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Ginette McDonald

Curated by NZ On Screen team 66 items
A collection devoted to actor, comedian, director and producer Ginette McDonald.
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Ginette McDonald
Ginette McDonald
Curated by NZ On Screen team

Overview

Ginette McDonald — actor, director, certified Kiwi legend. This collection showcases all of those skills, from generous dollops of her beloved comic creation Lynn of Tawa, to interviews, award-winning dramatic roles (Pioneer Women), and examples of her work as a director (Gliding On) and producer (The Champion, Peppermint Twist). Our Ginette smorgasbord also finds room for bite-sized tributes by fans and colleagues, and two memorable backgrounders: a tribute to Ginette, Lynn and the Kiwi accent by writer and comedian Michèle A'Court, and a captivating personal account by Michael McDonald — Ginette's brother and fellow Lynn of Tawa conspirator.

Profiles

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Ginette McDonald
Actor, Producer, Director

Television

Lynn of Tawa Show - First Episode
Television 1982
Magic Kiwis - Lynn & Fred
Television 1990
Talkback - Excerpt
Television 2021
Lynn of Tawa - Special
Television 1980
Pioneer Women - Hera Ngoungou
Television 1983
1981 Royal Variety Performance
Television 1981
Rocked the Nation - No 21: The New Zealand Accent
Television 2008
Ground Force - First Episode
Television 1998
Pukemanu - Pukemanu Welcomes You (first episode)
Television 1971
My Life is Murder - Silent Lights (Season 3, Episode 5)
Television 2022
All Things Being Equal - 22 September 1978 Episode
Television 1978
Dead Certs
Television 1995
Face Value - Her New Life
Television 1995
The Hitch-Hiker
Television 1996
Good Day – The Judith Fyfe Celebrity Pot Roast Show
Television 1979
Lynn of Tawa - In Search of the Great New Zealand Male
Television 1994
The Fire-Raiser (TV movie)
Television 1986
The Champion - First Episode
Television 1989
Variety Spectacular - A Night with the Stars
Television 1989
P.A. for a Day - Helen Clark (Episode Three)
Television 2001
Close to Home - Episode 300
Television 1978
Trick or Treatment
Television 1998
Seven Sharp - Ginette McDonald
Television 2013
Warts & All - Ginette McDonald à la Carte
Television 2003
Warts & All - Ginette McDonald Probes the Police
Television 2001
The Great TV3 Comedy Debate - Rugby, It's Only a Game
Television 2002
The Great TV3 Comedy Debate - We Need More Women on Top
Television 2001
Country GP - Episode 22
Television 1984
Gliding On - The Work Experience Scheme (Series Five, Episode Two)
Television 1985
Open House - Shades of Blue
Television 1986
Shark in the Park - Lamb to the Slaughter (Series One, Episode Three)
Television 1989
Pioneer Women - Ettie Rout
Television 1983
Strassman - Series One, Episode Seven
Television 1999
Joyful and Triumphant
Television 1993
Once a Convent Girl
Television 1995
Give Us a Clue - excerpt
Television 2021
Bert and Maisy - Christmas (She's Funny at the Moment, They Both Are)
Television 1989
Ngā Wahine
Television 1997
Dunnies Down Under
Television 2001
Rabbiters Rest - Dust to Dust
Television 1985
Don't Tell Me - First Episode
Television 1989
Duggan: Time and Tide
Television 1999
The Deep End - The Captain's Play
Television 1980
William Shatner's A Twist in the Tale: The Magician
Television 1998
Doves of War - Full Series
Television 2006
Rage
Television 2011
Space Knights - The Golden Knight (First Episode)
Television 1989
Dilemmas - 3 December 1993
Television 1993
Face Value - A Real Dog
Television 1995
Face Value - House Rules
Television 1995
New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English
Television 2005
Beyond a Joke!
Television 1996
50 Years of New Zealand Television: 6 - A Sense of Identity
Television 2010
Who Laughs Last?
Television 2006
Kiwiana
Television 1996
Kiwiana - Kiwi As
Television 1997

Collection Gallery

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Ginette McDonald in the make-up chair, before playing Shirley in Close to Home.
Photo courtesy of Michael McDonald
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Lynn of Tawa on Good Day in 1979, in her first television appearance. 
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Lynn of Tawa (Ginette McDonald) says hello to the Queen, during the 1981 Royal Command Performance.
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Ginette McDonald and Simon O'Connor in 70s sitcom All Things Being Equal.
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Ginette McDonald as Regan, in a 1983 Circa Theatre production of King Lear.
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Ginette McDonald and Susan Wilson in Tom Stoppard play Travesties; Downstage Theatre, Wellington 1975.
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Longtime friends Ginette McDonald and John Clarke.
Courtesy of Michael McDonald
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Ginette McDonald and former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Photo courtesy of Ginette and Michael McDonald
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Richard Driver (then Dick Driver) with Lynn of Tawa (Ginette McDonald) in 1989.
Kindly supplied by The Dominion Post
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Ginette McDonald playing her most famous character: Lynn of Tawa.
Kindly provided by Onfilm
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Lynn of Tawa interviews Elton John, for Lynn's 1980 one-off TV special.
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Jed Brophy and Ginette McDonald in 1998 short film Group Therapy.
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Producer Ginette McDonald on the set of 1989 series The Champion. McDonald and director Peter Sharp had previously worked together on award-winner The Fire-Raiser (1986).
Photo courtesy of TVNZ
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The Pascoe family in 1989 series The Champion: from left to right, Gloria (played by Meredith Braun), Alf (Alistair Douglas), Rex (Milan Borich), and Bernice (Sarah Peirse).
Photo courtesy of TVNZ
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The Hi-Tones, the budding pop group which featured on Peppermint Twist. From left, Spiro (Stanley Findlay), Harvey (Stephen Judd), Joseph (Iain Rea) and Chris (Murray Keane).
Photo courtesy of TVNZ