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Richard Wherrett(1941-2001)

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Richard Wherrett was born in 1941 in Australia. He was a director, known for The Girl Who Met Simone de Beauvoir in Paris (1980), Billy's Holiday (1995) and Jesus Christ Superstar (1992). He died on 7 December 2001 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Born1941
DiedDecember 7, 2001
Born1941
DiedDecember 7, 2001
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

The Girl Who Met Simone de Beauvoir in Paris
Short
  • Director
  • 1980
Billy's Holiday (1995)
Billy's Holiday
5.2
  • Director
  • 1995
Jesus Christ Superstar
6.0
Video
  • Director
  • 1992
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
TV Movie
  • Director
  • 1996

Credits

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Director

  • Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1996
  • The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
    8.4
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1995
  • Billy's Holiday (1995)
    Billy's Holiday
    5.2
    • Director
    • 1995
  • Jesus Christ Superstar
    6.0
    Video
    • Director
    • 1992
  • David Atkins and Jacki Weaver in The Girl from Moonooloo (1983)
    The Girl from Moonooloo
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1983
  • The Girl Who Met Simone de Beauvoir in Paris
    Short
    • Director
    • 1980
  • John Bell in Hamlet (1974)
    Hamlet
    TV Movie
    • directed for the stage by
    • 1974
  • The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1972

Additional Crew

  • Max Cullen, Maggie Kirkpatrick, Pamela Rabe, Kerry Walker, Patrick White, and Paul Blackwell in The Ham Funeral (1990)
    The Ham Funeral
    TV Movie
    • director: Sydney Theatre Company
    • 1990

Personal details

  • Born
    • 1941
    • Australia
  • Died
    • December 7, 2001
    • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia(liver failure)
  • Other works
    He directed the Steven J. Spears' play, "The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin," at the Mayfair Theatre in London, England with Gordon Chater in the cast.

Did you know

  • Trivia
    He was awarded the A.M. (Member of the Order of Australia) in the 1984 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to the theatre as a producer and director.

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