{{cite news | url=http://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1013165/girls-aloud | title=Girls aloud | work=The Cricket Monthly | date=June 2016 | agency=ESPN Cricinfo | accessdate=August 15, 2016 | author=Ugra, Sharda}} Nine's tactical move, in placing a female in a cricket commentator role, was not successful and Fitzpatrick didn't return for the following season.
Fitzpatrick is a published author, essayist, and humourist, whose work has appeared in numerous major newspapers and journals over the last 30 years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/name-dropping-20040501-gdiu6n.html|title=Name Dropping|date=1 May 2004|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/name-dropping-an-incomplete-memoir-20040502-gdxs5b.html|title=Name Dropping: An Incomplete Memoir|date=2 May 2004|website=The Age}} Fitzpatrick has also worked as a political speech writer during the 1990s.
Recognition
She also has been awarded the Queen's "Silver Jubilee Medal" for services to the theatre on the Britannia and has recently{{when|date=October 2024}} completed an Arts degree from National Institute of Dramatic Art.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
Personal life
Fitzpatrick has a son named Joe Fitzpatrick with French architect José Albertini. Joe, an Australian commercial real estate professional, is well known in Sydney social circles. Before her marriage, she had a two-year close relationship with Imran Khan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/kiss-me-too-kate-20040329-gdimrp.html|title=Kiss me, too, Kate|date=29 March 2004|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Type |
|---|
| 1971
|Miss Greenoak |Film short |
| 1972
|Shirley Thompson vs. the Aliens |Nurse |Feature film |
| 1972
|{{sortname|The|Office Picnic}} |Mara |Feature film |
| 1975
|Marge |Feature film |
| 1975
|{{sortname|The|Great MacArthy|The Great Macarthy}} |Andrea |Feature film |
| 1975
|{{sortname|The|Removalists|The_Removalists#Film}} |Kate Mason |Feature film |
| 1976
|Rachel |Feature film |
| 1979
|The Audition |Roslyn |Film short |
| 1982
|Mrs. McCreadie |Feature film |
| 1982
|{{sortname|The|Return of Captain Invincible}} |Patty Patria |Feature film |
| 1984
|Betty |Feature film |
| 1984
| Maggie | Feature film |
| 1988
|{{sortname|A|World Apart|A World Apart (1988 film)}} |June Abelson |Feature film |
| 1993
|'General Booth Enters Heaven' Strolling Player |Feature film |
| 1997
|Gloria |Feature film |
| 1997
|Emmerdale: The Dingles Down Under |Sylvia Gibson |Video |
| 2010
|Stay Awake |Mum |Film short |
| 2017
|Serving Joy |Sue |Film short |
| 2020
|The Retreat |Sam |Film short |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Type |
| 1967
| Bellbird | | |
| 1970
| Connie | Episode: "My Millions for a Meal" |
| 1970, 1973, 1976
| Homicide | Rachel Hayes-Manning / Chris Green / Bunny Rogers | 3 episodes: "Peter's Party", "The Adventurer", "Bunny" |
| 1970–1971, 1972
| Suzanne Potter / Elaine / Lorraine Hunt | 3 episodes: "Marvels of Reproduction", "The Monkey Chased the Weasel", "Voice of the Gun" |
| 1971
| Airy Fairy | Episode: "Aunty Jack's Travelling Show" |
| 1972
| |
| 1972
| Redheap | Hetty | 3 episodes |
| 1972
| Michelle | 13 episodes |
| 1972
| Airy Fairy | 1 episode |
| 1973
| Boney | Constable Alice McGorr | Season 2, 13 episodes |
| 1973
| Helen Quigg | Miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1975
| Paula Coburn | 1 episode |
| 1976
| Emily | Miniseries, episode: "The Dam and the Damned" |
| 1976
| Jane | TV film |
| 1976
| The Haunting of Hewie Dowker | | TV film |
| 1976
| | 1 episode |
| 1978
| Prudence Simpson | TV film |
| 1979
| Miss Oregon USA (as Katie Fitzpatrick) | TV special |
| 1980
| Big Toys | | Teleplay |
| 1980
| Stages: Peter Brock and the C.I.C.T in Australia | Presenter | TV special |
| 1980
| Kate Harris | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1981
| Summer Spectrum | Presenter | TV series |
| 1982
| Elene Costard | TV film |
| 1983
| Commentator | |
| 1984
| Maggie Peters | TV film |
| 1984; 1985
| Elene Costard | 2 episodes |
| 1985
| Su | TV film |
| 1986
| Ingrid | Episode: "Long Shot" |
| 1986
| Milady (voice) | Animated TV film |
| 1988
| Elizabeth Parker | |
| 1991
| Chances | Maggie | 1 episode |
| 1992
| The Resting Place | Myra | TV film |
| 1996
| Elizabeth Bishop | TV film series, episode: "Directly from My Heart to You" |
| 1998
| Madeleine Gault | Season 2, episode 2: "Many Unhappy Returns" |
| 1998
| Astra | Episode: "Ambition" |
| 1998
| Helga | Episode: "Too Many Teds" |
| 1998; 2008
| Natasha Reece / Margaret Coolage | 2 episodes: "Heart to Heart", "When Tomorrow Comes" |
| 1998–1999
| Madame Courgette (voice) | |
| 1999
| Trish Fairweather | Episode: "Fairweather Friends" |
| 1999
| Garza | Episode: "Creatures of the Dark" |
| 1999
| Mumbo Jumbo | Dorothy | TV film |
| 2000–2002
| Julia Rutherford | |
| 2001
| Naomi Burke | 2 episodes: "The Blame Game: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 2002
| Susan | 2 episodes: "Mother's Day", "The Samovar" |
| 2002
| Chantal Wilkinson | 3 episodes: "In the Beginning, I Was Afraid", "Opening Gambit" |
| 2005
| Taipan | |
| 2005–2006
| |
| 2006
| Mayor | Episode: "Mother in the Nude" |
| 2006
| Dr. Holt | Episode: "Under the Weather" |
| 2008
| Birgit | Episode: "Fist Furniture" |
| 2008–2009
| Marjorie Stevens | Seasons 1–2 |
| 2010
| Fran | Episode: "Non Standard Package" |
| 2010
| Meg Sinclair | 3 episodes: "The Killer Wore Sneakers", "Ghost House", "Life Is a Rodio" |
| 2012
| Guess How Much I Love You: The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare | Blue Bird (voice) / Narrator | 1 episode |
| 2014
| Guess How Much I Love You: Autumn's Here | Blue Bird (voice) / Narrator | TV film |
| 2015
| Heidi | Barble (voice) | 2 episodes: "First Day in the Mountains", "For a Loaf of Bread" |
| 2016
| Rake | Judith | 1 episode: "4.2" |
=Video game=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Type |
| 2002
| Shadow of the Ghost Bat (voice) | Video game |
Theatre
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Company |
|---|
| | Hamlet
| | STCSA |
| | Macbeth
| | STCSA |
| | The Recruiting Officer
| |
| 1964
| The Importance of Being Earnest | |
| 1970
| |
| 1971
| Hamlet on Ice | Hamlet | Nimrod |
| 1972
| Little Murders | |
| 1972
| Shadows of Blood | | Nimrod |
| 1972
| Rooted | | Nimrod |
| 1973
| Jenny |
| 1974
| Magenta / Usherette | Harry M. Miller at New Arts Cinema, Sydney |
| 1974
| The Ride Across Lake Constance | | Nimrod |
| 1975
| Ginge’s Last Stand | | Nimrod |
| 1975
| | Nimrod |
| 1975
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Gwendolen Fairfax | AETT at Drama Theatre |
| 1976
| Nola Boyle |
| 1977
| Big Toys | Mag |
| 1978
| |
| 1978
| Susannah | AETT |
| 1978
| Visions | Madame Lynch |
| 1979
| Marguerite Gautier | STC |
| 1980
| |
| 1981
| Maggie Murnane |
| 1983-84
| The Actress | Playbox Theatre Company at Playbox Theatre, Melbourne & interstate tour |
| 1984
| Unsuitable for Adults | |
| 1984
| Scapino | |
| 1985
| A Spring Song | Margaret Dennison | Playbox at Studio Theatre |
| 2002
| Post Felicity | Madeleine James | Playbox at Beckett Theatre |
| 2003
| The Fat Boy | Hope | Playbox at Merlyn Theatre for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival |
| 2004
| Julia 3 | Julia | Playbox |
| 2014
| Silky |
| 2017
| Cabaret | Fraülein Schneider | Hayes Theatre Company at Melbourne Athenaeum |
| 2024
|Elizabeth |Queensland Theatre Company |
Bibliography
- {{cite book | author = Kate Fitzpatrick| title = Name dropping : an incomplete memoir | publisher = Pymble, N.S.W. : HarperCollins| year = 2004| isbn = 0-7322-7468-0}}
- {{cite book | author = Kate Fitzpatrick| title = Air Mail : Three women Letters from five continents | publisher = John Wiley & sons Australia LTD| year = 2005}}
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0280553|name=Kate Fitzpatrick}}
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