Ginette McDonald
Although Ginette McDonald is best known as the gormless, vowel-mangling girl-from-the-suburbs Lynn of Tawa, she is a woman of many parts. Alongside an extensive acting and presenting career, her work as producer and director spans three decades, and includes Peppermint Twist, Shark in the Park, and Maurice Gee classic The Fire-Raiser.
[Comedy] teeters dangerously between poignancy and laughter. It sort of sucks away the sadness. Sometimes the most tragic things make you laugh. Ginette McDonald, in her interview for 2019 TV series Funny As: The Story of NZ Comedy
Ginette McDonald - Funny As Interview
Interview, 2019
Ginette McDonald: Fires, nymphomaniacs and Lynn of Tawa...
Interview, 2010
Grafted
2024, As: Neighbour - Film
My Life is Murder - Silent Lights (Season 3, Episode 5)
2022, As: Josie - Television
Talkback
2021, As: Gretchen Atkinson - Web
Give Us a Clue - excerpt
2021, Subject - Television
Talkback - Excerpt
2021, As: Gretchen Atkinson - Television
Funny As: The Story of New Zealand Comedy
2019, Subject - Television
Funny As: The Story of New Zealand Comedy (series promo)
2019, Subject - Television
Seven Sharp - Ginette McDonald
2013, Subject - Television
Rage
2011, As: Rhonda - Television
Sam Hunt: Purple Balloon and other stories
2010, Subject - Film
Darryn Exists
2010, As: Vivienne Elbackery - Short Film
50 Years of New Zealand Television: 5 - Telling Stories
2010, Subject - Television
50 Years of New Zealand Television: 6 - A Sense of Identity
2010, Subject - Television
Separation City
2009, As: Marriage Celebrant - Film
Rocked the Nation
2008 - 2011, Subject - Television
Rocked the Nation - No 21: The New Zealand Accent
2008, Subject - Television
Doves of War - Full Series
2006, As: Rosa Falcone - Television
Who Laughs Last?
2006, Subject - Television
New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English
2005, As: Lynn of Tawa - Television
Warts & All - Ginette McDonald à la Carte
2003, Presenter - Television
The Great TV3 Comedy Debate - Rugby, It's Only a Game
2002, Affirmative Team Leader - Television
P.A. for a Day
2001, Presenter - Television
Dunnies Down Under
2001, Writer, Presenter - Television
P.A. for a Day - Helen Clark (Episode Three)
2001, Presenter - Television
The Great TV3 Comedy Debate - We Need More Women on Top
2001, Affirmative Team Leader - Television
Warts & All - Ginette McDonald Probes the Police
2001, Presenter - Television
Strassman
1999, Guest - Television
Duggan: Time and Tide
1999, As: Helen Davies - Television
Strassman - Series One, Episode Seven
1999, Subject - Television
William Shatner's A Twist in the Tale
1998, As: Gypsy Rose - Television
Group Therapy
1998, As: Cynthia Glass - Short Film
Ground Force
1998 - 2003, Presenter, Writer - Television
Double Booking
1998, Executive Producer - Comedy Playhouse Series - Television
Ground Force - First Episode
1998, Presenter - Television
Trick or Treatment
1998, Presenter - Television
William Shatner's A Twist in the Tale: The Magician
1998, As: Gypsy Rose - Television
Kiwiana - Kiwi As
1997, Subject - Television
Ngā Wahine
1997, Producer, Script Editor - Television
Beyond a Joke!
1996, Subject - Television
Kiwiana
1996, Subject - Television
The Hitch-Hiker
1996, Presenter - Television
Once a Convent Girl
1995, Subject - Television
Dead Certs
1995, As: Martha - Television
Face Value - A Real Dog
1995, Producer - Television
Face Value - Her New Life
1995, Producer, As: Steph - Television
Face Value - House Rules
1995, Producer - Television
Lynn of Tawa - In Search of the Great New Zealand Male
1994, As: Lynn of Tawa - Television
Dilemmas
1993 - 1994, Panelist - Television
Dilemmas - 3 December 1993
1993, Panelist - Television
Joyful and Triumphant
1993, Producer - Television
The Best of The Billy T James Collection
1992, Compilation Producer - Television
The Billy T James Collection - Episode Four
1992, Producer - Television
Lynn of Tawa - Red Nose Day
1991, As: Lynn of Tawa - Commercial
Visual Symphonies - Otago
1991, As: Lynn of Tawa, Writer, Producer - Television
Visual Symphonies - The Outback
1991, Producer, Writer, As: Lynn of Tawa - Television
Magic Kiwis - Lynn & Fred
1990, Subject - Television
Don't Tell Me
1989, Team Leader - Television
Don't Tell Me - First Episode
1989, Team Leader - Television
Shark in the Park - Lamb to the Slaughter (Series One, Episode Three)
1989, Director - Television
The Champion - First Episode
1989, Producer - Television
Space Knights - The Golden Knight (First Episode)
1989, As: Lady Guinevere Galaxy - Television
Bert and Maisy - Christmas (She's Funny at the Moment, They Both Are)
1989, Director - Television
Magic Kiwis
1989 - 1991, Subject - Television
Shark in the Park
1989 - 1991, Director - Television
The Champion
1989, Producer - Television
Variety Spectacular - A Night with the Stars
1989, As: Lynn of Tawa - Television
Bert and Maisy
1988, Director - Television
Peppermint Twist
1987, Creator, Producer - Television
Peppermint Twist - Let's Limbo Some More
1987, Creator, Producer - Television
The Fire-Raiser - Kitty Plays the Piano (Episode Three)
1986, Producer - Television
Open House
1986 - 1987, Director - Television
Open House - Shades of Blue
1986, Director - Television
The Fire-Raiser
1986, Producer - Television
The Fire-Raiser (TV movie)
1986, Producer - Television
Gliding On - The Work Experience Scheme (Series Five, Episode Two)
1985, Director, Producer - Television
Lynn of Tawa - Mitre 10
1985, As: Lynn of Tawa - Commercial
Rabbiters Rest - Dust to Dust
1985, Director - Television
Country GP
1984 - 1985, Director - Television
Country GP - Episode 22
1984, Director - Television
Pioneer Women - Ettie Rout
1983, Director - Television
Pioneer Women
1983 - 1990, As: Hera Ngoungou, Director - Television
Pioneer Women - Hera Ngoungou
1983, As: Hera Ngoungou - Television
Rabbiters Rest
1983 - 1985, Director - Television
Lynn of Tawa Show - First Episode
1982, As: Lynn of Tawa - Television
1981 Royal Variety Performance
1981, As: Lynn of Tawa - Television
Gliding On
1981 - 1985, Producer, Director - Television
Lynn of Tawa
1980 - 1982, Writer, As: Lynn of Tawa - Television
Lynn of Tawa - Special
1980, As: Lynn of Tawa - Television
The Deep End - The Captain's Play
1980, Actor - Television
Good Day – The Judith Fyfe Celebrity Pot Roast Show
1979, As: Judith's School Chum - Television
All Things Being Equal - 22 September 1978 Episode
1978, As: Kate - Television
Close to Home - Episode 300
1978, As: Shirley Pagett - Television
Close to Home
1975 - 1983, As: Shirley Paget, Director - Television
Ready to Roll
1975 - 2001, Director - Television
Pukemanu
1971 - 1972, As: Diana Thorpe - Television
Pukemanu - Pukemanu Welcomes You (first episode)
1971, As: Diana Thorpe - Television