Esme Melville, was an Australian theatre, television and film actress, she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role of Miss Collard in "Romulus, My Father", an Australian drama film, directed by Richard Roxburgh, released in what year?
Esme Melville Esme Melville (born Esme Grace Mount-Melville, 23 July 1918 – 14 September 2006) was an Australian theatre, television and film actress. At the Tropfest awards for 2003 she won Best Actor – Female for her role of Granma in the short film, "Forbidden". At the 2007 Australian Film Institute Awards she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role of Miss Collard in "Romulus, My Father". Her theatre roles included Mrs. Bedwin in "Oliver!" (1961–62, 1966–67). Melville had four separate ongoing roles on television soap opera, "Neighbours", including as Rose Belker during 2006. She died on 14 September 2006 after a short illness, aged 88.
The Tree (2010 film) The Tree is a French-Australian 2010 film co-produced between Australia and France. It was filmed in the small town of Boonah in Queensland, Australia and follows the lives of Dawn (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and her four children after the unexpected death of her husband Peter (Aden Young). The film is an adaptation of the debut novel "Our Father Who Art in the Tree" by Australian writer and performer Judy Pascoe. The film closed the Cannes Film Festival on 23 May 2010 following the Awards Ceremony and received a seven-minute standing ovation. As well as this, The Tree premiered at the 2010 Sydney Film Festival. The film is distributed in the US by Zeitgeist Films, opening on 15 July 2011 in New York, on 22 July in Los Angeles, Boston and Washington, D.C., and throughout the country over the summer.