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