Gwendoline Dorothea Julie Hansen

Gwendoline Dorothea Julie Hansen MBE or Gwendoline Dorothea Julie Nielson (19 February 1896 – 7 January 1971) was an Australian film censor from 1930.

Life Gwendoline Dorothea Julie Nielson was born on 19 February 1896 in Waverley, New South Wales, the daughter and sixth child of Norwegian born Alfred Julius Nielson, an assayer, and Martha née Maxwell. She was educated at Parramatta High School. Aided by a scholarship she went to college to become a teacher. who was appointed for three years and then also reappointed annually. Glencross unsuccessfully claimed that Hansen was a political appointment and an investigation was made to ascertain if there was any basis for her claims. The fact that Hansen was a war-widow was well received as she was seen as representing the dependants of service people. The third member of the board was Colonel Lionel James Hurley. Up until 1935 the three censors were rejecting half of the films that were assigned to them for assessment. This proportion reduced as the US film industry increased its own censorship in 1934. O'Reilly retired in 1942 and he was replaced by John Alexander. Colin Campbell was the third and last chief censor she worked with. He was appointed in 1956 and Hansen retired in 1961 when she became a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

Hansen died in Sydney's Concord Repatriation General Hospital in 1971.