---
name: "Germaine Greer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/germaine-greer"
fi1m_id: "germaine-greer"
imdb_id: "nm0339442"
tmdb_id: 1225239
wikidata_id: "Q103591"
roles: []
born: "29 January 1939"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T17:12:04.058265+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Germaine Greer

## Identity

Germaine Greer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/germaine-greer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** germaine-greer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0339442
- **TMDB ID:** 1225239
- **Wikidata ID:** Q103591
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaine_Greer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103591, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339442/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1225239

Actor. Born 29 January 1939 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

## Details

- **Born:** 29 January 1939, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (2), 2010s 42 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, News 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaine_Greer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103591, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339442/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1225239

## Biography

Germaine Greer is an Australian writer, academic and public intellectual. She has appeared as herself or in minor roles in British television series and films, including *Come Fly with Me* (2010), *Extras* (2005), *Would I Lie to You?* (2007), *Absolutely Fabulous* (1992) and *Universal Soldier* (1971).

Born in Melbourne in 1939, Greer was educated at the Universities of Melbourne and Sydney and completed a PhD at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of *The Female Eunuch* (1970) and other works on feminism and literature.

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk, en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *Absolutely Fabulous* (1992), Fi1m 81, as Dream Mother — [page](https://film.one/tv/absolutely-fabulous.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Come Fly with Me* (2010), Fi1m 42, as Herself — [page](https://film.one/tv/come-fly-with-me.md)
- *Have I Got News for You* (1990), Fi1m 80, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/have-i-got-news-for-you.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Genius with Dave Gorman* (2009), series, Actor
- *Feast* (2009), series, Actor
- *Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool* (2007), Actor
- *The Dark Side of Porn: The Real Animal Farm* (2006), Actor
- *Newsnight Review* (2006), series, Actor
- *Extras* (2005), series, as Germaine Greer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/extras.md)
- *Celebrity Mastermind* (2003), series, Actor
- *Storyville* (1997), series, Actor
- *Travels with Pevsner* (1997), series, Actor
- *Absolutely Fabulous* (1992), series, as Dream Mother — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/absolutely-fabulous.md)
- *Portrait of an Artist as an Old Lady* (1982), as Narrator
- *Town Bloody Hall* (1979), Book
- *Sunshine City* (1973), Actor
- *Universal Soldier* (1972), as Clara Bowden
- *Trouble in Molopolis* (1969), Actor
- *Nice Time* (1968), series, Actor
- *Darling, Do You Love Me?* (1968), as The Woman
- *Omnibus* (1967), series, Actor
- *It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain* (1963), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Germaine Greer at the University of Melbourne (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/388769/gallery-72c41d64cf3d.jpg) Germaine Greer at the University of Melbourne (2013) — Helen Morgan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Germaine_Greer%2C_28_October_2013_%28crop2%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Germaine Greer (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/388769/gallery-05b68f68a901.jpg) Germaine Greer (1972) — Hans Peters for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Germaine_Greer%2C_June_1972_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Germaine_Greer%2C_June_1972_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Germaine Greer (2006)](https://film.one/media/person/388769/gallery-0f735f0a11f0.jpg) Germaine Greer (2006) — walnut whippet from Hull, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Germaine_Greer_by_Walnut_Whippet.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Portrait of Germaine Greer, c.1975, Tribune News photographer, vintage film negative, State Library of NSW ON 161/item 676.](https://film.one/media/person/388769/gallery-268d64de648b.jpg) Portrait of Germaine Greer, c.1975, Tribune News photographer, vintage film negative, State Library of NSW ON 161/item 676. — Tribune News photographer, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Germaine_Greer_SLNSW_FL4580206.jpg/1280px-Germaine_Greer_SLNSW_FL4580206.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Germaine Greer at the Humber Mouth Festival in 2006](https://film.one/media/person/388769/gallery-66d76c1c2e95.jpg) Germaine Greer at the Humber Mouth Festival in 2006 — walnut whippet, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Germaine_Greer%2C_Humber_Mouth_Festival%2C_2006.jpg/1280px-Germaine_Greer%2C_Humber_Mouth_Festival%2C_2006.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : De Australische literatuurwetenschapper en publiciste Germaine Greer tijdens de presentatie van ha (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/388769/gallery-f2c2b49fd500.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : De Australische literatuurwetenschapper en publiciste Germaine Greer tijdens de presentatie van ha (1972) — Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Germaine_Greer%2C_6_June_1972.jpg/1280px-Germaine_Greer%2C_6_June_1972.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature 2016: Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (won)
- Victorian Honour Roll of Women 2001: Victorian Honour Roll of Women (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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