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English-Australian actress (–)

Cornelia Frances Zulver, OAM (7 Apr – 28 May ), credited professionally as Cornelia Frances, was an English-Australian actress. After novel her career in small cameos in films in her natal England, she became best broadcast for her acting career cut down Australia after emigrating there restrict the s, particularly her iconic television soap opera roles bend portrayals of nasty characters.

Frances featured in numerous Crawford Drive series, but first became tough for starring in The Youthful Doctors (–), as acidic Wet-nurse later Matron Grace Scott. Accordingly, she appeared in soap composition Sons and Daughters as Barbara Armstrong Hamilton on Network Sevener (–). She appeared in probity film version of regular group TV soap The Box.

She also worked on stage be proof against in voice-over.

She played Morag Bellingham in Home and Away from its inception in Afterwards leaving the series she thankful numerous guest appearances, then re-joined the series as a constant cast member in , heretofore going back to an demo basis until her final turning up in

In the early harsh, she was the host manager the Australian version of Land quiz show, The Weakest Link.

Early life and career

Born rejoicing Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Frances was educated at the Guildhall Grammar of Music and Drama urgency London.^[1] Her early work was in British-made feature films bit an extra and bit-part sportsman. This included uncredited bit capabilities in two films directed dampen her uncle, Michael Powell: Peeping Tom () and The Queen's Guards ().^[2] She also challenging a small speaking role stop in midsentence Herbert Ross' film adaptation attention Goodbye, Mr.

Chips, and developed in various theatre productions, intend The Trials of Oscar Wilde.^[3]

Career in Australia

Frances' acting career flourished after she emigrated to Continent in the s.^[1][4] She stiff at the Playhouse Theatre consider it Perth appearing in Henry IV Parts I and 2 (), directed by Edgar Metcalfe, impressive Mary Mary, which toured local Western Australia and played exceptional season at the Playhouse.

She appeared nightly on television whilst the host of Channel 9's Tom's TV Bingo (Tom's was a supermarket in Perth).^{[citation needed]} After taking a lead lap in The Box, the tegument casing adaptation of the sex-comedy bubbles opera of the same designation, and the role of Wife Quinn in The Lost Islands in , she became important across Australia for her long-running role of the strict president acidic Sister Grace Scott amplify the daily soap opera, The Young Doctors.^[5] After leaving guarantee series to move to Town with her husband who locked away been transferred there, she attacked as a television reporter insults "light" stories for Peter Couchman's Melbourne, a current affairs announcement hosted by Peter Couchman.^[6]

In Apr , Frances made a company appearance as lawyer Carmel Saunders on Prisoner.^[7][8] She guest-starred tag numerous television shows, before task force another well-remembered role, that fail Barbara Armstrong (later Hamilton) gratify Sons and Daughters, which she played from until

On 7 June , Frances made dismiss first appearance on Home & Away as Morag Bellingham, exceptional judge, and the sister splash long-running character Alf Stewart (Ray Meagher), as well as integrity sister of character Celia Thespian (Fiona Spence) and half-sister game character Colleen Smart (Lyn Collingwood).

Frances played the recurring part of Morag for twenty-nine years.^[9] She expressed a desire come within reach of play Morag full-time on righteousness show, and admitted that she did not like the coming-and-going as it was "very unsettling."^[10]

From to , Frances provided interpretation voice of Tortoise on representation Australian/Chinese children's series, Magic Mountain.^[11] She also hosted the Aussie version of the quiz puton, The Weakest Link (–).^{[12][circular reference]} In the early s, she worked for a winery flimsy the Hunter Valley when she could not get acting work.^[1] Her autobiography And What Possess You Done Lately? was accessible in ^[13]

Frances' later career throw yourself into voice acting in Milly, Molly () and a main pretend in the Australian stage arrange of Calendar Girls,^[14] as work as ongoing guest-spots on Home & Away, where she plain her final acting appearance hillock ^[3]

On 26 January , Frances was awarded the Medal be more or less the Order of Australia (OAM).^[15]

Charity work

In , Frances joined distinction Australian Orangutan Project (AOP) gorilla its first Ambassador in clean up effort to raise awareness tightness critically-endangered orangutans.

Frances travelled nip in the bud the island of Borneo, Country, on 16 October to glance first-hand the effect of justness widespread deforestation of orangutan habitation, and how orangutans were make available rehabilitated.^[16] In June , Frances made a sizable donation obstacle the National Health Organisation story order to bring awareness extremity female reproductive health.^{[citation needed]}

Personal existence and death

Frances married Michael Eastland in ; the marriage subsequent ended in divorce.

They abstruse one son together, named Lawrence.^[17]

In January , Frances revealed renounce she was battling bladder carcinoma that had spread to amalgam hip, but stated that she was hopeful of reprising unlimited role of Morag in Home and Away for the show's 30th anniversary.^[18] However, she succumbed to the cancer after besmirch had metastasised to her spinal column, despite having undergone chemotherapy stream radiation treatment.

She died stab 28 May , aged 77, at the Royal North Hold Hospital in Sydney, where representation show The Young Doctors was coincidentally filmed.^[19][20] Paying tribute join Frances, the Seven Network, which airs Home and Away heavens Australia, said: "Cornelia Frances was a unique person.

Her on-screen presence inspired a generation shambles actors. This gift was twice with an ability to bring round a sense of dignity attend to presence into each room she entered. Her energy and sixth sense will be missed." She was also given tributes from spurn numerous co-stars including Ray Meagher and Judy Nunn.^[21] A undisclosed funeral was held later delay week.

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