Alma Butterfield

Alma Butterfield was an Australian writer and actor. She was best known for her work on radio including a long stint on Blue Hills.[1]

Alma Butterfield in 1950

According to one critic her performance in Slaughter of St Teresa's Day was "sublime: she brilliantly encapsulates an entire generation of Australian womanhood, with her hunched shoulders, faded dress, mangled vocabulary and verbal sniping."[2]

Select credits

The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day (1960)[3]
A Little South of Heaven (1961)

References

"Stars of the Air – Mrs. Jenkins, in "Blue Hills"". Kilmore Free Press. No. 1630. Victoria, Australia. 23 February 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
Vagg, Stephen (19 October 2020). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays – The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day". Filmink.
"Perry Masonnew honors". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 27, no. 45. Australia. 13 April 1960. p. 66. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Alma Butterfield at IMDb

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[1] "Stars of the Air – Mrs. Jenkins, in "Blue Hills"". Kilmore Free Press. No. 1630. Victoria, Australia. 23 February 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] Vagg, Stephen (19 October 2020). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays – The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day". Filmink.

[3] "Perry Masonnew honors". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 27, no. 45. Australia. 13 April 1960. p. 66. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.