Barbara Vernon (writer)

Barbara Vernon
Born
Barbara Mary Vernon

25 July 1916
Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Died16 April 1978 (age 61)
Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations
Years active- 1976 (retired)
Known forBellbird (TV series), Country Town (film adaptation)

Barbara Mary Vernon (25 July 1916 – 16 April 1978) was an Australian playwright, screenwriter, editor and radio announcer.

Her plays included The Passionate Pianist and The Multi-Coloured Umbrella.

She was the head writer and script editor of the ABC TV drama series Bellbird, the longest such series produced by the ABC, she also wrote the film adaptation of that series entitled Country Town.[1]

  1. ^ Jane Connors, 'Vernon, Barbara Mary (1916–1978)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/vernon-barbara-mary-11922/text21359, published first in hardcopy 2002, accessed online 5 June 2016.