Julia Blake (born 1937) is a
British-Australian actress, notable for numerous film and TV roles, particularly in Australia. She also acted in the theatre.
Early life and education
Julia Blake was born in 1937 in the United Kingdom.
She attended
Bristol University
The University of Bristol is a public research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909, although it can trace its roots to a Merchant Venturers' school founded in 1595 and University College, Bristol, which had ...
, receiving an honours degree in drama and French. she subsequently trained in theatre at the
Bristol Old Vic
Bristol Old Vic is a British theatre company based at the Theatre Royal, Bristol. The present company was established in 1946 as an offshoot of the Old Vic in London. It is associated with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which became a fin ...
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Career
Blake has an extensive career acting on stage, in Australia from 1963 through to 2017.Homicide
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'', ''Division 4
''Division 4'' is an Australian television police drama series broadcast by the Nine Network and created by Crawford Productions airing between 1969 and 1975 for 301 episodes.
Synopsis
The series was one of the first to follow up on the enor ...
'', and ''Matlock Police
''Matlock Police'' is an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for The 0-10 Network (now known as Network 10) between 1971 and 1976. The series focused on the police station and crime in the Victorian town of Ma ...
''. She is known for her role as Nancy McCormick on the TV series ''Prisoner
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'' (known internationally as ''Prisoner Cell Block H''), in which she appeared during the final season in 1986. She had previously appeared in two smaller roles in the series, as Evelyn Randall and Alice Dodds.
On the big screen, Blake starred in the 2012 film '' Last Dance (2012); '' A Month of Sundays'', '' Looking for Grace'', and The Dressmaker (all released in 2015); and '' Dance Academy: The Movie'' (2017).[
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Honours and awards
In 2018, Blake, along with her actor husband Terry Norris, jointly received the Equity Lifetime Achievement Award.
Personal life
While working in repertory theatre
A repertory theatre, also called repertory, rep, true rep or stock, which are also called producing theatres, is a theatre in which a resident company presents works from a specified repertoire, usually in alternation or rotation.
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in England, she met the Australian-born actor Terry Norris, whom she later married. They moved to Australia in the 1960s.[
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Filmography
Film
Television
TV appearances as self
References
External links
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Julia Blake
on AusStage
AusStage: The Australian Live Performance Database is an online database which records information about live performances in Australia, providing records of productions from the first recorded performance in Australia (1789, by convicts) up unt ...
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1937 births
Living people
Australian expatriates in England
Australian film actresses
Australian soap opera actresses
Australian stage actresses
Best Supporting Actress AACTA Award winners
English expatriates in Australia
English film actresses
English soap opera actresses
English stage actresses
English television actresses
20th-century Australian actresses
21st-century Australian actresses
20th-century English actresses
21st-century English actresses