About The Getting of Wisdom
- Released on August 25, 1977
The Getting of Wisdom is based on the 1910 novel by Henry Handel Richardson (born Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson). Her novel is thought to be an account of her own schooldays at the Presbyterian Ladies College in Melbourne. The film is about a young girl, Laura Tweedle-Rambotham who grew up in the outback, and at around the age of 14, is sent off by her poor mother who has scrimped and saved for her to go to a prestigious women’s private college in Melbourne, the Presbyterian Ladies College.
Full Cast of The Getting of Wisdom
Susannah Fowle plays Laura Tweedle Rambotham
Hilary Ryan plays Evelyn
Terence Donovan plays Tom McNamara
Patricia Kennedy plays Miss Chapman
Sheila Helpmann plays Mrs. Gurley
Candy Raymond plays Miss Zielinski
Barry Humphries plays Rev. Strachey
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