Queenie Ashton
Queenie Ashton | |
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Queenie Ashton, photographed by Noel Rubie in about 1950. | |
| Born | Edith Muriel Ashton 11 November 1903 Stoke Newington, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 21 October 1999 (aged 95) Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia |
| Other names | Ethel Muriel Cover (married name) |
| Citizenship | Australian |
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| Years active | 1917-1992 |
| Known for | The Lawsons (radio serial) Blue Hills (radio serial) |
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| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Macquarie Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
Queenie Ashton (AM) (11 November 1903 – 21 October 1999), was a British singer, dancer, and actress, having started her career as a soprano and theatre actress in her naive UK, she had a long career in Australia as a radio and television performer, with a career spanning over 75 years.
Ashton was born as Edith Muriel Ashton in Stoke Newington, London, from 1946 upon her marriage she legally used the name Ethel Muriel Cover.
Her best known roles where in the radio serial's The Lawsons from 1944 and 1949 as Lee Gordon (the wife of Dr. Gordon) and its sequel Blue Hills as the elderly "Granny" Emily Bishop a role she played for some 27 years from 1949 and 1976, she would also play the character in TV series Autumn Affair.
Ashton alongside her contemporaries including Gwen Plumb, Ethel Lang, Grace Gibson and Margaret Christensen,has been described as a pioneer for females in radio. Her other prominent role was as Dolly Lucas in TV series Certain Women