Skin Deep is a 1984 Australian television film produced by PBL Productions for Channel 9. It was directed by Chris Langman and Mark Joffe and stars Briony Behets and Carmen Duncan and features an early appearance by Nicole Kidman.
Set in the fashion industry, it was one of the few Australian films to be set in this milieu and was an attempt to do an Australian Dallas or Dynasty.Peter Malone: Skin Deep, (via archive.org)
Plot Barbara Kennedy is a successful business woman in the fashion and modelling industry. In the lead up to a fashion designers awards night, her boyfriend Cliff proposes to her. But then she realises that one of her own models is her illegitimate daughter, placed for adoption years earlier. She has a bitchy rival Vanessa. And a murderer is loose.
Cast Briony Behets as Barbara Ramsay James Smillie as Cliff Hudson Bartholomew John as Ray Scott Maureen O'Shaughnessy as Jackie Sorensson Antoinette Byron as Christina Sorensson Carmen Duncan as Vanessa Corey Betty Lucas as Betty Kennedy David Reyne as Grant Johnson Jon Finlayson as Simpson Byrne Kate Fitzpatrick as Maggie Peters John O'May as Roger Crane John Ewart as Billy Harris Liz Harris as Emily Sorensson Bobby Limb as Compere / Self Nicole Kidman as Sheena Henderson Alyson Best as Nicki Kevin J. Wilson Angelo D'Angelo as Brad Miller
References
External links
Skin Deep at Screen Australia Skin Deep at TCMDB Skin Deep at Oz Movies