Wendy Blacklock

Wendy Blacklock
AM
Born (1932-01-20) 20 January 1932 (age 92)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
EducationConservartorium of Sydney, Rathbone Academy of Dramatic Art[1]
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedienne
  • producer
  • writer
  • singer
  • dancer
  • choreographer
  • theatre entrepreneur
Years active1951–2014
Known for

Wendy Blacklock AM (born 20 January 1932)[2] is an Australian-born retired theatre actress and theatrical entrepreneur, radio and television actress, comedienne, producer, writer, singer, dancer and choreographer who has appeared in numerous performance roles, both locally and in the United Kingdom, and has been referred to as "The Grand Dame of the Stage".

Blacklock started her career in theatre in the early 1950s, and although she started to take small screens roles in the latter 50s, and working on screen until the late 1970s, she remained active in stage roles, her preferred genre for seven decades until the mid-2010s.[1]

She founded the theatre company production firm Performing Lines for the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust and was instrumental in establishing Aboriginal Australian theatre internationally[3]

However she became famous for her comic role in the TV soap opera Number 96 as Edith "Edie" McDonald.

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