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Stella Southern was an Australian actor best known for her performances in the silent films ''A Girl of the Bush'' (1921) and ''The Bushwhackers'' (1925). Originally from Sydney, she was working for a milliner when discovered by Beaumont Smith who cast her in ''The Man from Snowy River'' (1920). He let her select her own stage name (her real name was Lucy Emma "Billie" Winks)〔''New Zealand Film 1912-1996'' by Helen Martin & Sam Edwards p29 (1997, Oxford University Press, Auckland) ISBN 019 558336 1〕 and she chose "Stella Southern" which means "star of the south". On 4n October 1921 she married New Zealand film director Harrington Reynolds in Auckland; she had starred for him in ''The Birth of New Zealand'' (1921). She also appeared in a number of productions on stage in Brisbane.〔Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 100.〕 ==Select Credits== *''The Man from Snowy River'' (1920) – film *''The Betrayer'' (1921) – film *''A Girl of the Bush'' (1921) – film *''The Birth of New Zealand'' (1921) – film *''A Rough Passage'' (1922) – film *''Potash and Perlnutter'' (1922) – play, Theatre Royal, Brisbane *''The Passing of the Third Floor Back'' (1923) – play, Theatre Royal, Brisbane〔 〕 *''The Bachelor's Honeymoon'' (1923) – play, Theatre Royal, Brisbane *''Penelope'' by Somerset Maugham (1924) – play, His Majesty's, Brisbane *''Mrs Dot'' (1924) – play, His Majesty's Brisbane *''Twelfth Night'' by William Shakespeare (1924) – play, Brisbane *''The Bushwhackers'' (1925) – film *''Odds On'' (1928) – film 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「Stella Southern」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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