Wendy Playfair

Wendy Playfair (born 28 August 1926)[1] is an Australian actress, best known for her roles as Minnie Donovan in the television series Prisoner[2] and Audrey Long in Home and Away.[3]

Family

Playfair was born in Sydney to Edmund Strathmore Creer (Strath) Playfair (1894–1965) and Kathleen Ryrie (Babs) née Campbell (1899–1989).[4] She was the third of four sisters. Eve and Judy were born before her and Susan (now Lady Atwill) was born after her.[5] The Playfair family were well-to-do, socially prominent[6] and in the meat trade.[7] She was educated at Ascham School in Sydney[8] and married James Williams at All Saints Woollahra Anglican Church in 1951.[9]

Acting career

In radio she worked for the ABC and consistently in morning serials for Grace Gibson, as well as in many radio plays. Playfair received a Macquarie Award for her radio work. In television she has appeared in Return to Eden, A Country Practice, All Saints and Prisoner. Her film credits include "Ride a Wild Pony", the only Walt Disney film ever produced in Australia. Playfair's most recent television appearance was in Packed to the Rafters in 2012.

References

  1. ↑ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 August 1926. p. 10. Retrieved 27 June 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ Prisoner Character List Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Back to the bay Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Playfair Family Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "MANY FAMILY PARTIES YESTERDAY". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 December 1940. p. 2. Retrieved 27 June 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Sydney's Talking About—". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 December 1946. p. 8. Retrieved 27 June 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Playfair estate to family". The Canberra Times. 26 October 1966. p. 13. Retrieved 27 June 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ Simpson, Caroline Fairfax; Dupree, Annette Fielding-Jones; Ferguson, Betty Winn (1986), Ascham remembered, 1886-1986, Fine Arts Press, ISBN 978-0-86917-013-7
  9. ↑ "They're Set Their Wedding Dates". The Sunday Herald. Sydney. 27 May 1951. p. 18. Retrieved 27 June 2014 – via National Library of Australia.



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