Jean Blue (1906–1972) was an Australian actress, best known for The Overlanders. She worked extensively in theatre, particularly at the New Theatre in Sydney. Blue was also a trained nurse.[1]
In 1946 she was fined for performing in a play What Happens to Love on the basis of it being an unlicensed venue.[2][3]
Select credits
editFilm
edit- The Overlanders (1946)
- Eureka Stockade (1949)
- Bitter Springs (1950)
- Captain Thunderbolt (1953)
Stage
edit- The Front Page (1929)[4]
- Her Shop (1929)[5]
- A Woman and Reality (1931)
- Waiting for Lefty (1936)
- Bury the Dead (1937)[6]
- The Sword Sung (1938)
- Trumpets of Wrath (1938)
- Where's That Bomb? (1938)
- Six Men of Dorset (1938)[7]
- Are You Ready Comrade (1939)
- Pastor Hall (1939)
- Blood on the Moon (1939)
- So It Didn't Work (with Plant in the Sun and Rehearsal) (1939)
- Where's That Bomb (1940)
- Stampede (1940)
- The Little Foxes (1944)
- Western Limit (1946) by Oriel Gray[8]
- The Borgeouis Gentleman (1946)[9]
- The Match Girls (1948)[10]
- Woman Bites Dog (1947)[11]
- Six Men of Dorset (1948)[12]
- A Lion on the Square (1949)
- The Lawsons by Gwen Meredith (1950)[13]
- The Good Hope (1950)[14]
- All My Sons (1960)[15]
- Tartuffe (1960)
- Lawson (1961) (revival)[16]
- Our Dear Relations (1963)
- A Penny for a Song (1965)
References
edit- ^ "FINE FOR ACTRESS OVER THEATRE PLAY". Daily Mirror. No. 1974. New South Wales, Australia. 26 September 1947. p. 18 (Country Edition). Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "APPEAL WON BY ACTRESS OVER PLAY". Daily Mirror. No. 2012. New South Wales, Australia. 10 November 1947. p. 6 (Country Edition). Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Actress In Court Over City Show". The Sun]. No. 11753. New South Wales, Australia. 26 September 1947. p. 3 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Scott Alexander with Turret Players", Everyones., Sydney: Everyones Ltd, 25 September 1929, nla.obj-577184712, retrieved 23 August 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "Poverty Point", The Bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 4 December 1929, nla.obj-606390806, retrieved 24 August 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "STAGE SHOWS.", The Bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 28 April 1937, nla.obj-571620306, retrieved 24 August 2024 – via Trove
- ^ ""SIX MEN OF DORSET"". The Workers' Weekly. No. 893. New South Wales, Australia. 19 April 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ ""Western Limit" At New Theatre". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 33, 751. New South Wales, Australia. 25 February 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "NEW THEATRE Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme". Le Courrier Australien. No. 6. New South Wales, Australia. 8 February 1946. p. 12. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Match Girls At I New Theatre !". Tribune. No. 382. New South Wales, Australia. 10 January 1948. p. 1 (MAGAZINE SECTION). Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (16 August 1947), "RADIO ROUNDABOUT", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1425431508, retrieved 24 August 2024 – via Trove
- ^ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (3 July 1948), "Six Men of Dorset at the New", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1430470863, retrieved 24 August 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "The Lawsons Has World Premiere As Stage Play", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 28 January 1950, nla.obj-1448111435, retrieved 23 August 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "JEAN BLUE STARS IN NEW PLAY". Tribune. No. 652. New South Wales, Australia. 8 September 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Arthur Miller play opening". Tribune. No. 1162. New South Wales, Australia. 27 July 1960. p. 7. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "NEW THEATRE'S SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL". Tribune. No. 1195. New South Wales, Australia. 22 March 1961. p. 12. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.