Amber Mae Cecil

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Amber Mae Cecil
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Amber Mae Cecil, pictured in the Sydney Morning Herald in 1954
Born(1938-08-20)20 August 1938
Potts Point, Sydney, Australia
Died15 July 1998(1998-07-15) (aged 59)
Sydney, Australia
OccupationRadio, theatre and television actor

Amber Mae Cecil was a prominent Australian radio, theatre and television actress of the 1950s and 1960s.

Early life[]

Amber Mae Cecil was born on 20 August 1938 in Potts Point. Her parents were also prominent figures of Australian radio, , an actor, and , a producer for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Her grandfather, Norman Kennerdale (1880–1950), 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]

Death[]

Amber Mae Cecil died in Sydney on 15 July 1998, aged 59 years.

References[]

  1. ^ 'Women's Interests on the Air: Acting a Family Tradition' Sydney Morning Herald, 11 March 1954, Women's section, p.7 [1]
  2. ^ National Film and Sound Archive, 'Women in Radio', [2] Retrieved 25 April 2014
  3. ^ 'Women's Interests on the Air: Acting a Family Tradition' Sydney Morning Herald, 11 March 1954, Women's section, p.7 [3]
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ IMDB: Amber Mae Cecil [4] Retrieved 25 April 2014
  6. ^ 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
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