Doreen Warburton

Evelyn Doreen Warburton (22 March 1930 – 19 July 2017) also known as Evelyn Ward was an English-born Australian actress, director, producer, singer and theatre co-founder.

Biography Evelyn Doreen Warburton was born in London, England on 22 March 1930. At 18 she began her theatre career with the Theatre Workshop, a company where all performers received equal pay and which toured, not just England but also to Scandinavia and Germany.

In 1953 she migrated to Australia to join her family, who had arrived in 1949 and seeking radio work. She made her Australian stage debut in The Shop at Sly Corner at the opening of the Apollo Theatre in Manly and then toured New South Wales in Love From a Stranger.

Warburton became a full-time actress in 1959 when she joined the Young Elizabethans and toured Australia for three years bringing Shakespeare's plays to school children.

As artistic director, Warburton oversaw 81 productions for Q Theatre from 1977 until her retirement in 1989.

Warburton was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1979 Birthday Honours for service to theatre.

Personal Warburton married fellow actor Ben Gabriel in 1969, who predeceased her in 2012. She died at West Gosford on 19 July 2017.

Selected filmography

They're A Weird Mob, 1966 Ned Kelly, 1970 Nickel Queen, 1971 Archer, 1985 Wendy Cracked a Walnut, 1990

Television The Mike Walsh Show (1982) (TV series, 1 episode) Guest as herself.