Coral Drouyn

Coral Drouyn née O'Neil, (born in Doncaster, England in 1945), also billed as Coral Kelly, is an English Australian actress, singer and screenwriter best known for her work in television, including Prisoner, Neighbours, Blue Heelers, Pacific Drive and Home and Away.

Coral Drouyn
Born
Coral O'Neil

1945 (age 75–76)
Doncaster, England
Other namesCoral O'Kelly
OccupationActress, singer, screenwriter

Biography

Emigrating to Australia in the 1960s, Drouyn worked as a singer, whilst writing material for theatre restaurants. During her acting career, when she was billed as Coral Kelly, she appeared in the ill-fated soap opera Arcade as health studio receptionist Consuela McPhee.

Retiring from acting, Drouyn began writing for television, working as a scriptwriter for Grundy Productions series such as The Restless Years, Prisoner and Neighbours. During her time on Prisoner, Drouyn worked her way up from freelance writer to in-house story editor, creating characters and stories before leaving the series prior to its 600th episode.

Drouyn subsequently was involved in the creation of serial Pacific Drive before performing story editor duties on Blue Heelers and Home and Away.

Her book 'Big Screen, Small Screen', detailing the craft skills involved in screen-writing, was published in 1994.

Drouyn now works as a theatre critic.[1]

Select credits
  • The Restless Years
  • Prisoner
  • Neighbours[2]
  • The Local Rag (1986) (TV movie)
  • Pacific Drive
  • Blue Heelers
  • Home and Away (2002–04) - script producer

References
  1. "Coral Drouyn Interview". Back to the Bay. 6 December 2007. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  2. "Neighbours : Interviews > Coral Drouyn". The Perfect Blend. 6 March 2004. Archived from the original on 21 March 2005. Retrieved 7 April 2016.


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