Maria Dronke
Maria Dronke made a significant contribution to the theatre in her adopted country of New Zealand.
Maria Dronke made a significant contribution to the theatre in her adopted country of New Zealand.
Davina Whitehouse’s career in performance spanned 70 years, from theatre and film roles in Britain between the 1920s and the 1940s to radio, theatre, television and film roles in New Zealand from the 1950s to the 2000s.
She was one of the first New Zealand women to enter the male-dominated field of film-making.
Having produced the films Picnic at Hanging Rock (Weir, 1975) and Gallipoli (Weir, 1981) Patricia Lovell is regarded as one of Australia’s most successful film producers.
American actress and manager
Irish theatre director and producer, actor and singer
For most of the 1950s Kathleen O’Brien was the only woman directing films in New Zealand.
Wendy Blacklock acted in some of the most iconic Australian television series of the 1970s, including Skippy, Homicide and Boney and also had a long-running role as ‘Mummy’ in the popular Australian television series Number 96 (1972-1977).
English dramatic manager and producer.
In a tragically short life, Lottie Lyell made an extraordinary contribution to the early development of the Australian feature film industry, as well as establishing herself as one of Australia’s first film stars.