Dinah Shearing
Dinah Shearing ( Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
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Died | 14 June 2021 (aged 95) , Australia |
Occupation | Actress |
Dinah Hilary Shearing
Early life and education
Dinah Hilary Shearing was born on 12 February 1926[citation needed] in Sydney, New South Wales, to English parents.[1]
She attained honours in exams to A.Mus.A at
Career
Shearing appeared on stage, radio, television and films in a career that spanned more than 60 years.[2]
Subverted from her initial intention of becoming a
From there, Shearing was drafted into the
Her performances drew admiring reviews from Sydney critics, including Lindsay Brown,
Shearing also appeared in some of Australia's earliest TV dramas.[5] She worked with the Nine Network, Crawford Productions, ABC, the Seven Network, Disney International, and many others.
Recognition, honours, and awards
She became a
Recognition for her work included the following awards:
- 1952:
- 1985: Penguin Award for Man of Letters
- 1985: Commendation in the Penguin Award, for All the Rivers Run (1985)
- 1993: Critics Award for Coriolanus
- 1993: Glugs Award for Lifetime of Excellence[8]
- 1999: Glug Awards[8]
Personal life
At the peak of her career, and spurning an offer from the head of
Shearing was a speaker for Heart Research Institute from 1993 to 1999, and a volunteer reader for Royal Society for the Blind in the 1960s.
Later life and death
In later life Shearing resided at Erina, New South Wales, on the Central Coast, and was active in community arts programmes, volunteer work, and had also branched into directing not long before her death.[9]
She died on 14 June 2021, aged 95.[10][11]
Theatre
Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1946 | Winterset | Street Urchin | Metropolitan Theatre Sydney, St Peters Church Hall, Darlinghurst |
1946 | Twelfth Night | Viola | Metropolitan Theatre Sydney, St Peters Church Hall, Darlinghurst |
1947 | The Country Wife | Lady Fidget | Metropolitan Theatre Sydney |
1947 | Ned Kelly | Mrs Barry | Metropolitan Theatre Sydney |
1947 | Deep are the Roots | New Theatre, Sydney | |
1948 | The First Joanna | Joan Deveron | Metropolitan Theatre Sydney |
1948 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Fairy / Costume Designer | Metropolitan Theatre Sydney, Killara Soldiers Memorial Hall |
1949 | Twelfth Night | Killara Soldiers Memorial Hall, Metropolitan Theatre Sydney | |
1950 | Amphitryon 38 | Independent Theatre Sydney | |
1951 | King Lear | Regan | St James' Hall Sydney |
1952 | The Relapse | Berinthia | |
1952 | A Phoenix Too Frequent | ||
1956-57 | The Rivals | Lydia Languish | Playhouse Perth
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1956 | Twelfth Night | Viola | Playhouse Perth
|
Hotel Universe | |||
Invitation to a Voyage | |||
The Holly and the Ivy | |||
Bell Book and Candle |
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1957-58 | The Shifting Heart | Theatre Royal Hobart, National Theatre Launceston, Elizabethan Theatre Sydney, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Union Hall Adelaide | |
1959 | The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day | Wilma Cartwright | Elizabethan Theatre Sydney |
1959 | Man and Superman | Ann Whitefield | Playhouse Perth
|
1959 | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
Mary Cavan Tyrone | Playhouse Perth
|
1959 | Julius Caesar | Portia | Elizabethan Theatre Sydney |
1959 | Fire on the Wind | Playhouse Perth
| |
1960 | The Rape of the Belt | Elizabethan Theatre Sydney | |
1960 | Murder in the Cathedral | Chorus | University of Adelaide |
1964 | A Phoenix Too Frequent | ||
1965 | The Country Wife | UNSW Old Tote Theatre | |
1966 | Tiny Alice | UNSW Old Tote Theatre | |
1966 | Persephone | Sydney Symphony Orchestra | |
1971 | Butley | ||
1972-73 | An Ideal Husband | Playhouse Perth
| |
1973 | King Richard II | Sydney Opera House | |
1973-74 | What If You Died Tomorrow? | Sydney Opera House, Canberra Theatre, Comedy Theatre Melbourne | |
1974 | Macbeth | Sydney Opera House | |
1979 | The Drowned Phoenician Sailor | Laura | ABC Radio Sydney |
1979 | Alladyce and the Holy Virago | Isobel | ABC Radio Sydney |
1979 | A Wicked Pack of Cards | Laura | ABC Radio Sydney |
1980 | Children | Mother | Bondi Pavilion |
1980 | Inside the Island | Lillian Dawson | Nimrod Upstairs |
1987 | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
Mary Cavan Tyrone | Marian Street Theatre |
1989 | Knuckledusters - The Jewels of Edith Sitwell | Canberra Theatre, Russell Street Theatre | |
1989 | Shellcove Road | Marian Street Theatre | |
1991 | The Hundred Year Ambush | Newtown Studio Theatre | |
1991 | Great Expectations - The Musical | Seymour Centre | |
1992 | The Winslow Boy | Sydney Opera House, Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane | |
1993 | The Old Boy | Ensemble Theatre | |
1993 | Coriolanus | Sydney Opera House | |
1995 | Medee | Sydney Opera House with Australian Opera | |
1997 | Love Letters | ||
1998 | A Delicate Balance | Sydney Opera House | |
2000 | Mother's Day | SBW Independent Theatre | |
2000 | A Cheery Soul | Sydney Opera House | |
2001 | Morning Sacrifice | Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company | |
2008 | The Makropoulos Secret | Australian Opera |
Filmography
Television
Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1970 | The Survivors | ||
1981-82 | The Sullivans | TV series | |
1983 | Learned Friends | ||
1983 | All the Rivers Run | Aunt Hester | TV miniseries |
1984 | Special Squad |
TV series | |
1984 | Saturday Saturday | ||
1985 | Dancing Daze | TV miniseries | |
1984-85 | Five Mile Creek | TV series | |
1985-90 | A Country Practice | TV series | |
1988 | Rafferty's Rules | TV series | |
1988, 1989 | E Street |
TV series | |
1991-92 | Family and Friends | Antoinetta Rossi | TV series |
1991-92 | Eye of the Storm | ||
1993 | Police Rescue | TV series | |
1988, 1994 | G.P. |
TV series | |
1998 | Wildside | TV series | |
1997, 1999 | All Saints | TV series | |
2000, 2002 | Farscape | TV series |
Film
Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1957 | A Phoenix too Frequent |
Dynamene | TV movie |
1958 | Sixty Point Bold | Maria Charvet | TV movie |
1960 | Macbeth | TV movie | |
1982 | Buddies | Merle | Feature film |
1983 | Man of Letters | Beth Serry | TV movie |
1984 | Emmett Stone | Feature film | |
1985 | A Spy in the Family | Feature film | |
1989 | A Family Matter | TV movie | |
1999 | Time and Tide | TV movie | |
2001 | The Long Wet | Feature film |
Directorial and other projects
Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1947 | Lady Windermere's Fan | Costume Designer | Metropolitan Theatre Sydney |
1948 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Costume Designer | Metropolitan Theatre Sydney, Killara Soldiers Memorial Hall |
2003 | Archibald Prize: The Play | Co-director | The Actor's Forum |
2003 | Winners | Director | The Actor's Forum |
2003 | La Serenissima: The Fascination of Venice | Poetry recitals | S. H. Ervin Gallery |
2005 | Gosford Regional Gallery and International Women's Day | Two monologues | Gosford Regional Gallery |
2006 | Collected Stories | Director | |
2006-07 | The Actor's Forum | Director | The Actor's Forum |
2007 | Lettice and Lovage | Director | |
2003, 2008 | Gosford Regional Gallery | Poetry recitals | Gosford Regional Gallery |
2008 | The Fortunates | ||
2009 | Katandra Players | Katandra Players | |
Stopover | |||
2010 | Wilde Woman | Director | |
2012 | Christchurch Camerata Orchestra | Reader | Christchurch Camerata Orchestra |
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References
- ^ "Obituary: Dinah Shearing".[dead link]
- ^ ISBN 0522845568.
- ISBN 0958121354.
- ^ Porter, Hal (1965). Stars of Australian Stage and screen. Rigby Ltd. p. 264.
- ^ "The PRIVATE EYE of TV". ABC Weekly. 20 July 1957. pp. 4–5.
- ^ "Miss Dinah Hilary SHEARING". Australian Honours Search Facility. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia). Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "Macquarie Awards". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 35, 929. 16 February 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 27 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "Awards". Glugs. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ISBN 978-1740951906.
- ^ "Obituary: Dinah Shearing". TelevisionAU. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "MILGATE nee SHEARING, Dinah Hilary". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/3731
See also "National Library of Australia Collection". Papers of Shearing, Dinah. (Ref: MS 5186)-National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.