Although Ginette McDonald is best known as the gormless, vowel-mangling girl-from-the-suburbs Lynn of Tawa, she is a woman of many parts. Alongside an extensive acting and presenting career, her work as producer and director spans three decades, and includes Peppermint Twist, Shark in the Park, and Maurice Gee classic The Fire-Raiser.
[Comedy] teeters dangerously between poignancy and laughter. It sort of sucks away the sadness. Sometimes the most tragic things make you laugh. Ginette McDonald, in her interview for 2019 TV series Funny As: The Story of NZ Comedy
Interview, 2019
Interview, 2010
2024, As: Neighbour - Film
2024, As: Sally Pile - Film
2022, As: Josie - Television
2021, As: Gretchen Atkinson - Web
2021, Subject - Television
2021, As: Gretchen Atkinson - Television
2019, Subject - Television
2019, Subject - Television
2013, Subject - Television
2011, As: Rhonda - Television
2010, Subject - Film
2010, As: Vivienne Elbackery - Short Film
2010, Subject - Television
2010, Subject - Television
2009, As: Marriage Celebrant - Film
2008 - 2011, Subject - Television
2008, Subject - Television
2006, As: Rosa Falcone - Television
2006, Subject - Television
2005, As: Lynn of Tawa - Television
2003, Presenter - Television
2002, Affirmative Team Leader - Television
2001, Presenter - Television
2001, Writer, Presenter - Television
2001, Presenter - Television
2001, Affirmative Team Leader - Television
2001, Presenter - Television
1999, Guest - Television
1999, As: Helen Davies - Television
1999, Subject - Television
1998, As: Gypsy Rose - Television
1998, As: Cynthia Glass - Short Film
1998 - 2003, Presenter, Writer - Television
1998, Executive Producer - Comedy Playhouse Series - Television
1998, Presenter - Television
1998, Presenter - Television
1998, As: Gypsy Rose - Television
1997, Subject - Television
1997, Producer, Script Editor - Television
1996, Subject - Television
1996, Subject - Television
1996, Presenter - Television
1995, Subject - Television
1995, As: Martha - Television
1995, Producer - Television
1995, Producer, As: Steph - Television
1995, Producer - Television
1994, As: Lynn of Tawa - Television
1993 - 1994, Panelist - Television
1993, Panelist - Television
1993, Producer - Television
1992, Compilation Producer - Television
1992, Producer - Television
1991, As: Lynn of Tawa - Commercial
1991, As: Lynn of Tawa, Writer, Producer - Television
1991, Producer, Writer, As: Lynn of Tawa - Television
1990, Subject - Television
1989, Team Leader - Television
1989, Team Leader - Television
1989, Director - Television
1989, Producer - Television
1989, As: Lady Guinevere Galaxy - Television
1989, Director - Television
1989 - 1991, Subject - Television
1989 - 1991, Director - Television
1989, Producer - Television
1989, As: Lynn of Tawa - Television
1988, Director - Television
1987, Creator, Producer - Television
1987, Creator, Producer - Television
1986, Producer - Television
1986 - 1987, Director - Television
1986, Director - Television
1986, Producer - Television
1986, Producer - Television
1985, Director, Producer - Television
1985, As: Lynn of Tawa - Commercial
1985, Director - Television
1984 - 1985, Director - Television
1984, Director - Television
1983, Director - Television
1983 - 1990, As: Hera Ngoungou, Director - Television
1983, As: Hera Ngoungou - Television
1983 - 1985, Director - Television
1982, As: Lynn of Tawa - Television
1981, As: Lynn of Tawa - Television
1981 - 1985, Producer, Director - Television
1980 - 1982, Writer, As: Lynn of Tawa - Television
1980, As: Lynn of Tawa - Television
1980, Actor - Television
1979, As: Judith's School Chum - Television
1978, As: Kate - Television
1978, As: Shirley Pagett - Television
1975 - 1983, As: Shirley Paget, Director - Television
1975 - 2001, Director - Television
1971 - 1972, As: Diana Thorpe - Television
1971, As: Diana Thorpe - Television
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