Janette Craig

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Janette Craig is an Australian actress best known for her performance as Bubba in Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959).

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She worked as an assistant manager at the Comedy Theatre. [1] In 1957 she was voted Miss New South Wales. The following year she married British composer Eric Rasdall. She had a regular role on Australia's first soap opera, Autumn Affair but had to leave it to feature in Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. [2] [3]

She retired from acting when her young daughter fell ill and moved into production. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71694926
  2. ↑ McPherson, Ailsa (2007). "Dramas and dreams at Epping: early days of ATN-7's drama production". ACH: The Journal of the History of Culture in Australia. Australian Public Intellectual Network (26): 153–170 – via Gale Academic OneFile.
  3. ↑ "TELEVISION PARADE". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 26, no. 22. Australia, Australia. 5 November 1958. p. 66. Retrieved 16 April 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "JANETTE CRAIG,WOMAN OF STYLE: IN I957 SHE WAS MISS NSW; BUT SHE GAVE IT UP... " I've never looked back"". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 49, no. 29. Australia, Australia. 30 December 1981. p. 31. Retrieved 16 April 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. "A.B.C. Radio plays for next week", ABC Weekly Sydney: ABC, 1939. Web. 16 April 2023 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1555874323>
  6. ↑ "SUNDRY SHOWS TALKIES THEATRE MUSIC ART Stage and Music", The bulletin Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880. Web. 16 April 2023 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-697282626>
  7. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. "Commercial Radio Plays", ABC Weekly Sydney: ABC, 1939. Web. 16 April 2023 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1435661323>
  8. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. "Commercial Radio Plays", ABC Weekly Sydney: ABC, 1939. Web. 16 April 2023 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1448612898>
  9. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. "Commercial Radio Plays", ABC Weekly Sydney: ABC, 1939. Web. 16 April 2023 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1448917620>
  10. ↑ "Entertainment Scoop shots from "THE DOLL"". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 27, no. 18. Australia, Australia. 7 October 1959. p. 81. Retrieved 16 April 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939). THE WEEK’S PLAYS, ABC Weekly Retrieved April 16, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1414236472
  12. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. "Commercial Radio Plays", ABC Weekly Sydney: ABC, 1939. Web. 16 April 2023 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1527140768>
  13. ↑ "SOCIAL ROUNDABOUT". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 30, no. 52. Australia, Australia. 29 May 1963. p. 8. Retrieved 16 April 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  14. ↑ "AT SYDNEY THEATRES". Le Courrier Australien . No. 10. New South Wales, Australia. 6 March 1964. p. 5. Retrieved 16 April 2023– via National Library of Australia.
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