Deidre Rubenstein
Deidre Rubenstein (born 1948)
Rubenstein graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1967[2] and has worked extensively in live theatre, television, films and as a narrator of audio books. She has produced a significant body of work as a narrator of audio books and has won several awards in this field.[3]
Television work
Rubenstein has worked in television comedies, drama, mini-series and TV movies.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Type |
---|---|---|---|
1990 | Breaking Through | Ann | Film |
1991 | The Girl Who Came Late (aka Daydream Believer)
|
Trish Schultz | Feature film |
1996 | The Inner Sanctuary | Peggy | Feature film |
1999 | Siam Sunset | Celia Droon | Feature film |
2000 | The Calling | Martha O’Connor | Short film |
2001 | Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes | Las Vegas Judge | TV film |
2002 | Secret Bridesmaids' Business | Ruth | TV film |
2004 | Josh Jarman | Theatre Actress | Feature film |
2008 | Salvation | Gloria’s Coach | Feature film |
2008 | Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger
|
Mrs Fleisher | Feature film |
2011 | Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away | Uncredited | TV film |
2015 | Force of Destiny | Miriam | Feature film |
2023 | The Rooster | Mrs Poulson | Feature film |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Type |
---|---|---|---|
1970 | Homicide | Jane | TV series, 1 episode |
1978-1980 | Prisoner | Janet Dominguez
|
TV series, 5 episodes |
1980 | Water Under the Bridge | Lainey | TV series, 3 episodes |
1982 | The Mike Walsh Show | Guest - Herself with Tony Taylor | TV series, 1 episode |
1985 | Palace of Dreams | Chana Mendel | Miniseries, 10 episodes |
1988 | Australians | Nance | Miniseries, 1 episode |
1988 | Rafferty's Rules | Peggy Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1988 | A Country Practice | Helen Morris | TV series, 2 episodes |
1989 | E Street | Louise Baker | TV series, 1 episode |
1989 | G.P. | Iris Grimshaw | TV series, Recurring role |
1996 | Mercury | Steffi Petrakis | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
1997-2003 | Blue Heelers | Helen Delaney, Magda Lapenscu | TV series, 2 episodes |
2000 | Introducing Gary Petty | Nancy | TV series, 6 episodes |
2001-02 | BackBerner | Psychologist | TV series, 2 episodes |
2002 | The Secret Life of Us | Nathan’s Mum | TV series, 2 episodes |
2002 | MDA | Dr Fallows | TV series, 1 episode |
2004 | Neighbours | Svetlanka Ristic
|
TV series, 12 episodes |
2007 | Kick | Reva Feinmann | Miniseries, 1 episode |
2008 | Saddle Club
|
Rosemary Cross | TV series, 1 episode |
2008 | City Homicide | Cheridah Lapstone | TV series, 1 episode |
2021 | Superwog | Agnes | YouTube series, 1 episode |
Theatre
Rubenstein's career in the theatre includes work with several major Australian companies, including the Nimrod Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company.[5]
In 1993, she had a solo show called What's a Girl to Do?,
This show inspired her to do another solo show using work commissioned for her, work that was written to be performed live. She was awarded a Victorian Government Women Artist's Grant and commission contemporary writers to produce the performance pieces that were later and produced in a book called Confidentially yours. The first performance was in the Playbox Theatre Centre, C.U.B
In 2005, Rubenstein performed in Menopause the Musical, a comedy breaking down the taboos about menopause.[9] With Caroline Gillmer, Susan-Ann Walker and Jane Clifton, Rubenstein, as "The Dubbo Housewife", explored the stereotypes and madness of that time in a woman's life.
In 2015, she played Gertrude Stein in the musical Loving Repeating - a Musical of Gertrude Stein in Melbourne.
Awards and nominations
- 1996 – a recipient of the inaugural Women Artists Grants, a Victorian Government initiative to encourage emerging women artists living and working in Victoria.[10]
- 1998 – TDK Australian Audio Book Awards Narrator Award for Unabridged Fiction:[11] Dreamtime Alice by Mandy Sayer
- 2001 – Vision Australia Library Awards, joint winner of the Adult Narrator of the Year Award[12] with James Wright reading of The Architect by Jillian Watkinson.
Bibliography
- Rubenstein, Deirdre, ed. (1998). Confidentially yours (Australian Drama – 20th Century). Melbourne: Currency Press, Sydney, in Association with Playbox Theatre Centre, Monash University. ISBN 0-86819-553-7.
References
- ^ "Australian Library Collection". Libraries Australia. Retrieved 8 August 2007.
- ^ "NIDA Graduates". NIDA. Archived from the original on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
- ^ "Bibliography in Louis Braille Audio Books". 30 June 2007. Archived from the original on 27 June 2002.
- ^ a b "IMDb Filmography". 30 June 2007.
- ^ "Deirdre Rubenstein as "The Dubbo Housewife"". 2 February 2005. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007.
- ^ "What's a Girl To Do? By Deidre Rubenstein". Playbox theatre Center General Information. Archived from the original on 31 August 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2007.
- ISBN 0-86819-553-7.
- ^ Rubenstein (1998). p.iv
- ^ "Flushed with Success". The Age. Melbourne. 31 January 2005.
- ^ "News Release: Women Artists Honoured". 6 May 1997. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Medial Release: TDK Australian Audio Book Awards celebrate 10 years of excellence". 11 November 1998.
- ^ "Louis Braille Audio Award List". 30 June 2007. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013.
External links
- Deidre Rubenstein at IMDb
- doollee.com – Playwrights
- Candide reviews Nimrod Theatre (Retrieved 8 August 2007)