Delia Williams

Delia C. Williams (born 1930) was a British-born Australian actor.

Williams was born in Lambeth, London in 1930,[1] where she trained at the Old Vic and worked for two years on the West End, as well as a model. She moved to Australia in 1956.[2][3] She worked a number of times with Annette Andre.[4]

Stephen Vagg of Filmink felt Williams played her role in Stormy Petrel "with verve and a twinkle in the eye. Williams was a Welsh actress who moved to Australia and had a short but glittering career here, nabbing many of the best roles on Australian TV drama at the time (eg. Cathy in Wuthering Heights, Nina in The Seagull); she had presence, beauty and charisma and it’s a shame that her career ended shortly after this when she married and became a mother."[5]

Filmography

Film

The Seagull (1959) as Nina
Hamlet (1959) as Ophelia[6]
Wuthering Heights (1959) as Cathy Earnshaw

Television

Stormy Petrel (1960) as Mary Bligh[7]
Whiplash (1960)
The Outcasts (1961) as Mary O’Connell

Theatre

Dial M for Murder (1957) - tour

Radio

Paradise Place (1957)
Richard II (1959)
The Loquat Tree (1961)

References

"Delia C. Williams". FreeBMD. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
"Famous Thriller To-night". The Canberra Times. Vol. 31, no. 9, 290. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 October 1957. p. 2. Retrieved 30 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
"Models defy Cupid". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 27 August 1956. p. 8. Retrieved 30 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
Vagg, Stephen (29 August 2020). "Annette Andre: My Brilliant Early Australian Career". Filmink.
Vagg, Stephen (17 October 2021). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: Stormy Petrel". Filmink.
"Hamlet On Channel 3". The Canberra Times. Vol. 38, no. 10, 828. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 22 April 1964. p. 35. Retrieved 30 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
"20th century wisdom". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 28, no. 11. Australia. 17 August 1960. p. 55. Retrieved 30 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Delia Williams at IMDb

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[1] "Delia C. Williams". FreeBMD. Retrieved 21 April 2023.

[2] "Famous Thriller To-night". The Canberra Times. Vol. 31, no. 9, 290. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 October 1957. p. 2. Retrieved 30 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Models defy Cupid". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 27 August 1956. p. 8. Retrieved 30 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[andre-4] Vagg, Stephen (29 August 2020). "Annette Andre: My Brilliant Early Australian Career". Filmink.

[bligh-5] Vagg, Stephen (17 October 2021). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: Stormy Petrel". Filmink.

[6] "Hamlet On Channel 3". The Canberra Times. Vol. 38, no. 10, 828. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 22 April 1964. p. 35. Retrieved 30 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[7] "20th century wisdom". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 28, no. 11. Australia. 17 August 1960. p. 55. Retrieved 30 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.