Queenie Ashton
Queenie Ashton | |
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Queenie Ashton, photographed by Noel Rubie in about 1950. | |
| Born | Ethel Muriel Ashton 11 November 1903 |
| Died | 21 October 1999 (aged 95) |
| Other names | Ethel Muriel Cover |
| Citizenship | Australian |
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| Years active | 1917-1992 |
| Known for | The Lawsons (radio serial) Blue Hills (radio serial) |
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| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Macquarie Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
Ethel Muriel Ashton AM (11 November 1903 – 21 October 1999), known professionally as Queenie Ashton, was a singer, dancer, and character actress, born in England, who had a long career in Australia as a theatre performer and radio personality, best known for her radio and television soap opera roles, although she did also feature briefly in films.
Ashton alongside her contemporaries Grace Gibson, Amber Mae Cecil and Ethel Lang, has been described as a pioneer for females in radio. Her best known role was in the long-running Gwen Meredith radio serial Blue Hills, as Lee Gordon and later Grannie Emily Bishop a role she would later reprise for television, with the first Australian-produced soap opera Autumn Affair.