Arkie Whiteley

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Arkie Whiteley
Born
Deya Whiteley

(1964-11-06)6 November 1964
Westminster, London, England[citation needed]
Died19 December 2001(2001-12-19) (aged 37)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Resting placeLavender Bay, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)
  • Christopher Kuhn
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1995; div. 1999)​
  • Jim Elliott
    ​
    (m. 2001)​

Arkie Deya Whiteley (6 November 1964 – 19 December 2001) was an Australian actress who appeared in television and films.

Early life and education[]

Arkie Whiteley's parents were the renowned Australian artist Brett Whiteley and cultural figure Wendy Whiteley. According to her obituary in The Times newspaper, when living with her parents at the Hotel Chelsea in New York as an infant her babysitter was US blues singer Janis Joplin.[1] Arkie was educated at the prestigious Ascham School in Sydney and an alternative school: the Australian International School at North Ryde, Sydney. She also attended Cremorne Girls High.

Career[]

Her television and film work included: A Town Like Alice, Razorback, Mad Max 2, Gallowglass, Princess Caraboo, and The Last Musketeer with Robson Green.[2] She also appeared in the television series Prisoner as troubled prostitute/junkie Donna Mason, and in early episodes of A Country Practice.[3][4]

After her father's overdose in 1992,[5] she negotiated with the New South Wales government to purchase his studio and run it as a studio museum managed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[6]

Personal life[]

Whiteley married her first husband Christopher Kuhn in 1995;[7] they divorced in 1999. She married her second husband Jim Elliott in December 2001, shortly before she died from adrenal cancer on 19 December, at age 37. She had a 7 year relationship with actor Paul Rhys who nursed her during her illness.[citation needed]

She was cremated at Sydney's Northern Suburbs Crematorium. Both Arkie's and her father Brett's ashes are buried in an undisclosed location in Wendy's secret garden in the Sydney North Shore suburb of Lavender Bay.

Filmography[]

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1981 The Killing of Angel Street Tina Benson
Mad Max 2 The Captain's Girl
1984 Razorback Sarah Cameron
1989 Scandal Vicky
1994 Princess Caraboo Betty
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1978 Young Elaine Frith 3 episodes
1980 Spring & Fall Angela Episode: "The Last Card"
1980
1981 A Town Like Alice Annie
1981 A Country Practice Jenny Secombe 2 episodes
1982 Prisoner Donna Mason 13 episodes
1983 Kings
1990 Screen Two Mary Episode: "Drowning in the Shallow End"
1990 Gallina
1990 Perfect Scoundrels Fleur 2 episodes
1991 Van der Valk Ruth van der Valk Episode: "Doctor Hoffmann's Children"
1991 4 Play Girl on beach Episode: "But Beautiful"
1992 Love Hurts Annabel Golding 2 episodes
1992 Jo Scott unknown episodes
1993 Gallowglass Nina 3 episodes
1993 Sweating Bullets Patsy Stratton Episode: "The Patsy"
1995 Casualty Eleanor Morrisey Episode: "Money for Nothing"
1996–97 Kavanagh QC Helen Ames 6 episodes
1998 The Grand Madame Euphrasine de Bourg D'Oisans Episode: "Episode #2.5"
1998 McCallum Catrin Episode: "Beyond Good and Evil"
1999 Megan Turner
2000 The Last Musketeer Dr. Elizabeth Fraser
2000 Madeleine Cottle 3 episodes
2001 A Touch of Frost Dr. Helena Gibson Episode: "Benefit of the Doubt: Part 1" (final appearance)

References[]

  1. ^ "Living the dream". 29 July 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Arkie Whiteley". BFI.
  3. ^ "Prisoner: Cell Block H - episode 290". www.wwwentworth.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Arkie Whiteley".
  5. ^ Katrina, Strickland (2013). Affairs of the art : love, loss and power in the art world. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Publishing. ISBN 978-0522858624. OCLC 829995695.
  6. ^ "Studio history :: About the Studio :: Brett Whiteley Studio :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au.
  7. ^ "The will to win - smh.com.au". www.smh.com.au. 14 December 2002. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

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