Judith Kuring (born 23 November 1948) knownJude Kuring is an Australian actress who appeared in theatre, film and television during the late 1970s and early 80s. She remains best known for her stint as the recurring character of petty criminalNoeline Bourke in the soap operaPrisoner in 1979 until 1980.

Kuring had small roles in films includingThe Singer and the Dancer,Journey Among Women,Newsfront,The Journalist, ...Maybe This Time andPrisoner Queen.^[1]

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Although making her first appearance on the police dramaHomicide in 1971, Kuring would not begin television acting for another four years until being cast in a minor role in the 1975 television movieThey Don't Clap Losers. During the next few years, she was seen on the television seriesAlvin Purple as well as playing various characters on comedy shows includingWollongong the Brave.

In 1977, Kuring made her film debut inThe Singer and the Dancer as Mrs Herbert, the nagging daughter of Mrs Bilson (Ruth Cracknell).^[3] Later that year, she appeared in her breakout role as Grace in the cult filmJourney Among Women. She had supporting roles inNewsfront andThe Journalist.

She was subsequently cast as Noeline Bourke in the soap operaPrisoner.^[4]

Noeline was largely portrayed as alower class thief and the head of a small family of petty thieves, Bourke was introduced to the series as an inmate emerging to fightMonica Ferguson (Lesley Baker) for position of "top dog" whileBea Smith (Val Lehman) is recovering in hospital. One of the subplots during the first and second seasons of the series focused on her criminal family, and in one episode, her dimwitted brother Col is killed by police during a hostage situation. Her character was released shortly after, however she was again caught breaking into a warehouse with her daughter Leanne and returned to Wentworth where she served another brief stint.^[5]

Taking time off from the series, Kuring appeared in the 1980 filmMaybe This Time for which she was nominated forBest Actress in a Supporting Role by theAustralian Film Institute.^[6]

Kuring reappeared on the series, her character being reintroduced shortly after the death of her daughter Leanne, who had been killed during a protest at the prison. After being accepted into the prison'swork release program, she is coerced to help one of the employees,Kay White (Sandy Gore), by using her family to steal fabric from the factory. She is set up by White however and, with the work release canceled, she is transferred to Barnhurst (another prison) for her own protection.^[5][7]

After guest appearing onWaterloo Station in 1983, Kuring subsequently moved away from acting.

Kuring after a long tenure away from acting, once more returned to her former career in 2013 to play a prominent role in the moviePrisoner Queen, which centred on an obsessed fan of thePrisoner television series.^[4]

In 1995, Jude featured in the pilot of an LGBTQI+ sitcom calledBuck House, playing the lead role of Phyllis Buck. Originally filmed before a live studio audience at the Australian Film, Television & Radio School, Buck House underwent considerable rewrites following its initial popularity. A new 8-episode series was created for streaming on the internet in 1997. That series and the 1995 pilot starring Jude Kuring can be viewed onhttps://aussiegaysitcom.com

In 2013, she appeared in filmThe House Cleaner and in 20177 from Etheria.

Kuring, has also worked in theatre having started her acting career in that genre in 1968, when she joined theAustralian Performing Group in Melbourne in the early 1970s,performing in a number of plays, variety shows and other stage productions, written byDavid Williamson andJack Hibberd. Roles includeRomeo and Juliet andMcBeth

in 1981, alongsideChris Westwood, Kuring formed a women's group as a subgroup of APG, they had been discussing the lack of roles for women in local theatre, rekegated to the "hooker with a heart" or mother, and began organising memberss at theNimrod Theatre, they were given a 110.000 grant from Limited Life Project" which they utillised for play readings and a series of workshops and included a seminar on women, comedy and music.

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