Английская Википедия:Enid Lorimer
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:EngvarB Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Enid Bosworth Lorimer OAM (born May Enid Bosworth Nunn; 27 November 1887Шаблон:Spaced ndash15 July 1982), was an English-born stage, radio, television and film actress, director, producer, writer, teacher and theosophist. She worked in her native England and also in Australia.
She was a contemporary of Dame Sybil Thorndike and Dame Lilian Braithwaite.
Early life
Lorimer was born[1] on 27 November 1887, in London, United Kingdom.[1] Her father was Harold Marcus Nunn and her mother was Helen Louise Fowler (née Bosworth) and she had a younger sister. [2]
Brought up in comfortable and priveliged circumstances her early education was supervised by a governess. She later attended a boarding school in Folkestone, Kent, and a finishing school in Switzerland.[3]
In London. she trained under renowned teacher Elsie Fogerty, she subsequently trained at Her Majesty's Theatre as a Shakespearean actress.
Career
Lorimer's career as an actress lasted for some 70 years.[4][5] She first took stage drama in the United Kingdom, and became an understudy to Phyllis Neilson-Terry, she joined the toiurding company of Laurence Irving and during the wars year's she worked on film production in Britain assisting Dame Ellen Terry.[6] she arrived for Sydney, Australia in November 1923 to serve as Art Director at the Star Amphitheatre, Balmoral.[7]
Lorimer produced the first impromptu radio play at 2GB in 1925; of the latter she was well known as an actress in the radio serial Dr. Mac with Lou Vernon as Ettie between 1940 and 1952.[3]
She starred in numerous Australian television programmes, such as Motel, Spyforce, Homicide, Division 4 and Cop Shop, as well as many theatrical stage plays,[8] and in 1966 she appeared as a narrator in fourteen episodes of the BBC children's television programme Jackanory. Up until her 85th birthday in 1973, she was very active within the entertainment circle and would not entertain the prospect of retirement, despite self-admitted signs of "phasing out".[9] Her final film appearance was in The Odd Angry Shot.[10] In her later years, she gradually declined from acting and instead started writing children's books, such as the series Shelley (which was based on her granddaughter), under the pseudonym of Ellen Bosworth publishing 3 books..[6] Many of her books were best-sellers in Australia.[11] During her lifetime, Lorimer also worked as a teacher and a theosophist.[12]
Recognition
Lorimer was awarded the Chips Rafferty Memorial Award in 1981[13] and the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her service towards the performing arts on 14 June 1982.[14]
Enid Lorimer Circuit, in the Canberra suburb of Chisholm, is named in her honour.[15]
Death
Lorimer died on 15 July 1982 at a private hospital[16] in Wahroonga, New South Wales.[17][18] A private funeral was held for her; only six people attended.[17]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Strong Is the Seed (aka 'The Farrer Story') | Feature film | |
| 1956 | Find the Lady | Miss Rees (uncredited) | Feature film |
| 1958 | Carve Her Name With Pride | Madame Renaud (uncredited) | Feature film |
| 1959 | Witness in the Dark | Mrs. Temple | Feature film |
| 1964 | The Sicilians | Old Lady | Feature film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | The Golden Head | Dame Martha Holloway | TV film |
| 1953 | Seven Little Australians | Mrs. Fitzroy-Brown | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1953 | The Story of the Treasure Seekers | The Lady | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1954 | A Castle and Sixpence | Mrs. Pigmarsh | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1955 | Absent-Minded Anna | Mrs. Graham | TV film |
| 1955 | The Vice | Madame Larvin / Mrs. Steel / Mrs. McPhail | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1955 | The Sleeping Beauty | The Nurse | TV film |
| 1955 | Count of Twelve | Mrs. McPhail | TV series, episode: ’The Count of Twelve‘ |
| 1956 | The Errol Flynn Theatre | Donya | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1957-67 | ITV Play of the Week | Mookie / Rebecca Nurse / Ellen Carmichael | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Mrs. Danishev | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1957 | Overseas Press Club - Exclusive | Mrs. Klaus / Concierge | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1957 | O.S.S. | Madame Mureaux | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1957 | Matron | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1958 | Television World Theatre | Woman of Troy | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1958 | Charles And Mary | Mrs. Lamb | TV film |
| 1958 | Uncertain Mercy | Frau Kowalski | TV film |
| 1959 | World Theatre | Brand's Mother | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1959 | Antigone | Eurydice | TV film |
| 1959 | The Flying Doctor | Emily Gudgeon | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1961 | Corinth House | Miss Malleson | Teleplay |
| 1961 | Harlequinade | Dame Maud | Teleplay |
| 1961 | Traveller Without Luggage | The Mother | TV film |
| 1962 | The Last Man Out | Madame Matilde | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1963 | Harpers Went Out | Evelyn Bentley | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1963 | Man of the World | Miss Bentley | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1963 | The Queen and The Rebels | Peasant Woman | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1963-65 | Hugh and I | Auntie Maude | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1964-67 | Play School | Storyteller | TV series, 34 episodes |
| 1966 | Theatre 625 | Anna Semionovna | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1966 | The Troubleshooters | Mrs. Thornton | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1966 | Jackanory | Storyteller | TV series, 14 episodes |
| 1966 | Meet the Wife | Madame | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1966 | The New Inferno | The Company | TV film |
| 1967 | The Wednesday Play | Frau Cornelissen | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1967 | Beggar My Neighbour | Aunt Jess | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1967 | The Avengers | Nanny Roberts | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1967 | Uncle Vanya | Maria Wassiljewna Woynitsky | TV film |
| 1967 | Les Misérables | Baptistine | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1968-74 | Homicide | Mrs. Lines / Mrs. Simpson / Mrs. James / 'Gran' Garret / Mrs. Jackson / Molly Bishop / Jane Foster | TV series, 7 episodes |
| 1968 | Motel | Bunty Creighton | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1969 | Riptide | Dora Binney | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1969 | Delta | Hilda | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1969 | Skippy | Mrs. Kearney | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1970; 1974 | Division 4 | Aunt Bertha / Mrs. Mathews | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1970 | The Link Men | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1972 | The Survivor | Belle Leeming | Teleplay |
| 1972 | Kamahl | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1972 | Spyforce | Miss Smith | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1972 | Number 96 | Mrs Harvey | TV series |
| 1972 | The Hands of Cormac Joyce | Mrs. Reece | TV film |
| 1973 | Boney | Mrs. Thompson | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1974 | The Evil Touch | Lavinia Pfeiffer | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1974 | Matlock Police | Mrs. Dawson | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1974 | Human Target | TV film | |
| 1975 | Certain Women | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1975 | Quality of Mercy | TV series, episode 2: "The Love Job" | |
| 1976 | Luke's Kingdom | Nanny | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1976 | Is There Anybody There? | TV film | |
| 1977 | Mama's Gone A-Hunting | Old Woman in Elevator (uncredited) | TV film |
| 1978 | Loss of Innocence | Gran | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1978 | Case for the Defence | Mrs. Lattimer | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1978 | The Young Doctors | Amelia Frost | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1980; 1981 | Parkinson In Australia | Guest | TV series, 2 episodes |
References
External links
- Шаблон:IMDb name
- Enid Lorimer at the Women Film Pioneers Project
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