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Joan MacArthur (actress)

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British actress (1916–1975)

Joan MacArthur
Born(1916-04-30)30 April 1916
Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died16 May 1975(1975-05-16) (aged 59)
Cambridgeshire, England
SpouseRaymond Westwell

Joan MacArthur (30 April 1916 – 16 May 1975) was a British actress who worked for many years in Australia. Known on stage as a Shakespearian actress, she also appeared in many television plays.

MacArthur toured New Zealand and Australia in 1953 with the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company.

She returned to Australia in the 1960s and appeared on stage and in television plays alongside her husband, Raymond Westwell.

MacArthur died in Cambridgeshire, England in 1975.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Joan MacArthur". AusStage. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  2. "Principals of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company". Press. Vol. LXXXIX, no. 26978. 2 March 1953. p. 8. Retrieved 10 January 2025 – via Papers Past (Stuff Ltd).
  3. "Stratford "Othello" At Tivoli". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 22 April 1953. p. 2. Retrieved 11 January 2025 – via National Library of Australia.

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