Georgie Sterling

Georgie Sterling was a New Zealand–born Australian actress, initially slated to become a doctor, she trained for her acting career at Trinity College London in England, she was noted for her work in radio and television, especially in TV films and serials, although she also appeared in theatre, in an acting career spanning over a 55-year period.

Sterling was in her early career styled as Australia's Ginger Rogers, but with blonde hair and curls and started her career in the 1930s appearing in the film Rangle River starring Hollywood actor Victor Jory and also in 1941 in That Certain Something, she featured in theatre he preferred genre in the early 1940s and by the late 1950s in the new media of television, including appearing in a TV movie version of Hamlet. In serials she played Isabella Drysdale in the ill-fated series Taurus Rising but is possibly best known for her role as May Walters in Sons and Daughters. She also appeared in Homicide, Matlock Police and several roles in A Country Practice including centenarian Polly Waterford.

Personal life

She was married to fellow actor and radio producer John Saul, who died in 1979, both lived in Newport, New South Wales, after her husband's death she continued living independently at the property, she her self died there in late 2008 and the property was sold in early 2009, the new owners having subdivided the land, kept Georgie's cottage, whilst adding a new property to the back portion of the estate in 2014, which was sold in August 2017. went up for sale, she was said to have been aged in her 90's when she died.

Selected filmography Theater see also: AusStage database TitleYearRolePlaywrightType Point Valaine 1942 Noël Coward Theatre - spoken word - comedy/drama The Importance of Being Ernest 1942-1943 actor spoken word (theatre) You Can't Take it With You 1943 actor George Kaufman spoken word - theatreLove is a Mist 1944 actor Kenneth Horne Theatre / comedy Little Lamb's Eat Ivy 1949 actor Noel Langley Theatre spoken word / comedy The Yearling 1949 Ma Baxter Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Play Hamlet 1959 actor Shakespeare Play / Filmed for ABC television

Film

Television YearTitleRoleType 1958 The Multi-Coloured Umbrella Gloria TV film 1958 Sorry, Wrong Number Mrs Stevenson Short film 1959 Hamlet Gertrude TV film 1959 One Bright Day Sheila Prescott TV film 1960 Stormy Petrel Guest role: Mrs. King/Mrs King TV series, 2 episodes 1966 Armchair Theatre Guest role: Mrs. Parker TV series, 1 episode 1968-1975 Homicide Guest roles: Miss Murphy/Linda Richardson/Emma Canker/Martha Hayes-Manning/Kay Barlow TV series, 5 episodes 1972; 1974 Division 4 Guest roles: Lucille Lester/Mrs. Millard TV series, 2 episodes 1972 The Tony Hancock Special Miss Bunny Bancroft TV Special 1975 Matlock Police Guest role: May O'Brien TV series, 1 episode 1976 King's Men Guest role TV series, 1 episode 1982 The Don Lane Show Guest as herself with 'Taurus Rising' cast: Andrew Clarke, Alan Cassell, Diane Craig TV series, 1 episode 1982 Taurus Rising Regular role: Elizabeth Drysdale TV series 1983-1988 A Country Practice Guest roles: Polly Waterford/Irene Walters/Emily White/da Chaffey/Lola Brown TV series, 15 episodes 1986 Sons and Daughters Regular role: May Walters TV series, 69 episodes 1988 Barracuda aka The Rocks Mrs. Vaughan TV pilot/film 1989 Bodysurfer Mrs. Tramble ABC TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1990 Home and Away Guest role: Mrs. Gibbs TV series, 1 episode 1992 E Street Recurring role: Thelma Potts TV series, 4 episodes