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Ethel Muriel Ashton AM (11 November 1903 – 21 October 1999), known professionally as Queenie Ashton, was a character actress, born in England, who had a long career in Australia as a theatre performer and radio personality, best known for her radio and television soap opera roles, although she did also feature briefly in films.
Queenie Ashton was born on 11 November 1903 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for A Country Practice (1981), The Love Boat (1977) and Certain Women (1973). She was married to John Cover. She died on 21 October 1999 in Carlingford, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Queenie Ashton (as the titular queen) and Harvey Adams (as Louis XVI) in the 1939 radio serial Marie Antoinette. NFSA title: 509367 In the same year she also played the female lead in the serial East Lynne , and after these roles her destiny as one of Australia’s most loved radio performers was sealed and Ashton was in constant demand for ...
Ashton, Queenie. AM. Occupation. Radio actor and Stage actor. Written by Kathryn Mcleod, National Film and Sound Archive. Queenie Ashton was born in London, England in 1903. She began her radio career in 1924, at Radio 2LO in London, singing brackets of classical songs.
Queenie Ashton as Lydia Patterson; Chris Christensen as Mansfield; Nat Levison as Snark; Michael Walshe as Harbutt; Joy Hill as Mog McGuire; Don Crosby as corporal; Frank Sheldon as Ensign Randall; Frank Salter as soldier/guard; Bruce Harris as sentry; Don McIntyre as Lt Collins
Ashton, Queenie. (1903 – 1999) Born1 January, 1903, England. Died31 December, 1999. OccupationRadio actor, Stage actor. Download content. Summary. Read more about Queenie Ashton in our sister publication The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia. Published resources.
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Certain Women told the story of six female members of the Stone/Lucas family – Dolly Lucas (Queenie Ashton), her two daughters, feminist lawyer Frieda Lucas (June Salter) and teacher Jane Stone (Joan Bruce), and Jane’s daughters Helen (Jenny Lee), Marjorie (Judy Morris, then Diane Craig), and Gillian (Elisabeth Crosby initially and then ...
