Rhonda Wilson (actress)

Rhonda Wilson
Occupations	Actress, Theatre Director, Oral Historian, Author
Years active	1978-2005

Rhonda Wilson is an Australian actress, theatre director and author. For her performance in The Hour Before My Brother Dies she was nominated for the 1987 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Lead Actress in a Telefeature, a role she was reprising from the earlier stage production. ^[1]

Wilson is a stage actress and director, ^[2] often working with Daniel Keene with whom she cofounded Tide Theatre. ^{[1] [3]} Stage shows include Angels Tomorrow, ^{[4] [5]} The Hour Before My Brother Dies, ^{[1] [6] [7]} All Souls, ^{[8] [9] [10]} Low, ^{[11] [12]} Blood Sister and ^[13] Echoes of Ruby Dark. ^{[14] [15]}

Additionally, she performed various plays in New York City for which she received critical acclaim, including The Hour Before My Brother Dies, ^{[16] [17]} Estrella, ^{[18] [19]} The Fighter and ^{[20] [21]} Isle of Swans. ^{[22] [23] [24]}

Her Directorial work includes All Souls at the Malthouse Theatre, ^[25] Silent Partner at the George Fairfax Theatre at the Victorian Arts Centre, ^[26] The Snake Pit at The Church Theatre, ^[27] Isle of Swans at Westside Arts Theatre (NYC) and ^{[28] [29]} The Fighter at the Theatre for the New City in New York, which she directed under the name Iris James. ^{[30] [31]}

Wilson is a Oral Historian. Her Oral History book "Good Talk: The Extraordinary Lives Of Ten Ordinary Australian Women" (Penguin, 1985) was nominated for the Victorian Premier’s Prize in Australian Studies. ^[32] Additionally, she researched and edited "Shelter: An Oral History of Majorie Oke Rooming House for Women" (Black Pepper Publishing, 2007), which was also nominated for the Victorian premiere's prize in Australian studies. ^[33]

She has also self-published her novel called the "The Intended Head" (Self-published, 2024). ^[34]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Type
1986	The Hour Before My Brother Dies		TV movie

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Type
	Angels Tomorrow
	The Hour Before My Brother Dies
	All Souls and Low
	Estrella
	Isle of Swans
	The Snake Pit
	Echoes of Ruby Dark
	Blood Sister
	Low

Direction

Year	Title	Role	Type
	All Souls
	Silent Partner
	The Snake Pit
	The Fighter
	Isle of Swans

Books

Year	Title	Role	Type
1985	Good Talk
2007	Shelter
2024	The Indented Head

References

1. Payne, Pamela (6 July 1990), "Life with an expiry date", The Sydney Morning Herald
2. Rhonda Wilson, AusStage
3. Portus, Martin (8 December 1987), "Big Apple welcomes a resilient battler", The Sydney Morning Herald
4. Evans, Bob (6 December 1986), "Life and love set to a ringside bell", The Sydney Morning Herald
5. Angels Tomorrow, AusStage
6. The Hour Before My Brother Dies, AusStage
7. The Hour Before My Brother Dies, AusStage
8. Thomson, Helen (17 April 1995), "Puzzlement, pain among the lost souls", The Age
9. All Souls, AusStage
10. All Souls, AusStage
11. Elliot, Helen (22 November 1994), "Snapshots about lives where love is all that's sweet", The Sydney Morning Herald
12. Low, AusStage
13. Thomson, Helen (7 September 1999), "Telling tale, but lacks empathy", The Age
14. Goodman, Walter (12 January 1986), "STAGE: TWO WORKS BY AUSTRALIAN WRITER", The New York Times
15. STAGE: TWO WORKS BY AUSTRALIAN WRITER, The New York Times
16. Goodman, Walter (12 January 1986), "STAGE: TWO WORKS BY AUSTRALIAN WRITER", The New York Times
17. STAGE: TWO WORKS BY AUSTRALIAN WRITER, The New York Times
18. Elliot, Helen (2 August 1991), "Review/Theater; A Solo Study of the Politics of Revenge", The New York Times
19. Review/Theater; A Solo Study of the Politics of Revenge, The New York Times
20. Gussow, Mel (27 August 1998), "Review/Theater; A Fading Prizefighter Confronts His Facade", The New York Times
21. Review/Theater; A Fading Prizefighter Confronts His Facade, The New York Times
22. Goodman, Walter (18 October 1987), "STAGE: 'ISLE OF SWANS,' BY AUSTRALIAN", The New York Times
23. STAGE: 'ISLE OF SWANS,' BY AUSTRALIAN, The New York Times
24. Echoes of Ruby Dark, The Malthouse Theatre
25. All Souls, The Malthouse Theatre
26. Silent Partner at the George Fairfax Theatre, Aus Stage
27. The Snake Pit, Theatre Aotearoa
28. Goodman, Walter (18 October 1987), "STAGE: 'ISLE OF SWANS,' BY AUSTRALIAN", The New York Times
29. STAGE: 'ISLE OF SWANS,' BY AUSTRALIAN, The New York Times
30. Gussow, Mel (27 August 1998), "Review/Theater; A Fading Prizefighter Confronts His Facade", The New York Times
31. Review/Theater; A Fading Prizefighter Confronts His Facade, The New York Times
32. Rhonda Wilson, Black Pepper Publishing
33. Shelter by Rhonda Wilson, Black Pepper Publishing
34. The Indented Head by R K Wilson, Amazon

External links

• Rhonda Wilson at IMDb
• Biographical cuttings on Rhonda Wilson, actress, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals at the National Library of Australia.