Georgie Sterling

Georgie Sterling
Georgie Sterling in her stint in TV soap opera Sons and Daughters in 1986 as May Walters
Bornc. 1913
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died2008 (age 94–95)
Newport, New South Wales
EducationTrinity College London
OccupationActress
Years active1936–1992
Known forTaurus Rising
Sons and Daughters
SpouseJohn Saul

Georgie Sterling (c. 1913 – 2008)[1] was a New Zealand–born[2] Australian actress, initially slated to become a doctor, she trained for her acting career at Trinity College London in England, she was noted for her work in radio and television, especially in TV films and serials, although she also appeared in theatre, in an acting career spanning over a 55-year period.

Sterling was in her early career styled as Australia's Ginger Rogers, but with blonde hair and curls and started her career in the 1930s appearing in the film Rangle River starring Hollywood actor Victor Jory and also in 1941 in That Certain Something, she featured in theatre he preferred genre in the early 1940s and by the late 1950s in the new media of television, including appearing in a TV movie version of Hamlet. In serials she played Isabella Drysdale in the ill-fated series Taurus Rising but is possibly best known for her role as May Walters in Sons and Daughters. She also appeared in Homicide, Matlock Police and several roles in A Country Practice including centenarian Polly Waterford.

Personal life

She was married to fellow actor and radio producer John Saul, who died in 1979, both lived in Newport, New South Wales, after her husband's death she continued living independently at the property, she her self died there in late 2008 and the property was sold in early 2009, the new owners having subdivided the land, kept Georgie's cottage, whilst adding a new property to the back portion of the estate in 2014, which was sold in August 2017.[3] went up for sale, she was said to have been aged in her 90's when she died.

Selected filmography

Theater

see also: AusStage database [4]

Title Year Role Playwright Type
Point Valaine1942Noël CowardTheatre - spoken word - comedy/drama
The Importance of Being Ernest1942-1943actorOscar Wild | spoken word (theatre)
You Can't Take it With You1943actorGeorge Kaufmanspoken word - theatre
Love is a Mist1944actorKenneth HorneTheatre / comedy
Little Lamb's Eat Ivy1949actorNoel LangleyTheatre spoken word / comedy
The Yearling1949Ma Baxter[5]Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsPlay
Hamlet1959actorShakespearePlay / Filmed for ABC television

Film

Year Title Role Type
1936 Rangle River Minna Australian Western
1941 That Certain Something Blanche Wright Musical film
1983The Wild DuckCaretakerFeature film

Television

Year Title Role Type
1958 The Multi-Coloured Umbrella Gloria TV film
1958 Sorry, Wrong Number Mrs Stevenson Short film
1959 Hamlet Gertrude TV film
1959 One Bright Day Sheila Prescott TV film
1960 Stormy Petrel Guest role: Mrs. King/Mrs King TV series, 2 episodes
1966 Armchair Theatre Guest role: Mrs. Parker TV series, 1 episode
1968-1975 Homicide Guest roles: Miss Murphy/Linda Richardson/Emma Canker/Martha Hayes-Manning/Kay Barlow TV series, 5 episodes
1972; 1974 Division 4 Guest roles: Lucille Lester/Mrs. Millard TV series, 2 episodes
1972 The Tony Hancock Special Miss Bunny Bancroft TV Special
1975 Matlock Police Guest role: May O'Brien TV series, 1 episode
1976 King's Men Guest role TV series, 1 episode
1982 The Don Lane Show Guest as herself with 'Taurus Rising' cast: Andrew Clarke, Alan Cassell, Diane Craig TV series, 1 episode
1982 Taurus Rising Regular role: Elizabeth Drysdale TV series
1983-1988 A Country Practice Guest roles: Polly Waterford/Irene Walters/Emily White/da Chaffey/Lola Brown TV series, 15 episodes
1986 Sons and Daughters Regular role: May Walters TV series, 69 episodes
1988 Barracuda aka The Rocks Mrs. Vaughan TV pilot/film
1989 Bodysurfer Mrs. Tramble ABC TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1990 Home and Away Guest role: Mrs. Gibbs TV series, 1 episode
1992 E Street Recurring role: Thelma Potts TV series, 4 episodes

References

  1. ↑ Amanda Shepheard. "Last home of one of Australia's original soapie stars sells". Realestate.com.au.
  2. ↑ "MEET MRS. JOHN SAUL (GEORGIE STERLING, TO YOU)". ABC Weekly.
  3. ↑ "Last home of one of Australia's original soapie stars sells - realestate.com.au". www.realestate.com.au. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  4. ↑ "Georgie Sterling".
  5. ↑ "AW Play". The Age. 24 March 1949. Retrieved 25 February 2025 – via Newspapers.com.


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