Jean Blue


Jean Irwin Blue was an Australian actress, director and producer, active on stage and screen, starting from the late 1920's.

Biography

Blue was born to Dr, Archibald Blue and Maud Howard Hutchins she is best known for The Overlanders. and Eureka Stockade. She worked extensively in theatre, particularly at the New Theatre in Sydney, which she joined in 1936 and then J.C. Williamson's. A notable role was the stage version The Lawsons, based on the radio series. Blue was also a trained nurse.
In 1946 she was fined for performing in a play What Happens to Love on the basis of it being an unlicensed venue.

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