Elly & Jools
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Elly & Jools is an Australia
n children's television series
that originally aired on the Nine Network
in 1990. It starred Rebecca Smart
as Elinor 'Elly' Lockett and Clayton Williamson as Julian 'Jools' Trevaller. It also featuredred Abigail
, Anne Tenney
, Peter Fisher
, Dennis Miller, Damon Herriman
and Vanessa Collier.
The dog which appeared in the series also played the dingo in the Meryl Streep and Sam Neill film, A Cry in the Dark
.
of Elly, a young girl. Elly befriends the Trevaller's son Jools, who tries to help solve the mystery of her murder.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n children's television series
Children's television series
Children's television series, are commercial television programs designed for, and marketed to children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run in the early evening, for the children that go to school...
that originally aired on the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
in 1990. It starred Rebecca Smart
Rebecca Smart
Rebecca Elizabeth Smart is an Australian actress born in Tamworth, Australia.Smart has performed in movies like The Coca-Cola Kid, Violet's Visit and Blackrock as well as television shows and miniseries like Elly & Jools, The Shiralee and Water Rats.She won the Most Popular Actress in a...
as Elinor 'Elly' Lockett and Clayton Williamson as Julian 'Jools' Trevaller. It also featuredred Abigail
Abigail (actress)
Abigail is an actress who emigrated to Australia in 1968 and via the media of television became one of that country's significant sex symbols of the mid-1970s. Although born in England, she was educated in France. Her mother was a Ceylonese of Dutch Burgher/Eurasian ethnicity...
, Anne Tenney
Anne Tenney
Anne Tenney is an Australian film and television actress, probably best known for her role as Molly Jones in the television drama A Country Practice and as Sal Kerrigan in The Castle.-Career:...
, Peter Fisher
Peter Fisher
Peter Fisher may refer to:* Peter Fisher * Peter Fisher * Peter Fisher , Scottish professional association footballer * Peter Fisher Peter Fisher may refer to:* Peter Fisher (Australian actor) (born 1955)* Peter Fisher (Australian politician) (born 1936)* Peter Fisher (footballer), Scottish...
, Dennis Miller, Damon Herriman
Damon Herriman
Damon Herriman is an Australian actor who is best known for his role in drama series Love My Way.Damon Herriman was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He began acting in local television commercials at the age of eight, but it was not until he was cast as Frank Errol in The Sullivans two years...
and Vanessa Collier.
The dog which appeared in the series also played the dingo in the Meryl Streep and Sam Neill film, A Cry in the Dark
A Cry in the Dark
Evil Angels is a 1988 Australian film directed by Fred Schepisi. The screenplay by Schepisi and Robert Caswell is based on John Bryson's 1985 book Evil Angels, the title under which the film was released in Australia...
.
Plot synopsis
The Trevaller family move from the city to a new house in a small country town called Waterloo Creek - a town full of weird and wonderful characters. The house they move into is haunted by the ghostGhost
In traditional belief and fiction, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living. Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to...
of Elly, a young girl. Elly befriends the Trevaller's son Jools, who tries to help solve the mystery of her murder.