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Fay Kelton is a retired Australian stage, radio and television actress. She was a regular performer on the Australian Broadcasting Company radio serials ''Blue Hills'', ''Danse Macabre'' and ''Forests of the Night'' during the 1960s and 70s. Kelton also appeared on numerous television films and series, best remembered for portraying ''Mary Bryant'' in the 1963 television series ''The Hungry Ones'' with Leonard Teale, but also starred on ''Nice Day at the Office'', ''Prisoner Cell Block H'', ''A Country Practice'' and ''Home and Away''. ==Biography== Fay Kelton worked as a stage and radio actress prior to making her television acting debut in the television film ''The End Begins'' (1961). Two years later, she was cast as ''Mary Bryant'' in the television mini-series ''The Hungry Ones'', with co-star Leonard Teale,〔"The Hungry Ones." ''TV Times''. 22 May 1963.〕 and followed this with appearances in ''The Gioconda Smile'' (1963) and ''A Man for All Seasons'' (1964). She made a number of guest appearances on ''Homicide'' from 1964 to 1971.〔 〕 She also made one-time appearances on ''Dynasty'' and ''The Comedy Game'', the latter performance leading to her role as ''Vicki Short'' in the comedy spinoff ''Nice Day at the Office'' in 1972. Having moved from Melbourne to Sydney the previous year, she also performed on the Australian Broadcasting Company radio serial "Blue Hills"〔Kent, Jacqueline. ''Out of the Bakelite Box: The Heyday of Australian Radio''. Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1983. (pg. 267) ISBN 0-207-14486-9〕 (as well as ''Danse Macabre'' and ''Forests of the Night'') and in the Hugh Leonard farce "The Patrick Pearce Motel". She was working seven days a week and up to 16 hours a day.〔"A Work Fest for Fay". ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. 30 Jan 1972〕 In 1974, she had a supporting role in ''The Musanthrope''. Following the series cancellation, Kelton guest starred on ''Ryan'', ''Matlock Police'', ''Division 4'' and ''Power Without Glory''. In 1981, she was cast as ''Alison Page'' on the cult soap opera ''Prisoner Cell Block H''.〔Museum of Broadcast Communications (2004). "Prisoner." In H. Newcomb (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Television (Vol. I, 2nd ed.). New York and London: CRC Press. (pg. 1827) ISBN 1-57958-411-X〕 Her character was introduced as a troubled housewife who is sent to prison for shoplifting. Despondent over the separation from her family and bullying from the other women, especially ''Doreen Burns'' (Colette Mann), she attempts suicide. Kelton later returned to stage acting and performed for the Northside Theatre Company in Sydney for much of the 1980s. After a five year absence, she appeared on ''A Country Practice'' in 1986 and the television miniseries ''Emma: Queen of the South Seas'' in 1988. In 1994, she had a recurring role as Anne Harris on ''Home and Away''. She returned to acting once more to guest star on ''All Saints'' in 2001. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fay Kelton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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