Meggie Actress Rachel Ward Found True Love on "The Thorn Birds" Set. Chamberlain's counterpart Meggie was portrayed by then 25-year-old actress Rachel Ward.

Colleen McCullough, the Australian author of the best-selling novel "The Thorn Birds," an epic story of illicit love in the outback that became one of the most successful television miniseries ...

John Garfield was a terrific actor, and one of the screen's great anti-heroes. He was part of New York's famous Group Theater before heading for Hollywood to star in movies. Garfield was known as ...