Kerry Casey

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Kerry James Casey
Born(1954-11-09)November 9, 1954
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
DiedNovember 25, 2015(2015-11-25) (aged 61)
Education University of New South Wales
Occupation(s) Actor, playwright, director, teacher
SpouseMaria Moutoudis (1978-1992)
PartnerFlorence Decamp (2005-death)

Kerry James Casey (9 November 1954 – 25 November 2015 [1] ) was an Australian actor, writer, director, and performance teacher. [2] He worked in bilingual theatre in Australia with companies using Greek, French, Vietnamese, and Italian languages and cultures in performance.

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Biography

Kerry Casey was born on 9 November 1954 in Wagga Wagga. He was the third child of James Casey and Joan (nee Gaffney). He grew up primarily in country New South Wales (Wagga Wagga, Captains Flat, Milton) before his parents moved to the Sydney suburb of Bondi Junction in the late 1960s. He was educated at St Gregory's College, Campbelltown, Marcellin College Randwick and Vaucluse Boy's High School (where contemporaries included George Smilovici). [2]

He undertook a Bachelor of Arts with a Diploma of Education at the University of New South Wales. It was during this time he met his future wife, Maria Moutoudis. He had three children by her.

Aside from teaching, he had a career as an actor and director for over thirty years.

He completed a Master of Arts in Creative Writing towards the end of his life at the University of New South Wales. In 2014, he published his Masters Thesis, The diggers and the IRA: a story of Australian and New Zealand Great-War soldiers involved in Ireland’s war of independence, exploring his Irish family's WW1 history and the stories of members of the Irish diaspora from Australia and New Zealand who fought for Ireland in its war of Independence from the United Kingdom. [3]

He died on 25 November 2015, following a long battle with cancer. [1]

Professional background

Movie appearances

Theatre appearances

Television appearances

Directing

Writing

Academic teaching background

Honours and awards

References

  1. 1 2 "Kerry Casey Death Notice". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Casey, Anastasia (4 March 2016). "Obituary: Kerry Casey had a passion to bring to life the human narrative". Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Casey, Kerry (2014). The diggers and the IRA: a story of Australian and New Zealand Great-War soldiers involved in Ireland's war of independence (MA Thesis). University of New South Wales. doi: 10.26190/unsworks/17167 . hdl: 1959.4/54006 .
  4. ↑ "Magazine – issue 52 – Legs on the Wall: Needing a leg up". RealTime Arts. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "The Sydney Morning Herald". Fairfax Media. 19 May 2004. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "Sydney Stage Online – Political Fiction". Sydneystage.com.au. 24 April 2006. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Murder Call: Series 3". Australian Television. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  8. ↑ "All Saints: series 4 (2001)". Australian Television. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
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