Julie Dawson (actor)

Summary

Julie Dawson is an Australian actress, billed briefly as Julie Dawson Daniels. She won the 1974–75 AFI Award for Best Actress for the title role in documentary Who Killed Jenny Langby?,[1][2] a role that was fully improvised.[3]

Julie Dawson
NationalityAustralian
Other namesJulie Dawson Daniels
OccupationActress

On stage she has starred in The Training Run (Bondi Pavilion, 1977),[4][5] Occupation: Comedian (Courthouse Theatre, 1990),[6][7][8] An Office Romance (Courthouse Theatre, 1990),[9][10] and Dear Suburbia (La Mama, 1992)[11][12] Featured screen roles include the first episode of Pig in a Poke[13][5] the TV play The Kiss and Ride Ferry and as the Reverend's wife in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith[5] Other film roles include The Fourth Wish and TV GUEST credits roles include, Matlock Police, Glenview High and Neighbours.

Filmography edit

(source: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Australian Showbiz, published by Sunshine Books, New South Wales, 1984, by Margot Atterton, and Alan Veitch (ISBN 0867770570) [14]

Title Year Role
Who Killed Jenny Langby'? (TV movie) 1974 Jenny Langby
Parent Teacher Interviews 1974 Parent - The Major - The Major
Two Way Mirror (TV movie) 1975 Kate Johnson
Caddie 1976 Neighbour #2
Matlock Police' (TV series) 1976 Clare Hansen
The Fourth Wish 1976 Hannah
The F.J. Holden 1977 Mrs. Mason
The Singer and the Dancer 1977 Mrs. Rogers
Beyond Reasonable Doubt(TV miniseries) 1977 Mrs. K.
Pig in a Poke (TV series) 1977 Mary
Kiss and the Ride Ferry (TV movie) 1977 Norma
Say You Want Me (TV movie) 1977
case for the Defence (TV series) 1978 Claire Barton
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith 1978 Martha Neville
Chopper Squad (TV series) Ann Evans
Little Boy Lost 1978 Ruth Tanner
Glenview High (TV series) 1978
Freedom 1982 Foster Mother (NOTE: billed her as Julie Dawson Daniels'
Sugar and Spice (TV series) 1989 Lady at Railroad Station
Neighbours (TV series) 1992 Carol Chapman


References edit

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

External links edit

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