Acting
Melissa Thomas
Born November 1, 1974 (age 51)
Melissa Thomas (born November 1, 1974) is a retired Australian actress. She is the daughter of the musician and record producer G. Wayne Thomas, (Morning of the Earth) and co-starred and friend with Heath Ledger in the television series Sweat (1996). Thomas moved to Los Angeles in 1999. She wrote a thirteen part series and sold the rights for an undisclosed amount, she worked between various net…
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Ghost Town · 2008Ghost Town
★ 6.52008
MovieComedyRomance
Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, a smooth-talking ghost, who pesters him into a romantic scheme involving his widow Gwen. They are soon entangled in a hilarious predicament between the now and the hereafter!
Swimming Upstream · 2003Swimming Upstream
★ 6.82003
MovieDrama
A young man aspiring for recognition of his talents battles against his estranged father's sentiment towards him as the father deals with his own demons.
Thank God He Met Lizzie · 1997Thank God He Met Lizzie
★ 4.81997
MovieComedyRomance
The romantic myth is exposed for Guy when he is plagued by memories of an old girlfriend on his wedding day.
Dallas Doll · 1994Dallas Doll
★ 3.71994
MovieComedy
Dallas, an American golf tutor, arrives in a quiet Sydney suburb to teach at the local school and sets about causing chaos with the family she stays with.
Screen Two · 1985Screen Two
★ 7.11985
SeriesDrama
Series of single made-for-television dramas.
E Street · 1989E Street
★ 6.71989
SeriesSoapDrama
An Australian television soap opera, set in a tough fictional inner-city district called Westside. The stories revolve around the local community there. Created by Forrest Redlich and produced by Network Ten from 24 January 1989 to 13 May 1993.
Sweat · 1996Sweat
★ 3.61996
SeriesDrama
Sweat is an Australian drama series created by John Rapsey and produced by Barron Entertainment in Perth. The show aired on Network Ten in 1996 and centred around students at an Australian school for the athletically gifted.
Sweat was Heath Ledger's first regular role on a television series; he played Snowy Bowles, a gay cyclist.
Scenes shot in & around Perth included at locations such as Challenge Stadium & the now defunct Perry Lakes Stadium, scene of the 1962 Commonwealth Games.
Brides of Christ · 1991Brides of Christ
★ 7.31991
SeriesDrama
Diane, a young woman growing up in Australia in the mid 1960s, walks away from her fiancé to join a convent after being sure she has a calling to the faith. The Catholic Church and its followers are struggling with huge changes. The Pope has died, there is war in Vietnam and mandatory conscription, there is the Vatican controversy on abortion and contraception, and the changing face of the Church as a whole. Told in six parts, Diane faces her own demons and has to finally decide if she can teach what the Church preaches, or if it's simply impossible for her to reconcile all the contradictions of the faith and uphold her vow of obedience.
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