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'''Mary Mackay''' was an Irish-Australian actress. She was born in Ireland and worked at the [[Abbey Theatre]], and in London. In the 1950s she moved to Australia where she worked on stage, radio, television and film.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18417670 |title=Women's Interests On The Air Irish Actress To Stay Here |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=36,279 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 April 1954 |accessdate=3 August 2020 |page=7 (Women's Section) |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> She arrived in Australia with the company for ''Call Me Madam''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article100183159 |title=JOYCE STIRLING VOICES HER RADIOPINION |newspaper=[[Sunday Mail]] |location=Queensland, Australia |date=4 April 1954 |accessdate=27 October 2020 |page=24 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
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'''Mary Mackay''' was an Irish-Australian actress. She was born in Ireland and worked at the [[Abbey Theatre]], and in London. In the 1950s she moved to Australia where she worked on stage, radio, television and film.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18417670 |title=Women's Interests On The Air Irish Actress To Stay Here |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=36,279 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 April 1954 |accessdate=3 August 2020 |page=7 (Women's Section) |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
She hosted a number of Australian TV talk shows.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230412242 |title=A Streetcar Named Desire |newspaper=[[Tharunka]] |volume=10, |issue=4 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 April 1964 |accessdate=27 October 2020 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
==Select credits==
==Select credits==
*''[[The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day]]'' (1960)
*''[[The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day]]'' (1960)
*''Quiet Night'' (1961)
*''[[Quiet Night (play)|Quiet Night]]'' (1961)
*''The Funnel Web'' (1962)
*''[[Funnel Web]]'' (1962)
*''[[The Stranger (Australian TV series)|The Stranger]]'' (1964)

*''[[Enough to Make a Pair of Sailor's Trousers]]'' (1966)
*''[[Where Dead Men Lie]]'' (1971)
*''[[Caddie (film)|Caddie]]'' (1976)
*''[[The Alternative (film)|The Alternative]]'' (1977)
*''[[Harlequin (film)|Harlequin]]'' (1980)
*''[[Undercover (1983 film)|Undercover]]'' (1984)
==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0533194/ Mary Mackay] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0533194/ Mary Mackay] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/225650 Mary Mackay] at [[Ausstage]]



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Revision as of 14:57, 26 October 2020

Mary Mackay was an Irish-Australian actress. She was born in Ireland and worked at the Abbey Theatre, and in London. In the 1950s she moved to Australia where she worked on stage, radio, television and film.[1] She arrived in Australia with the company for Call Me Madam.[2]

She hosted a number of Australian TV talk shows.[3]

Select credits

References

  1. ^ "Women's Interests On The Air Irish Actress To Stay Here". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 36, 279. New South Wales, Australia. 1 April 1954. p. 7 (Women's Section). Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "JOYCE STIRLING VOICES HER RADIOPINION". Sunday Mail. Queensland, Australia. 4 April 1954. p. 24. Retrieved 27 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "A Streetcar Named Desire". Tharunka. Vol. 10, , no. 4. New South Wales, Australia. 9 April 1964. p. 11. Retrieved 27 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)