Julie Dawson (actor)

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Julie Dawson
NationalityAustralian
Other namesJulie Dawson Daniels
OccupationActress

Julie Dawson is an Australian actress, billed briefly as Julie Dawson Daniels.

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Career

On stage, Dawson has starred in The Training Run (Bondi Pavilion, 1977), [1] [2] Occupation: Comedian (Courthouse Theatre, 1990), [3] [4] [5] An Office Romance (Courthouse Theatre, 1990), [6] [7] and Dear Suburbia (La Mama, 1992) [8] [9] Featured screen roles include the first episode of Pig in a Poke , [10] [2] the TV play The Kiss and Ride Ferry and playing the Reverend's wife in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith [2] Other film roles include The Fourth Wish and TV guest credits roles include, Matlock Police , Glenview High and Neighbours .

She won the 1974–1975 AFI Award for Best Actress for playing the title role in documentary Who Killed Jenny Langby? , [11] [12] a role that was fully improvised. [13]

Filmography

Source: [14]

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1976 Caddie Neighbour #2
1976 The Fourth Wish HannahFilm
1977 The FJ Holden Mrs. Mason
The Singer and the Dancer Mrs. Rogers
1978 The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Martha Neville
Little Boy Lost Ruth Tanner
1982 Freedom Foster Mother

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1974Who Killed Jenny Langby'?Jenny LangbyTV movie
Parent Teacher InterviewsParent - The Major - The Major
1975Two Way MirrorKate JohnsonTV movie
1976 Matlock Police Clare Hansen
1977 Beyond Reasonable Doubt Mrs. K.Miniseries
Pig in a Poke Mary
Kiss and the Ride FerryNormaTV movie
Say You Want Me TV movie
1978 Case for the Defence Claire Barton
Chopper Squad Ann Evans
Glenview High
1989Sugar and SpiceLady at Railroad Station
1992 Neighbours Carol Chapman

References

  1. ↑ Jones, Margaret (17 January 1977), "More ramble than run", The Sydney Morning Herald
  2. 1 2 3 Groves, Don (17 July 1977), "Julie's woes!", The Sydney Morning Herald
  3. ↑ Radic, Leonard (12 April 1990), "Deftly skating over a busy and colorful life", The Age
  4. ↑ Larkin, John (15 April 1990), "Capturing the spirit of a forgotten hero", The Sunday Age
  5. ↑ "Occupation Comedian", AusStage
  6. ↑ Radic, Leonard (23 November 1990), "Stage", The Age
  7. ↑ "An Office Romance", AusStage
  8. ↑ Radic, Leonard (10 July 1992), "Solo actress leavens a comic lament for a broken marriage", The Age
  9. ↑ "Dear Suburbia", AusStage
  10. ↑ Hall, Sandra (6 August 1977), "Another look at life in the raw", The Bulletin
  11. ↑ "1974-75 Australian Film Awards", Cinema Papers, March 1975
  12. ↑ "The suicide trap", The Age , 20 February 1975
  13. ↑ Stratton, David (1980). The last new wave: the Australian film revival. UNSW Press. p. 142. ISBN   9780207141461.
  14. ↑ Alan Veitch, Margot Atterton and (1984). The Illustrated encyclopaedia of Australian showbiz. Sunshine Books. ISBN   9780867770575.
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