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Jill Perryman
MBE, AM
Perryman in 1966
Born (1933-05-30) 30 May 1933 (age 91)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active1936–2006
Known forWork with J. C. Williamson theatre, musical theatre performer
Notable workFilm and TV
...Maybe This Time
Bellbird
Changi
Stage
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SpouseKevan Johnston
ChildrenTod Johnston, Trudy Dunn[1]
Parent(s)William Harland-Perryman, Dorothy Perryman Duval
FamilyDiana Perryman (sister)
Bill Perryman (brother)

Jill Perryman MBE AM[2] (born 30 May 1933) is an Australian actress and singer, with a career that spanned 70 years. Perryman is from a family of show business performers; her sister was actress Diana Perryman and her son is media personality, radio and TV presenter and musician Tod Johnston.

Perryman, although a staple of theatre, appeared briefly in film; for her debut film role in Maybe this Time in 1980, she was awarded the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (known then as the AFI Awards) and has also appeared as a guest in numerous TV series and as herself.

She has been honoured with both the MBE (1979) and Member of the Order of Australia (1992), both with the citation "For service to the Performing Arts".[3][1][4][5][6][7][8]

Career

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Perryman became a staple of Australian showbusiness, having performed on stage from the age of three in a production of the famed Austrian operetta The White Horse Inn.

Perryman in 1952, then aged 19, joined the company of J. C. Williamson Theatres Ltd as a member of the chorus and in the following year was understudying leading roles in stage musicals, under Evie Hayes in a local production of Call Me Madam.[9]

Perryman was strong in voice and personality, and a long series of understudy and small roles eventually led her, through the recommendation of John McCallum (who was then joint managing director of J. C. Williamson Theatres), to take the lead in the key Australian production of Funny Girl, a performance that won her an Erik Award for Best Actress and led to major roles in other productions. These included I Do! I Do! in 1969, and The Two of Us in 1971. No, No, Nanette in 1972 won her another Erik Award for Best Actress for her role as Lucille Early, then in 1973 she starred in A Little Night Music.[10] In 1976 she played Gladys Zilch in Leading Lady, a musical production created especially for her. She also toured during 1977 in Side by Side by Sondheim. She played Miss Hannigan in Annie in 1978.

Perryman won the A.F.I. (Australian Film Institute) Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1980.[11]

She toured in the musicals Chicago in 1988 and The Boy From Oz in 1998.[1]

Personal life

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Perryman was born in May 1933 in Melbourne, Victoria, into a family of performers. Her father was Melbourne-born actor William Harland-Perryman and her mother was Adelaide-born actress and singer Dorothy Eileen Duval; they had married in 1923.[12]

Perryman is married to choreographer Kevin Johnston, and they have a son and daughter. Their son Tod Johnston is an actor, musician and media personality, and their daughter is actress Trudy Dunn. Trudy's daughter McKenzie Dunn is also an actress.[13][14]

Theatre

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Year Show Role Notes
1953 Call Me Madam Ensemble (u/s Mrs Sally Adams) Australian tour starring Evie Hayes
1954 Paint Your Wagon Elizabeth Woodling Australian tour
1955 Can-Can Celestine Australian tour
1957 The Pajama Game Mabel Australian tour starring Toni Lamond
1962 Carnival! Rosalie Australian tour
1965 Hello, Dolly! Irene Molloy Australian tour starring Carole Cook as Dolly Levi
1966 Funny Girl Fanny Brice Australian tour
1969 I Do! I Do! Agnes Australian tour
1972 No, No, Nanette Lucille Early Australian tour starring Cyd Charisse
1973 A Little Night Music Countess Malcolm Australian tour
1977 Side by Side by Sondheim Herself Australian tour
1978 Annie Miss Hannigan Australian tour
1983 Noises Off Dotty Ottley Australian tour
1983 Chicago Mama Morton Playhouse Theatre, Perth
1984 ‘night, Mother Jessie Cates Australian tour
1985 Brighton Beach Memoirs Blanche Australian tour
1994 Hello, Dolly! Dolly Levi Australian tour
1998 Follies Carlotta Champion Sydney Opera House concert
1998 The Boy from Oz Marion Woolnough Australian tour

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Type
1980 ...Maybe This Time Mother Feature film
1986 Windrider Miss Dodge Feature film
1990 The Swan Film short
1993 Love in Limbo Aunt Dorry Feature film
2006 Hidden Creatures Doris Film short

Television

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Year Title Role Type
1957 Pantomime Quiz Guest TV series, 1 episode
1962 The Good Oil Bunny TV film
1966 BP Super Show Guest Singer TV series, 1 episode
1966 The Mavis Bramston Show Various characters TV series
1969 Sydney Tonight Guest TV series, 1 episode
1970 The Mike Walsh Show Guest TV series, 1 episode
1971 Dynasty Jenny Farmer TV series, 1 episode
1972 Matt Flinders Guest TV series
1972 Kamahl Guest TV series, 1 episode
1972 Perryman on Parade Guest TV series, 6 episodes
1972 Bobby Limb's Sound of Christmas Guest TV special
1973 Jill Herself TV special
1974 The Firm Film documentary
1974 The Ernie Sigley Show Guest TV series, 1 episode
1975 The Graham Kennedy Show Guest TV series, 1 episode
1975 Bellbird Cheryl Turner (regular role) TV series
1976 Homicide Kate Holsworth TV series, 1 episode
1976 This Is Your Life Special Guest TV series, 1 episode: "Jill Perryman"
1976 Quest Herself TV series
1977 Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal Guest TV special
1978 Cappriccio! Guest TV series, 1 episode
1978; 1984; 1985 The Mike Walsh Show Guest / singer TV series, 3 episodes
1978 Tickled Pink Vera TV series, 1 episode 4: "Palace of Dreams"
1978 The Peter Couchman Show Guest TV series, 1 episode
1979 The Jill Perryman Show Herself TV special
1979 Saturday Special Guest TV series, 1 episode
1980; 1982 Parkinson In Australia Guest TV series, 2 episodes
1980 Home Sweet Home Mother Superior TV series, 1 episode
1980 1980 Australian Film Awards Winner – Best Actress in Support Role (for Maybe This Time) TV special
1980 John Singleton Show Guest TV series, 1 episode
1980 Carols By Candlelight Herself/Performer TV Special
1981 The World Around Us Herself as Presenter TV series, 1 episode "Africa The Dispossessed"
1981 The 1981 Australian Film Institute Awards Performer TV special
1982 Parkinson In Australia Guest TV series, 1 episode
1985 Flight into Hell Recurring role TV miniseries
1985-1993 The Midday Show Guest / singer TV series
1987 Have a Go Guest Judge TV series, 4 episodes
1989 In Melbourne Today Guest TV series, 1 episode
1989 The Bert Newton Show Guest TV series, 1 episode
1989 The Flying Doctors Josie Sterling TV series, 1 episode
1989-1990 A Country Practice Lois Gardiner TV series, 4 episodes
1992 In Sydney Today Guest TV series, 1 episode
1992 Clowning Around Miss Gabhurst TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1992 Legends In Cabaret Singer TV special
1992 The Morning Show Guest TV series, 1 episode
1993 At Home Guest TV series, 1 episode
1994; 1995; 1998; 1999 Good Morning Australia Guest TV series, 4 episodes
1997 Hey Hey It's Saturday Guest TV series, 1 episode
1998; 1999 Denise Guest TV series, 2 episodes
2001 Changi Older Kate TV miniseries, 1 episode
2008 Talking Heads Guest TV series, 1 episode
2011 The Helpmann Awards Honouree – JC Williamson Award (with Nancye Hayes & Toni Lamond) TV special

Honours and awards

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Association Award Year Results
Australian Government Order of the British Empire (MBE).[15] 1979 Honoured
Australian Government Order of Australia (AM).[16] 1992 Honoured
AACTA Awards AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 1980 Won
Erik Award Best Actress for Funny Girl 1971 Won
Erik Award Best Actress for No, No Nanette 1972 Won
Helpmann Awards JC Williamson Award[17] 2011 Honoured
Mo Awards[18] Female Musical Theatre Performer of the Year 1995 Won
Equity Awards Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 Honoured

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Jill Perryman". AusStage.
  2. ^ "Jill Perryman Biography (1933-)".
  3. ^ "Three-year-old Jill Perryman 1936".
  4. ^ "Back to the 50's? international actors take prized roles in Australian musical productions". 18 May 2016.
  5. ^ "William Perryman". AusStage.
  6. ^ "Dorothy Perryman". AusStage.
  7. ^ "Diana Perryman". AusStage.
  8. ^ "Perryman, Diana profile". Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Jill Perryman (transcript of interview with Peter Thompson)". Talking Heads, ABC Television. 25 August 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2008.
  10. ^ "Jill Perryman, interview with Simon Plant". The Arts Centre. May 2003. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2008.
  11. ^ Jill Perryman at IMDb
  12. ^ "Family Notices". Chronicle (Adelaide). Vol. LXV, no. 3, 469. South Australia. 17 March 1923. p. 35. Retrieved 3 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "Family legacy continues with Mackenzie Dunn in Black Swan's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll".
  14. ^ "MACKENZIE DUNN".
  15. ^ It's an Honour: MBE
  16. ^ It's an Honour: AM
  17. ^ Wright, Maryann (2 August 2011). "Mary's a perfect Poppins - musical scoops annual Helpmann Awards". News.com.au. News Limited (News Corporation). Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  18. ^ "MO Award Winners". Mo Awards. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
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