Olive Wilton

Olive Dorothea Graeme Wilton OBE (1883–1971) was an English-born stage actor, theatre producer and speech and drama teacher who worked extensively in England and Australia. She came to Australia in 1906 and decided to settle there. In 1910 she played Camiola in The Prince and the Beggar Maid in a tour of Australia. She played the title role in the 1910 Australian silent film The Squatter's Daughter. The last years of her life were spent in Tasmania, where she became a noted figure in education, radio and the arts.

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Acting The Man from Mexico (1906) – play, Theatre Royal, Adelaide The Vagabond and The Talk of the Town (1906) – play, Theatre Royal, Adelaide The Bushwoman (1909) – play, Kings Theatre, Melbourne The Squatter's Daughter (1910) – film By Wireless Telegraphy (1910) – play, Kings Theatre, Melbourne The Winning Ticket (1910) – play, Kings Theatre, Melbourne My Mate, or a Bush Love Story (1911) – play, Kings Theatre, Melbourne The Girl of the Never Never (1912) – play, Kings Theatre, Melbourne Damaged Goods (1916) – play, Theatre Royal, Melbourne Daddy Long Legs (1917) – play, Criterion Theatre, Sydney The Doctor's Dilemma (1919) – play, Kings Theatre, Melbourne Kindling (1920) – play, Kings Theatre, Melbourne

Directing and/or producing A Bill of Divorcement (1927) – play, Prince of Wales Theatre, Hobart Daybreak (1938) – play, Theatre Royal, Hobart