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Article: Therese Denny's a changing race. (Film).(making of 1960's documentary on Australian aborigines considered)
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- October 1, 2001
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WHO IS THERESE DENNY? Well you might ask 2001; but in 1964 Denny was modestly famous in Australia and Great Britain. Her interviews with celebrities such as Danny Kaye and John Mills had been heard all over Australia on The Showman and Denny had produced a string of successful documentaries for BBC television. These included a series on famous battles by General Sir Brian Horrocks and an equally famous program on British society with Malcolm Muggeridge. What's more, in spite of a "terribly British" manner--she really did say things like "absolutely fabulous"--Therese Denny was Australian.
So when in 1963 she returned here on exchange from the BBC, Denny had the ...