Ruth Winifred Cracknell AM (6 July 1925 – 13 May 2002) was an Australian character and comic actress, comedienne and author, her career encompassing all genres including radio, theatre, television and film. She appeared in many dramatic as well as comedy roles throughout a career spanning some 56 years. In theatre she was well known for her Shakespeare roles.
Ruth Winifred Cracknell AM (6 July 1925 – 13 May 2002) was an Australian character and comic actress, comedienne and author, her career encompassing all...
Corporation (ABC) from 16 January 1984 until 21 March 1994. The show stars RuthCracknell, Garry McDonald, Henri Szeps and Judy Morris. It featured many Australian...
during the 1960s and 1970s Richard Cracknell (born 1929), English rugby league footballer of the 1950s RuthCracknell (1925–2002), Australian theatre and...
directed by Jim Sharman. RuthCracknell was nominated in 1979 for an AFI Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role for her part. RuthCracknell as Doris Bannister...
awarded by the Australia Council and the cast included Ron Haddrick, RuthCracknell, John Gaden, Drew Forsythe and Arthur Dignam. Thereafter, Hagan performed...
Australian comic character actors have included John Meillon, Leo McKern, RuthCracknell, Geoffrey Rush and Toni Collette. Sardonic political satire like that...
in many Shakespearean roles and often performed with theatre actress RuthCracknell. At the time of his Actors Equity Lifetime Achievement Award playwright...
in Silent Witness in the episode "Reputations" as the character DI RuthCracknell, the drama Floodlights and The Railway Children Return. "Trio Land Meaty...
Media. p. 3. Retrieved 17 July 2011. Bradley, Michael (14 May 2002). "RuthCracknell dies at 76". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 17...
Rose is a 1994 Australian film directed by Bill Bennett and starring RuthCracknell, Simon Bossell, and Max Cullen. It is about the relationship between...
O'Brien, The 7.30 Report, ABC TV - "East Timor Crisis/Michael Knight/RuthCracknell" 2001: John Lyons, Sunday, Nine Network - "John Lyons: Television Interviews"...
Company 1983 The Way of the World Petulant Sydney Theatre Company with RuthCracknell & Drew Forsythe 1983 Gossip from the Forest Sydney Theatre Company 1986...
the most wins, with four, followed by Claudia Karvan with three and RuthCracknell, Alison Whyte and Sigrid Thornton with two wins each. "Full list of...
Street Revue" was the long-running Cross Section co-starring first with RuthCracknell then John Meillon. It was during this time that in May 1958 John proposed;...
role of "Liz Beare", the daughter-in-law of "Maggie Beare" (played by RuthCracknell) in the Mother and Son series that ran from 1984 to 1994. She also starred...
cast and a female writer and director, which was rare for the time. RuthCracknell as Betty Jeffrey June Salter Margaret Christensen as Sister Delforce...
TV series 1965 TV Spells Magic Guest (with Max Meldrum, Ron Shand, RuthCracknell, Evie Hayes, Wendy Blacklock, David Copping, Kevin Miles, Chips Rafferty...
the Dancer is a 1977 film directed by Gillian Armstrong and starring RuthCracknell and Elizabeth Crosby. Mrs Bilson is treated as a simple minded invalid...
Howard Rubie and starring John Ewart, Sancho Gracia, Eric Oldfield and RuthCracknell. It was written by Ron McLean for Reg Grundy Productions. A plane transporting...
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