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Diane Cilento

Actress Diane Cilento talks candidly about the journey she has taken from international stardom to spiritual fulfilment.
Series : Australian Biography Series 8 | Year : 2001 | Total Duration : 25.5 Minutes | Producer : Robin Hughes
Director : Robin Hughes |
Interview Diane Cilento talking about her life's journey, 2001. Super. Freeze frame. Still b&w grainy photograph Diane Cilento's mother Phyllis as young woman in academic cap and gown. B&W photo pan from Cilento's mother to father, Sir Raphael Cilento, standing behind with hands on her shoulders. B&W photo ECU Cilento's mother. Pan to baby .
Access No. 131176 | 1 min 2 secs | Unknown | Qld, Australia | © Diane Cilento | Colour |
CU magazine article on diets and vitamins in b&w featuring Diane Cilento's mother, Lady Phyllis Cilento. CU Lady Phyllis' photograph in article, captioned as nutrition expert.
Access No. 131177 | 10 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Australian Consolidated Press | B&W |
Still b&w photograph large house, the Cilento family home. Interview Diane Cilento describing home life,2001. Still b&w photograph Diane Cilento as young girl. B&W photo two children on edge of sand dune, girl leaping off. B&W photo Diane as young girl in school uniform holding hat , with blunt hair cut. B&W photo Diane as young girl in fancy dress costume. B&W grainy photo young Diane and brother. Pan right to two other photos of Diane.
Access No. 131178 | 58 secs | 1940s | Qld, Australia | © Diane Cilento | B&W |
Interview Diane Cilento talking about rebellion against authority,2001. Still b&w group photograph Cilento family. Slow zoom to Diane smiling.
Access No. 131179 | 21 secs | 1940s | Qld, Australia | © Diane Cilento | B&W |
CU handwritten form with ÒexpelledÓ stamped across it in b&w. Name of Elizabeth Diane Cilento written at top of form, dated 1946.
Access No. 131180 | 5 secs | 1940s | Qld, Australia | © The Glennie School | B&W |
Still b&w photograph Sir Raphael Cilento, father of Diane Cilento, in academic gown.
Access No. 131181 | 7 secs | 1940s | Unknown | © Diane Cilento | B&W |
Archival b&w footage New York city aerials, showing skyscrapers / high-rises. Interview Diane Cilento saying she didn't attend the school in NY. Archival b&w footage New York city, 1940s . VS street scenes including Times Square, pedestrians, traffic, cabs, subway entrance. Interview Diane Cilento talking about truancy,2001.
Access No. 131182 | 28 secs | 1940s | New York, NY, USA | © Film World | B&W |
Still b&w photograph young Diane Cilento and another girl posing in tutus. CU Diane's face. Interview Diane Cilento talking about dancing classes at Carnegie Hall and going to Academy of Dramatic Arts,2001.
Access No. 131183 | 33 secs | Various | New York, NY, USA ; Australia | © Diane Cilento | Colour |
Still b&w photograph busts on statue pillars and columns either side of staircase at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Pull back from directory on landing to wide shot. B&W photo students practising movement in rehearsal room / studio, man at piano in F/G. Interview Diane Cilento talking about her hybrid accent,2001. Still b&w photograph two people fencing in rehearsal room as two others watch on. Zoom in.
Access No. 131184 | 37 secs | 1950s | London, England, UK | © Royal Academy of Dramatic Art | B&W |
Still b&w photograph Diane Cilento in dramatic performance with two men. Zoom to Diane crouched over as if in pain. Interview Diane Cilento talking about acting skills,2001.
Access No. 131185 | 27 secs | Unknown | UK; Australia | © Bernard Dainos | Colour |
Still b&w photograph Diane Cilento as young woman, 1950s. Publicity shot with head resting in hand. Zoom to ECU face. Interview Diane talking about acting,2001. Still b&w publicity photo Diane as young woman, 1950s, with blonde hair pulled back, looking away from camera. Zoom to CU face. Interview Diane. Still b&w photo of scene from play ÒThe Angel Who Pawned Her HarpÓ, 1950s. Interview Diane,2001. Still b&w photo Diane Cilento holding cigar, 1950s. Cigar holder between teeth. Interview Diane talking about sudden success as actress,2001.
Access No. 131186 | 1 min 33 secs | 1950s | UK; Australia | © Diane Cilento | Colour |
Still b&w photograph Diane Cilento smiling to camera, 1950s. B&W photo Diane with man. Diane holding white dove, 1950s. B&W photo Diane smiling with hair pulled back, 1950s. Interview Diane Cilento talking about parents' hopes for her future,2001.
Access No. 131187 | 31 secs | 1950s | UK; Australia | © Daily Express | Colour |
Still b&w photograph Diane Cilento in dressing- room with her mother, Lady Phyllis Cilento, 1950s. MS Lady Phyllis from same photo. Pan to Diane in theatrical makeup. Interview Diane talking about first husband who was Italian. Portrait painting of Italian husband, Andrea Volpe. Still b&w photograph Diane in headscarf with first husband, Volpe kissing her on cheek, 1950s. B&W photograph CU Diane with first husband, Volpe, 1950s. Interview Diane talking about first marriage,2001.
Access No. 131188 | 1 min | 1950s | UK; Australia | © Diane Cilento | Colour |
Still b&w photograph Diane Cilento with male co-star, 1950s. Zoom to CU Diane's face. Interview Diane talking about return to England and first husband, 2001.
Access No. 131189 | 20 secs | 1950s | USA; Australia | © American Academy of Dramatic Art | Colour |
Still colour photograph Diane Cilento, 1950s. Publicity shot for magazine. Slow zoom to CU Diane's face. Interview Diane talking about celebrity status, 2001.
Access No. 131190 | 22 secs | 1950s | UK; Australia | © Australian Consolidated Press | Colour |
Still colour photograph Diane Cilento on cover of Picture Post magazine, 1950s. Interview Diane talking about emotions, 2001. CU detail of Diane from colour Picture Post shot. Interview Diane talking about suicide attempt and flight from first marriage to an Italian,2001.
Access No. 131191 | 1 min 12 secs | 1950s | UK; Australia | © Diane Cilento | Colour |
Archival b&w newsreel footage Diane Cilento returning to Australia, 1956. Diane walking down steps from TAA plane. Greeting parents, kissing father Sir Raphael Cilento and mother Lady Phyllis Cilento. Lady Phyllis Cilento standing by car with Diane sitting inside and touching mother's dress. Diane is pregnant / expecting baby.
Access No. 131192 | 19 secs | 1950s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Film World | B&W |
Archival b&w footage Diane Cilento lying in hospital bed as mother Lady Phyllis Cilento, nurses sleeping baby Giovanna. Diane and mother smile at one another. MS Diane smiling to camera., holding baby, 1950s. Interview Diane talking about first marriage,2001.
Access No. 131193 | 26 secs | 1950s | Australia | © ABC Television | Colour |
Still b&w photograph Diane Cilento with baby Giovanna, 1950s. Pan from Diane with nappy, diaper pin in mouth to baby on change mat / table. B&W photo Diane and baby Giovanna on beach. Interview Diane talking about influence of Italian mothers on their sons, 2001. B&W photo group of people around table in restaurant, Diane and Sean Connery on left. Zoom to Diane and Sean smiling to camera. Interview Diane. B&W photo Sean Connery standing in orchard. Zoom to MS.
Access No. 131194 | 43 secs | 1950s | Australia; UK | © Diane Cilento | Colour |
Interview Diane Cilento talking about Sean Connery,2001. Still b&w photograph young Sean Connery playing golf, 1960s. Pan down from Sean to golf club, wood. B&W photo Sean Connery in golf swing, 1960s. Colour photo smiling and squinting Sean holding onto dog as it licks him on face, 1960s. Interview Diane Cilento talking about Sean Connery,2001.
Access No. 131195 | 37 secs | 1960s | UK; Australia | © Diane Cilento | Colour |
Colour feature film excerpt from ÒTom JonesÓ, 1963. VS Diane Cilento playing part of pregnant woman in brawl. Lifted onto horse. Interview Diane talking about second pregnancy and resulting marriage to Sean Connery,2001.
Access No. 131196 | 49 secs | 1960s | Australia | © MGM | Colour |
Archival b&w footage Diane Cilento and Sean Connery in press / media conference. VS couple being interviewed.
Access No. 131197 | 19 secs | 1960s | UK | © ABC Television | B&W |
Still colour photograph publicity shot Sean Connery as James Bond / 007, 1960s. Pan up to face from hand holding gun. Interview Diane Cilento talking about girl who climbed into Sean Connery's bedroom,2001.
Access No. 131198 | 19 secs | 1960s | UK; Australia | © Australian Picture Library | Colour |
Still b&w photograph billboard at front of Leicester Square Theatre advertising premiere of 1968 feature film / movie ÒShalakoÓ starring Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot. Pull back to reveal queue of people outside theatre / cinema. B&W photo Sean Connery and Princess Margaret. Brigitte Bardot in B/G. Interview Diane Cilento talking about gifts being sent due to being celebrities, 2001.
Access No. 131199 | 19 secs | 1960s | London, England, UK | © Austral International Press Agency | Colour |
Still b&w newspaper photograph of Diane Cilento with young daughter Giovanna and baby Jason, 1960s. Headline ÒDiane flies back homeÓ. CU extract from newspaper article about Diane's return to London after three weeks in USA with children. Interview Diane talking about ÒfishbowlÓ existence,2001.
Access No. 131200 | 15 secs | 1960s | UK; Australia | © Diane Cilento | Colour |
Still b&w photograph smiling Sean Connery and young son Jason, 1960s. Interview Diane Cilento talking about life with Sean Connery, 2001. B&W photo shirtless Sean Connery sitting in chair in garden. Wearing dark sunglasses and has mouth open.
Access No. 131201 | 15 secs | 1960s | UK; Australia | © Diane Cilento | Colour |
Still b&w photograph Sean Connery, Diane Cilento and son Jason on boat on Sydney Harbour, 1960s. Sydney Opera House in B/G. Diane wearing huge black sunglasses. CU detail from photo MS Sean Connery. Pan to Diane and Jason. Interview Diane talking about life with Sean,2001. B&W photograph Diane and Sean smiling on boat. B&W photo Diane with heavy eye makeup. Interview Diane,2001. B&W photo young blonde Jason squatting on floor holding microphone. Interview Diane talking about how she came to leave Sean Connery,2001.
Access No. 131202 | 1 min 1 sec | 1960s | Sydney, NSW, Australia; UK | © News Ltd | Colour |
Still colour photograph young shirtless Jason Cilento standing with older boy. Holding onto poles, 1960s. Colour photo Jason leaning back on ladder, wearing overalls, 1960s. Interview Diane Cilento talking about breakup of marriage to Sean Connery.,2001 Still b&w photograph Diane Cilento in glamorous dress, 1970s. Pan up crossed legs to face.
Access No. 131203 | 39 secs | 1960s | UK; Australia | © Diane Cilento | Colour |
Still b&w photograph Diane Cilento with aviator goggles on to of head, 1970s. Interview Diane talking about her life's needs, 2001.
Access No. 131204 | 49 secs | 1970s | Australia | © American Academy of Dramatic Art | Colour |
Still b&w photograph meditation / yoga class, 1970s. Room full of people kneeling with right arms outstretched. B&W photo class / group of people wearing white gowns / robes and coloured sashes. Some with headbands, and some in B/G with arms outstretched. Interview Diane Cilento talking about meditation classes, 2001.
Access No. 131205 | 28 secs | 1970s | UK; Australia | © Diane Cilento | Colour |
Archival colour footage Sufi class, 1970s John Godolphin giving instructions to class at International Academy of Continuous Education in Gloucestershire. Super. CU Godolphin. VS Sufism class dressed in white robes and coloured sashes going through dance-like movements. Interview Diane Cilento talking about classes. Archival colour footage, 1970s, people working in vegetable garden. Chickens. Diane in kitchen cutting up marrow. WS farm. WS farmhouse named Scots Farm, Wiltshire. Super. Interview Diane. Archival colour footage Diane leading horse and foal through paddock. Stone wall in F/G. Interview Diane.
Access No. 131206 | 1 min 22 secs | 1970s | England, UK; Australia | © BBC Worldwide Films | Colour |
Colour archival footage whirling dervishes, 1970s. Pan up from twirling feet and white skirt to bearded whirling dervish with brown fez-like hat. VS whirling dervish / Sufi ceremonial dancing and orchestra. Top shot dervish twirling against b&w striped floor. Sufism. Interview Diane Cilento talking about film making, 2001.
Access No. 131207 | 37 secs | 1970s | North Africa | © NADIA Films | Colour |
Still colour photograph Diane Cliento's parents Sir Raphael and Lady Phyllis Cilento, 1970s. Interview Diane Cilento, 2001. Colour photo WS green farmland, Karnak, North Queensland, belonging to Diane. Super. Interview Diane talking about activities on return to Australia, 2001. Colour photo man standing on verandah of half built house. Colour photo aerial view of theatre building on Karnak land. Interview Diane talking about building work, 2001.
Access No. 131208 | 52 secs | 1970s | Karnak; Qld, Australia | © Diane Cilento | Colour |
Still colour photograph Anthony Shaffer, English playwright, sitting in car wearing trilby hat, 1980s. Colour photo WS Shaffer standing with another person in front of house under construction. Interview Diane Cilento talking about Anthony Shaffer, 2001.
Access No. 131209 | 1 min 13 secs | 1980s | Qld, Australia | © Diane Cilento | Colour |
Still b&w photograph Diane Cilento and Anthony Shaffer on their wedding day, 1985. Smiling Diane in white broad-brimmed hat holding champagne glass.
Access No. 131210 | 5 secs | 1980s | Qld, Australia | © Queensland Newspapers | B&W |
Still B&W photograph Diane Cilento and third husband Anthony Shaffer with dog on banks of dam, pond, lake, 1980s. House and trees, woods in B/G. Zoom in to happy looking couple. Footage of outdoor Karnak theatre, playhouse in midst of rainforest. Super. Pull back to LS theatre viewed from verandah across dam. Pan left from dam across property to LS Diane on red sit-on lawn mower , grass cutting tractor. CU Diane at steering wheel. Interview Diane talking about actors' need for approval., 2001.
Access No. 131211 | 1 min 38 secs | 1980s | Karnak; Qld, Australia | © Diane Cilento | Colour |
Still b&w photograph Diane Cilento and male actor in scene from play, circa 1970s. Pan up from suitcase to two actors, Diane wearing fur stole and hat. Zoom to Diane. Interview Diane talking about being a freak, 2001.
Access No. 131212 | 24 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Sesh Raman | Colour |
Still b&w photograph Diane Cilento, 1980s. Pan up from hands to CU face. Interview Diane talking about her personal outlook. Footage Diane walking through Karnak theatre restaurant wearing headphones. Walks up to spotlight behind theatre seats. Pan across seats to stage. Spotlight on stage set. Freeze frame. Interview Diane talking about creative innovation. Fade to black,2001.
Access No. 131213 | 1 min 16 secs | 1980s | Karnak, Qld, Australia | © Diane Cilento | Colour |