Anne Edmonds Anne Edmonds Anne Elizabeth Gabrielle Edmonds (born 11 October 1979) is an Australian comedian and actor best known for her stand-up work and for creating and starring in the ABC comedy series, "The Edge of the Bush". Brought up in Essendon/Strathmore, two suburbs of Melbourne, by her parents Joe and Catherine Edmonds, along with an older sister and younger brother, Edmonds' attended local catholic schools and studied at The University of Melbourne. After completing a Bachelor of Arts Degree and Honours in Social Work, Edmonds' is known to have later lived in areas such as Mount Gambier & Darwin in
Katherine Anne Porter Fools" for $500,000). Producer David O. Selznick was after the film rights; but United Artists who owned the property, demanded $400,000. The novel was adapted for film by Abby Mann; producer and director Stanley Kramer featured Vivien Leigh in her final film performance. Despite Porter's claim that after the publication of "Ship of Fools " she would not win any more prizes in America, in 1966 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the U.S. National Book Award for "The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter". That year she was also appointed to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.