Arkie Whiteley

Arkie Whiteley
Born Deya Whiteley
(1964-11-06)6 November 1964
Westminster, London, England
Died 19 December 2001(2001-12-19) (aged 37)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of death Adrenal cancer
Resting place Lavender Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation Actress
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. She also appeared in the television series Prisoner as troubled prostitute/junkie Donna Mason, and in early episodes of A Country Practice.

After her father's overdose in 1992[2], 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.

Personal life

Whiteley married her first husband Christopher Kuhn in 1995;[3] 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 was cremated at Sydney's Northern Suburbs Crematorium.[4] 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 Film 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

  • People Like Us as Young Elaine Frith (3 TV episodes, 1978) in Strike, The First Lessons in Love, & The Odd Families
  • Spring & Fall as Angela (1 TV episode, 1980) in The Last Card
  • Slippery Slide (1980)
  • A Town Like Alice (1981) TV mini-series as Annie
  • A Country Practice as Jenny Secombe (2 TV episodes, 1981) in General Practice: Part 2, & General Practice: Part 1
  • Prisoner as Donna Mason (13 TV episodes, 1982) in Episode #1.290, Episode #1.292 (1982), Episode #1.293 (1982), Episode #1.294 (1982), Episode #1.295 (1982), 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303
  • Kings (1983) TV series
  • Screen Two as Mary (1 TV episode, 1990) in Drowning in the Shallow End
  • The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990) (TV) as Gallina
  • Perfect Scoundrels as Fleur (2 TV episodes, 1990) in The Day of Jubilo, & Bad Penny Blues
  • Van der Valk as Ruth van der Valk (1 TV episode, 1991) in Doctor Hoffmann's Children
  • 4 Play as Girl on beach in 'But Beautiful' (1 TV episode, 1991)
  • Love Hurts as Annabel Golding (2 TV episodes, 1992) in Let's Do It, & Stormy Weather
  • Natural Lies (1992) TV series as Jo Scott (unknown TV episodes)
  • Gallowglass as Nina (3 TV episodes, 1993)
  • Sweating Bullets as Patsy Stratton (1 TV episode, 1993) in The Patsy
  • Casualty as Eleanor Morrisey (1 TV episode, 1995) in Money for Nothing
  • Kavanagh QC as Helen Ames (6 TV episodes, 1996–1997) in Diplomatic Baggage, Ancient History, Blood Money, Mute of Malice, Job Satisfaction,
  • The Grand as Madame Euphrasine de Bourg D'Oisans (1 TV episode, 1998) in Episode #2.5
  • McCallum as Catrin (1 TV episode, 1998) in Beyond Good and Evil
  • Without Warning (1999) (TV) as Megan Turner
  • The Last Musketeer (2000) (TV) as Dr. Elizabeth Fraser
  • A Dinner of Herbs as Madeleine Cottle (3 TV episodes, 2000) in Episode #1.4, Episode #1.3, & Episode #1.2
  • A Touch of Frost as Dr. Helena Gibson (1 TV episode, 2001) in Benefit of the Doubt: Part 1 (final television appearance)

References

  1. ↑ "Living the dream". 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  2. ↑ Katrina,, Strickland, (2013). Affairs of the art : love, loss and power in the art world. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Publishing. ISBN 0522858627. OCLC 829995695.
  3. ↑ "The will to win - smh.com.au". www.smh.com.au. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  4. ↑ find-a-grave; Retrieved 7 August 2013
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