Fay Kelton Explained

Fay Kelton
Birth Date:1940-1941 (aged 81-82)[1]
Birth Place:Tasmania, Australia[2]
Occupation:Stage, radio and television actress
Years Active:1961–1988; 1994–1995, 2001

Fay Kelton (Born in Tasmania between 1940–41),[3] is an Australian former actress radio, stage and television, she relocated to Melbourne in her teens.[4] She was a regular performer on the ABC radio serial Blue Hills (1949-1976), and also appeared in the shorter serials for commercial radio Danse Macabre[5] and Forests of the Night.[6]

Kelton also appeared in numerous television films and series, including a part based on the historical figure of Mary Bryant in the 1963 television series The Hungry Ones with Leonard Teale. She also starred in Nice Day at the Office, Cop Shop, Prisoner, A Country Practice and Home and Away.

Biography

Kelton worked as a stage and radio actress prior to making her television acting debut in the live television play Who Killed Kovali? on the 13 July 1960.[7] This was followed by, amongst other productions, the television film The End Begins (1961). Two years later, she was cast as Mary Bryant in the television mini-series The Hungry Ones, with co-star Leonard Teale,[8] [9] and followed this with appearances in The Gioconda Smile (1963)[10] and A Man for All Seasons (1964).[11] He had the lead in Cross of Gold.[12]

She made eight guest appearances on Homicide between 1964 to 1971.[13] [14] She also made one-time appearances on Dynasty and The Comedy Game, the latter performance leading to her role as Vicki Short in the spinoff A Nice Day at the Office in 1972.[15]

Having moved from Melbourne to Sydney the previous year, she also performed on the ABC radio serial Blue Hills[16] (as well as Danse Macabre and Forests of the Night)[17] and in the Hugh Leonard farce The Patrick Pearce Motel. She was working seven days a week and up to 16 hours a day.[18] In 1974, she had a leading role in the televised play The Misanthrope.[19]

Kelton guest starred in Ryan, Matlock Police, Division 4 and Power Without Glory.[20] In 1981, she was cast as Alison Page on the soap opera Prisoner.[21] [22] Her character was introduced as a troubled housewife who is sent to prison for shoplifting. Despondent over the separation from her family and bullying from the other women, especially Doreen Burns (Colette Mann), she attempts suicide.[23] [24] Kelton later returned to stage acting and performed for the Northside Theatre Company in Sydney for much of the 1980s.

After a five-year absence from television, she appeared on A Country Practice in 1986 and the television miniseries in 1988.[25] In 1994, she had a recurring role as Anne Harris on Home and Away.[26] [27] [28] She returned to acting once more to guest star on All Saints in 2001.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Melbourne Age Radio-TV Supplement 8 April 1960, p. 5
  2. Melbourne Age Radio-TV Supplement 8 April 1960, p. 5
  3. Melbourne Age Radio-TV Supplement 8 April 1960, p. 5
  4. "Women in the Theatre: Musical to Have Australian Cast" Melbourne Age 7 November 1959, p. 7
  5. Melbourne Age TV-Radio Guide 24 June 1965 p. 9; Melbourne Age TV-Radio Country Guide 1 November 1966 p. 4
  6. Melbourne Age TV-Radio Guide 24 February 1966 p. 9; Melbourne Age TV-Radio Guide 8 July 1966 p. 10
  7. "New Faces in Tennis Murder Drama on TV" Melbourne Age Radio/TV Supplement, 7 July 1960 p. 5
  8. "The Hungry Ones." TV Times. 22 May 1963.
  9. Web site: The Hungry Ones (1963) . OZTV Credits . 2004 . 10 August 2009.
  10. Web site: The Games to Good Medicine . The Memorable TV Guide to Australian TV . MemorableTV.com . 2003 . 10 August 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100108151641/http://www.memorabletv.com/australia/tvag.htm . 8 January 2010 .
  11. Web site: Mac and Merle to Mission Impossible . The Memorable TV Guide to Australian TV . MemorableTV.com . 2003 . 10 August 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090608091612/http://www.memorabletv.com/australia/tvam.htm . 8 June 2009 .
  12. Web site: Stephen. Vagg. Forgotten Australian television plays: Cross of Gold and Goodbye Gloria Hello | FilmInk . Filmink . 19 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220224183552/https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-television-plays-cross-of-gold-and-goodbye-gloria-hello/ . 24 February 2022 . dead.
  13. Web site: Riddler, E. . Homicide (Australia) Episode Guide . https://web.archive.org/web/20090106151327/http://www.ar.com.au/~jriddler/homi.html . Lawmen: Cops, Spies and PIs . The Riddler's Cult TV Net Directory . 1996-08-26 . 6 January 2009 . 10 August 2009 . dead .
  14. Web site: Storey, Don . Homicide Episode Details . ClassicAustralianTV.com . 2008 . 10 August 2009.
  15. Web site: Storey, Don . A Nice Day at the Office . ClassicAustralianTV.com . 2008 . 10 August 2009.
  16. [Jacqueline Kent|Kent, Jacqueline]
  17. Web site: Australian Radio Series: 1930s to 1970s . Radio Series Collection Guide . National Film & Sound Archive . .pdf . 2002-01-25 . 10 August 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090609093108/http://www.nfsa.gov.au/docs/collectionguide_australianradioseries1930-1970.pdf . 9 June 2009 .
  18. "A Work Fest for Fay". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 Jan 1972
  19. Sydney Morning Herald TV Guide section, 7 October 1974 p. 4
  20. Web site: Moran, Albert . Power Without Glory . Australian Programming . . 2004 . 10 August 2009 . 25 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090725030314/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/P/htmlP/powerwithout/powerwithout.htm . dead .
  21. Web site: Curthoys, Ann . John Docker . Prisoner, Australian Prison Melodrama . Australian Programming . . 2004 . 10 August 2009 . 25 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090725082627/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/P/htmlP/prisoner/prisoner.htm . dead .
  22. [Museum of Broadcast Communications]
  23. Web site: 1981 . Prisoner: Eight Years Inside . Aussie Soap Archives . 1996 . 10 August 2009 . 11 September 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090911034555/http://members.ozemail.com.au/~fangora/prismore.html#_Toc226500344 . dead .
  24. Web site: PCBH Characters, Section 23 . WWWentworth.co.uk . 2001-03-03 . 10 August 2009.
  25. Web site: All Movie Guide . Fay Kelton Filmography . 10 August 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022060232/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/910984/Fay-Kelton/filmography . 22 October 2012 . Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. 2012. dmy .
  26. Web site: Who's Who: Stars of 1994 . HomeandAway.org . 1998-03-22 . 10 August 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717182222/http://www.homeandaway.utvinternet.com/Team/Stars_of_1994.htm . 17 July 2011 .
  27. Web site: Who's Who: Stars of 1995 . HomeandAway.org . 1998-03-22 . 10 August 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080509104826/http://www.homeandaway.utvinternet.com/Team/Stars_of_1995.htm . 9 May 2008 .
  28. Web site: Location Spotting – K . Prisoner Cell Block H Escapees . ThatEden.co.uk . 2002 . 10 August 2009 . 29 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090829232027/http://www.thateden.co.uk/prisoner/actork.htm . dead .