Amber Mae Cecil
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Amber Mae Cecil was a prominent Australian radio, theatre and television actress of the 1950s and 1960s.
Early life
Amber Mae Cecil was born in 1938. Her parents were also prominent figures of Australian radio, Rosalind Kennerdale, an actor, and Lawrence H Cecil, a producer for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Her grandfather ran a school of dramatic arts, later managed by Rosalind Kennerdale.[1]
Career
Cecil was 12 years old when she made her debut in Grace Gibson's radio serial Night Beat.[2] She was offered a stage role by Queenie Ashton and played roles for the Metropolitan, Independent and Mercury Theatre companies.[3]
Two years later, in 1953, Cecil won the role of Janie in the popular 2GB comedy serial Life with Dexter, a role Cecil would maintain for the next eleven years. The show was recorded in front of a live audience and also included Ray Hartley.,[4] other radio roles include Life Can be Beautiful, Doctor Paul and Blue Hills, before appearing in Shakespearean plays
Cecil starred in early television movies or mini-series including The Multi-Coloured Umbrella (1958) and The Outcasts (1961), and had guest roles in popular television series including Homicide (in 1967, 1968 and 1974) and Division 4 (in 1969 and 1973).[5] and she played a role in a broadcast of a radio play by Elizabeth Jolley produced in 1978.[6]
References
- ^ 'Women's Interests on the Air: Acting a Family Tradition' Sydney Morning Herald, 11 March 1954, Women's section, p.7 [1]
- ^ National Film and Sound Archive, 'Women in Radio', [2] Retrieved 25-04-2014
- ^ 'Women's Interests on the Air: Acting a Family Tradition' Sydney Morning Herald, 11 March 1954, Women's section, p.7 [3]
- ^ Lane, Richard and National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, 1994, The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama 1923-1960: A History Through Biography, Melbourne University Press, Carlton South, Vic
- ^ IMDB: Amber Mae Cecil [4] Retrieved 25-04-2014
- ^ Jolley, Elizabeth. Off the Air: Nine Plays for Radio. Penguin Books, 1995.
External links
- Cecil, Amber Mae in The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia