Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet

Synopsis

Marjorie grew up in Winchelsea in country Victoria, Australia, dreaming of becoming an opera star like Dame Nellie Melba. In 1928 she went to Paris to study opera without knowing a word of French and having never heard of Richard Wagner. In 1941, at the height her success, she was tragically cut down by polio and became completely paralysed. With the help of Australian nurse, Sister Kenny, Marjorie regained movement in her upper body and resumed her career in a wheelchair. In 1955, MGM made a movie of her life, "Interrupted Melody", starring Eleanor Parker and Glenn Ford, which won an Academy Award.

Main Cast

Kiri Te Kanawa

Narrator

Age : 80 | Popularity : 5%

Ita Buttrose

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Richard Bonynge

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Brian Castles Onion

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Miki Oikawa

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

John Bolton-Wood

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Wayne Groom
Production	Producer	Wayne Groom Carolyn Bilsborow
Directing	Director	Wayne Groom
Editing	Editor	Carolyn Bilsborow
Camera	Director of Photography	Carolyn Bilsborow
Department	Role	Name

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