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Julia Blake

Julia Blake

Australian actress


Julia Blake (born 13 May 1937)[1] is an English–born actress, notable for numerous film and TV roles. She also acted in the theatre.

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Biography

Blake was born in Bristol, England, United Kingdom on 13 May 1937 and attended Bristol University, whilst working in theatre in Yorkshire she met the Australia-born actor later politician Terry Norris they married in 1962 and settled in Australia.

Film and television

Blake won the 1989 AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries for Eden's Lost, and the 1990 AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role opposite Max von Sydow in the film Father. She also received AFI nominations for Travelling North (1987), Innocence (2000) and The Boys are Back (2009).

On the small screen she is known for her role as Nancy McCormick on the TV series Prisoner, (known internationally as Prisoner Cell Block H) for which she appeared during the final season in 1986, she previously appeared in two smaller roles earlier as Evelyn Randall and Alice Dodds[2]

In 2018, she and Norris jointly received the Equity Lifetime Achievement Award.[3] Their daughters are the actresses Sarah and Jane Norris.

Filmography

Film

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References

  1. "Julie Blake".
  2. "Julia Blake". AusStage.
  3. "Lifetime achievement award for Julia Blake and Terry Norris". If. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2020.



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