Jill Perryman

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Jill Perryman
AM, MBE
Jill Perryman.jpg
Perryman in 1966
Born (1933-05-30) 30 May 1933 (age 92)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active1936–2006
Known forWork with J. C. Williamson theatre, musical theatre performer
Notable workFilm and TV
...Maybe This Time
Bellbird
Changi
Stage
[1]
SpouseKevan Johnston
Children Tod Johnston, Trudy Dunn [1]
Parent(s)William Harland-Perryman, Dorothy Perryman Duval
Family Diana Perryman (sister)
Bill Perryman (brother)

Jill Perryman (born 30 May 1933) is an Australian retired actress, singer and dancer [1] with a career that spanned 70 years. Perryman is from a family of show business performers; her sister was actress Diana Perryman and her son is media personality, radio and TV presenter and musician Tod Johnston.

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Perryman, although a staple of theatre, appeared briefly in film; for her debut film role in Maybe this Time in 1980, she was awarded the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (known then as the AFI Awards) and has also appeared as a guest in numerous TV series and as herself.

Perryman has been honoured with both the MBE (1979) and Member of the Order of Australia (1992), both with the citation "For service to the Performing Arts". [2] [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [ excessive citations ]

Career

Perryman became a staple of Australian showbusiness, having performed on stage from the age of three in a production of the famed Austrian operetta The White Horse Inn .

Perryman in 1952, then aged 19, joined the company of J. C. Williamson Theatres Ltd as a member of the chorus and in the following year was understudying leading roles in stage musicals, under Evie Hayes in a local production of Call Me Madam . [8]

Perryman was strong in voice and personality, and a long series of understudy and small roles eventually led her, through the recommendation of John McCallum (who was then joint managing director of J. C. Williamson Theatres), to take the lead in the key Australian production of Funny Girl , a performance that won her an Erik Award for Best Actress and led to major roles in other productions. These included I Do! I Do! in 1969, and The Two of Us in 1971. No, No, Nanette in 1972 won her another Erik Award for Best Actress for her role as Lucille Early, then in 1973 she starred in A Little Night Music . [9] In 1976 she played Gladys Zilch in Leading Lady, a musical production created especially for her. She also toured during 1977 in Side by Side by Sondheim . She played Miss Hannigan in Annie in 1978.

Perryman won the A.F.I. (Australian Film Institute) Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1980. [10]

She toured in the musicals Chicago in 1988 and The Boy From Oz in 1998. [1]

Personal life

Perryman was born in May 1933 in Melbourne, Victoria, into a family of performers. Her father was Melbourne-born actor William Harland-Perryman and her mother was Adelaide-born actress and singer Dorothy Eileen Duval; they had married in 1923. [11]

Perryman is married to choreographer Kevin Johnston, and they have a son and daughter. Their son Tod Johnston is an actor, musician and media personality, and their daughter is actress Trudy Dunn. Trudy's daughter McKenzie Dunn is also an actress. [12] [13]

Theatre

[1]

YearShowRoleNotes
1953 Call Me Madam Ensemble (u/s Mrs Sally Adams)Australian tour starring Evie Hayes
1954 Paint Your Wagon Elizabeth WoodlingAustralian tour
1955 Can-Can CelestineAustralian tour
1957 The Pajama Game MabelAustralian tour starring Toni Lamond
1962 Carnival! RosalieAustralian tour
1965 Hello, Dolly! Irene MolloyAustralian tour starring Carole Cook as Dolly Levi
1966 Funny Girl Fanny Brice Australian tour
1969 I Do! I Do! AgnesAustralian tour
1972 No, No, Nanette Lucille EarlyAustralian tour starring Cyd Charisse
1973 A Little Night Music Countess MalcolmAustralian tour
1977 Side by Side by Sondheim HerselfAustralian tour
1978 Annie Miss HanniganAustralian tour
1983 Noises Off Dotty OttleyAustralian tour
1983 Chicago Mama Morton Playhouse Theatre, Perth
1984 ‘night, Mother Jessie CatesAustralian tour
1985 Brighton Beach Memoirs BlancheAustralian tour
1994 Hello, Dolly! Dolly LeviAustralian tour
1998 Follies Carlotta Champion Sydney Opera House concert
1998 The Boy from Oz Marion WoolnoughAustralian tour

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1980 ...Maybe This Time MotherFeature film
1986 Windrider Miss DodgeFeature film
1990The SwanFilm short
1993 Love in Limbo Aunt DorryFeature film
2006Hidden CreaturesDorisFilm short

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1957 Pantomime Quiz GuestTV series, 1 episode
1962 The Good Oil BunnyTV film
1966 BP Super Show Guest SingerTV series, 1 episode
1966 The Mavis Bramston Show Various charactersTV series
1969 Sydney Tonight GuestTV series, 1 episode
1970 The Mike Walsh Show GuestTV series, 1 episode
1971 Dynasty Jenny FarmerTV series, 1 episode
1972Matt FlindersGuestTV series
1972 Kamahl GuestTV series, 1 episode
1972Perryman on ParadeGuestTV series, 6 episodes
1972 Bobby Limb's Sound of Christmas GuestTV special
1973JillHerselfTV special
1974The FirmFilm documentary
1974 The Ernie Sigley Show GuestTV series, 1 episode
1975 The Graham Kennedy Show GuestTV series, 1 episode
1975 Bellbird Cheryl Turner (regular role)TV series
1976 Homicide Kate HolsworthTV series, 1 episode
1976 This Is Your Life Special GuestTV series, 1 episode: "Jill Perryman"
1976QuestHerselfTV series
1977 Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal GuestTV special
1978 Cappriccio! GuestTV series, 1 episode
1978; 1984; 1985 The Mike Walsh Show Guest / singerTV series, 3 episodes
1978 Tickled Pink VeraTV series, 1 episode 4: "Palace of Dreams"
1978 The Peter Couchman Show GuestTV series, 1 episode
1979 The Jill Perryman Show HerselfTV special
1979Saturday SpecialGuestTV series, 1 episode
1980; 1982 Parkinson In Australia GuestTV series, 2 episodes
1980 Home Sweet Home Mother SuperiorTV series, 1 episode
1980 1980 Australian Film Awards Winner – Best Actress in Support Role (for Maybe This Time )TV special
1980 John Singleton Show GuestTV series, 1 episode
1980Carols By CandlelightHerself/PerformerTV Special
1981 The World Around Us Herself as PresenterTV series, 1 episode "Africa The Dispossessed"
1981 The 1981 Australian Film Institute Awards PerformerTV special
1982 Parkinson In Australia GuestTV series, 1 episode
1985 Flight into Hell Recurring roleTV miniseries
1985-1993 The Midday Show Guest / singerTV series
1987Have a GoGuest JudgeTV series, 4 episodes
1989 In Melbourne Today GuestTV series, 1 episode
1989 The Bert Newton Show GuestTV series, 1 episode
1989 The Flying Doctors Josie SterlingTV series, 1 episode
1989-1990 A Country Practice Lois GardinerTV series, 4 episodes
1992In Sydney TodayGuestTV series, 1 episode
1992 Clowning Around Miss GabhurstTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1992 Legends In Cabaret SingerTV special
1992 The Morning Show GuestTV series, 1 episode
1993 At Home GuestTV series, 1 episode
1994; 1995; 1998; 1999 Good Morning Australia GuestTV series, 4 episodes
1997 Hey Hey It's Saturday GuestTV series, 1 episode
1998; 1999 Denise GuestTV series, 2 episodes
2001 Changi Older KateTV miniseries, 1 episode
2008 Talking Heads GuestTV series, 1 episode
2011 The Helpmann Awards Honouree – JC Williamson Award (with Nancye Hayes & Toni Lamond)TV special

Honours and awards

AssociationAwardYearResults
Australian Government Order of the British Empire (MBE). [14] 1979Honoured
Australian Government Order of Australia (AM). [15] 1992Honoured
AACTA Awards AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 1980Won
Erik Award Best Actress for Funny Girl 1971Won
Erik Award Best Actress for No, No Nanette 1972Won
Helpmann Awards JC Williamson Award [16] 2011Honoured
Mo Awards [17] Female Musical Theatre Performer of the Year1995Won
Equity Awards Lifetime Achievement Award2013Honoured

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jill Perryman". AusStage.
  2. ↑ "Three-year-old Jill Perryman 1936".
  3. ↑ "Back to the 50's? international actors take prized roles in Australian musical productions". 18 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "William Perryman". AusStage.
  5. ↑ "Dorothy Perryman". AusStage.
  6. ↑ "Diana Perryman". AusStage.
  7. ↑ "Perryman, Diana profile" . Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "Jill Perryman (transcript of interview with Peter Thompson)". Talking Heads, ABC Television. 25 August 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2008.
  9. ↑ "Jill Perryman, interview with Simon Plant". The Arts Centre. May 2003. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2008.
  10. ↑ Jill Perryman at IMDb
  11. ↑ "Family Notices". Chronicle (Adelaide) . Vol. LXV, no. 3, 469. South Australia. 17 March 1923. p. 35. Retrieved 3 June 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  12. ↑ "Family legacy continues with Mackenzie Dunn in Black Swan's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll".
  13. ↑ "MACKENZIE DUNN".
  14. ↑ It's an Honour: MBE
  15. ↑ It's an Honour: AM
  16. ↑ Wright, Maryann (2 August 2011). "Mary's a perfect Poppins - musical scoops annual Helpmann Awards". News.com.au . News Limited (News Corporation). Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  17. ↑ "MO Award Winners". Mo Awards. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
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