Julia Blake

Julia Blake
Born (1937-05-13) 13 May 1937 (age 87)
Bristol, England
Other namesJulie Blake
EducationBristol University
OccupationActress
Years activec. 1950s-present
Spouse
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(m. 1962; died 2023)​
Children2

Julia Blake (born 13 May 1937)[1] is an English–born actress, notable for numerous film and TV roles, particularly in Australia. She also acted in the theatre.

Early life

Blake was born in Bristol, England, United Kingdom on 13 May 1937 and attended Bristol University, whilst working in theatre in Yorkshire she met the Australia-born actor later politician Terry Norris.

Film and television

Blake married Norris in 1962 and they emigrated to Australia, where she carved out her career and won the 1989 AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries for Eden's Lost, and the 1990 AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role opposite Max von Sydow in the film Father. She also received AFI nominations for Travelling North (1987), Innocence (2000) and The Boys are Back (2009).

On the small screen she is known for her role as Nancy McCormick on the TV series Prisoner, (known internationally as Prisoner Cell Block H) for which she appeared during the final season in 1986, she previously appeared in two smaller roles earlier as Evelyn Randall and Alice Dodds[2]

In 2018, she and Norris jointly received the Equity Lifetime Achievement Award.[3] Their daughters are the actresses Sarah and Jane Norris.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Type
1973 Salome Film short
1977 The Getting of Wisdom Isabella Shepherd Feature film
1978 Patrick Matron Cassidy Feature film
1978 The Forbidden Film short
1979 Snapshot aka 'One More Minute' Mrs. Bailey Feature film
1982 Lonely Hearts Pamela Feature film
1983 Man of Flowers Art Teacher Feature film
1984 My First Wife Kirstin Feature film
1985 An Indecent Obsession Matron Feature film
1986 Cactus Club Speaker Feature film
1987 Travelling North Frances Feature film
1988 Georgia Elizabeth Feature film
1990 Father Iya Zetnick Feature film
1995 Mushrooms Flo Feature film
1996 Hotel de Love Edith Dunne Feature film
1999 Passion Queen Alexandra Feature film
2000 Innocence Claire Feature film
2003 The Forest Margot Film short
2004 Human Touch Anna's Mother Feature film
2005 Three Dollars Tanya's Mother Feature film
2006 Aquamarine Grandma Maggie Brown Feature film
2006 The Barrows Bonnie Film short
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Heather Hudson Feature film
2009 The Boys Are Back Barbara Feature film
2010 Matching Jack Cleo Feature film
2010 Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Mrs. Underhill Feature film
2012 Last Dance Ulah Lippmann Feature film
2015 Is This the Real World Gamma Feature film
2015 Looking for Grace Nell Norris Feature film
2015 A Month of Sundays Sarah Feature film
2015 The Dressmaker Irma Almanac Feature film
2017 Dance Academy: The Movie Juliet Jones Feature film
2020 The Dry Barb Hadler Feature film

Television

Year Title Role Type
1963; 1964 Consider Your Verdict Guest roles TV series
1963 The Hot Potato Boys Hong Kong Anna Teleplay
1964 Nude With Violin Pamela TV film
1964 TheSponge Room Hilary Teleplay
1965 The Face at the Clubhouse Door Teleplay
1969–75 Division 4 Stella Palmer TV series, episode: "Farewell Little Chicago"
Mother Episode: "The Grasshoppers"
Kerri Episode: "Rules of the Game"
Det. Sgt. Joan Palmer 2 episodes: "Cleanliness is Next to Godliness", "The Vickers Way"
Beverly Lang Episode: "Unfit to Plead"
1972–75 Bellbird Elaine Thomas TV series, 677 episodes
1973–75 Matlock Police Jean Williams TV series, episode: "Help"
April Simpson Episode: "Forget Me Not"
1975 Homicide Juliet TV series, episode: "Speaking Ill of the Dead"
1977 Moynihan Tanya Shaw TV series, 2 episodes
1978 Against the Wind Cook TV miniseries, 5 episodes
1978-81 Cop Shop Catherine Maynard / Elaine Davis / Jessie Benson / Laura Hewitt / Mrs. Parker TV series, 8 episodes
1979 Twenty Good Years Eva Goldman TV series, 20 episodes
1980 The Last Outlaw Mrs. Scott TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1980 Locusts and Wild Honey Dr. Fletcher TV series, 3 episodes
1981 Holiday Island Mrs. Simpson TV series, episode: "Zack"
1981–86 Prisoner Evelyn Randall TV series, season 3, 70 episodes (guest, 5 episodes)
Alice Dodds Season 5, 4 episodes
Nancy McCormack Season 8, 61 episodes
1982 Women of the Sun Mrs. McPhee TV miniseries, episode 2: "Maydina, the Shadow"
1983 Under Capricorn Milly TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1983 Carson's Law Miss Beasley / Miss Hilda Deniston TV series, 4 episodes: "Best Laid Plans"
1985 The Dunera Boys Mum TV miniseries, 2 episodes: "1.1", "1.2"
1985 Zoo Family Mrs. Watson TV series, 1 episode
1985 Winners: The Paper Boy Reformed Sinner TV film series, 1 episode
1986 Sword of Honour Jean Rogers TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1989 The Magistrate (aka Il Magistrato) Jean Shaw TV miniseries, 6 episodes
1989 Edens Lost Eve TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1996 The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years Fee Cleary TV film
1998 A Difficult Woman Mrs. McKenzie TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1998 Clive Barker's Salome & The Forbidden Video
1998 Driven Crazy Miss Baker TV series, episode: "Barely There"
1999 SeaChange Tenzin Jetsunma TV series, episode: "Manna from Heaven"
2001 Blue Heelers Dorothy Roberts TV series, episode: "Strays"
2004 All Saints Evelyn Ulrich TV series, episode: "A Place in the Heart"
2004 Salem's Lot Eva Prunier TV miniseries, 2 episodes: "1.1", "1.2"
2006 The Society Murders Margaret Wales-King TV film
2007 The Starter Wife Mrs. Caldecott TV miniseries, 3 episodes
2007 City Homicide Hilda Conway TV series, episode: "The Return"
2008–11 Bed of Roses Minna Franklin TV series, 26 episodes
2010 Hawke Ellie Hawke TV film
2011 Winners & Losers Gwen Armstrong TV series, episode: "Happiness is a Delusion"
2012 Conspiracy 365 Melba Snipe TV series, episode: "April"
2013 Mr & Mrs Murder Allegra Scaletta TV series, episode: "The Next Best Man"
2013 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Hilly McNaster TV series, episode: "Dead Man's Chest"
2015 House Husbands Edith Benson TV series, episode: "4.8"

TV appearances as self

Year Title Role Type
1980 Celebrity Tattletales Herself (with Terry Norris) TV series, 3 episodes
1986 Travelling North: Original Cast Screen Tests Herself Video
1989 The 1989 AFI Awards Best Actress Winner Edens Lost TV special
1990 The 1990 AFI Awards Best Actress Winner Father TV special
1995 Good Morning Australia Guest (with Simon Chilvers) TV series, 1 episode
1998; 2000 Good Morning Australia Guest (with Terry Norris) TV series, 2,episodes
2001 Innocence: Interview with Julia Blake Herself Video
2004 From Stage to Screen: Travelling North Herself / Frances Video
2008 Talking Heads Herself (with Terry Norris) TV series, 1 episode
2013 The Making of 'Last Dance' Herself Video
2016 A Sunday too Far Herself Video

Honours and awards

Association Year Award Work Results
Penguin Awards 1986 Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a One-off Drama The Dunera Boys Won
AFI Awards 1987 AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Travelling North Nominated
AACTA Awards 1989 AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama Edens Lost Won
AACTA Awards 1990 AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Father Won
AFI Awards 2000 AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Innocence Nominated
AFI Awards 2010 AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role The Boys are Back Nominated
Equity Ensemble Awards 2018 Equity Lifetime Achievement Award Honoured

References

  1. ^ "Julie Blake".
  2. ^ "Julia Blake". AusStage.
  3. ^ "Lifetime achievement award for Julia Blake and Terry Norris". If. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2020.


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