Fay Kelton

Fay Kelton is a retired Australian stage, radio and television actress. She was a regular performer on the Australian Broadcasting Company radio serials Blue Hills, Danse Macabre and Forests of the Night during the 1960s and 70s.

Fay Kelton
Born
Melbourne, Australia
OccupationStage, radio and television actress
Years active1961–1988; 1994–1995, 2001

Kelton also appeared on numerous television films and series, best remembered for portraying Mary Bryant in the 1963 television series The Hungry Ones with Leonard Teale, but also starred on Nice Day at the Office, Cop Shop, Prisoner Cell Block H, A Country Practice and Home and Away.

Biography

Fay Kelton worked as a stage and radio actress prior to making her television acting debut in 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,[1][2] and followed this with appearances in The Gioconda Smile (1963)[3] and A Man for All Seasons (1964).[4] She made a number of guest appearances on Homicide from 1964 to 1971.[5][6] She also made one-time appearances on Dynasty and The Comedy Game, the latter performance leading to her role as Vicki Short in the comedy spinoff Nice Day at the Office in 1972.[7]

Having moved from Melbourne to Sydney the previous year, she also performed on the Australian Broadcasting Company radio serial "Blue Hills"[8] (as well as Danse Macabre and Forests of the Night)[9] and in the Hugh Leonard farce "The Patrick Pearce Motel". She was working seven days a week and up to 16 hours a day.[10] In 1974, she had a supporting role in The Musanthrope.[11]

Following the series cancellation, Kelton guest starred on Ryan, Matlock Police, Division 4 and Power Without Glory.[12] In 1981, she was cast as Alison Page on the cult soap opera Prisoner Cell Block H.[13][14] 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.[15][16] 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, she appeared on A Country Practice in 1986 and the television miniseries Emma: Queen of the South Seas in 1988.[17] In 1994, she had a recurring role as Anne Harris on Home and Away.[18][19][20] She returned to acting once more to guest star on All Saints in 2001.

References
  1. "The Hungry Ones." TV Times. 22 May 1963.
  2. "The Hungry Ones (1963)". OZTV Credits. 2004. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  3. "The Games to Good Medicine". The Memorable TV Guide to Australian TV. MemorableTV.com. 2003. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  4. "Mac and Merle to Mission Impossible". The Memorable TV Guide to Australian TV. MemorableTV.com. 2003. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  5. Riddler, E. (26 August 1996). "Homicide (Australia) Episode Guide". Lawmen: Cops, Spies and PIs. The Riddler's Cult TV Net Directory. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  6. Storey, Don (2008). "Homicide Episode Details". ClassicAustralianTV.com. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  7. Storey, Don (2008). "A Nice Day at the Office". ClassicAustralianTV.com. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  8. Kent, Jacqueline. Out of the Bakelite Box: The Heyday of Australian Radio. Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1983. (pg. 267) ISBN 0-207-14486-9
  9. "Australian Radio Series: 1930s to 1970s" (PDF). Radio Series Collection Guide. National Film & Sound Archive. 25 January 2002. Archived from the original (.pdf) on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  10. "A Work Fest for Fay". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 Jan 1972
  11. "The Musanthrope (1974)". OZTV Credits. 2004. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  12. Moran, Albert (2004). "Power Without Glory". Australian Programming. Museum of Broadcast Communications. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  13. Curthoys, Ann; John Docker (2004). "Prisoner, Australian Prison Melodrama". Australian Programming. Museum of Broadcast Communications. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  14. Museum of Broadcast Communications (2004). "Prisoner." In H. Newcomb (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Television (Vol. I, 2nd ed.). New York and London: CRC Press. (pg. 1827) ISBN 1-57958-411-X
  15. "1981". Prisoner: Eight Years Inside. Aussie Soap Archives. 1996. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  16. "PCBH Characters, Section 23". WWWentworth.co.uk. 3 March 2001. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  17. All Movie Guide (2009). "Fay Kelton Filmography". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  18. "Who's Who: Stars of 1994". HomeandAway.org. 22 March 1998. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  19. "Who's Who: Stars of 1995". HomeandAway.org. 22 March 1998. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  20. "Location Spotting – K". Prisoner Cell Block H Escapees. ThatEden.co.uk. 2002. Retrieved 10 August 2009.

Further reading
  • Sumner, John. Recollections at Play: A Life in Australian Theatre. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993. ISBN 0-522-84494-4
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