Marion Edward

Marion Edward is an Australian actress of theatre, television and film.

Early life

Edward started in amateur theatre at the age of 14, which she continued while undertaking a career in kindergarten teaching and nursing. She made the leap to professional theatre, when she began performing in productions with the Union Theatre Repertory Company in Melbourne.

Career

Edward appeared on stage in numerous plays including The Ballad of Angel's Alley with Union Theatre Repertory Company, The Golden Oldies with Hoopla Theatre Foundation and The Newspaper of Claremont Street with Playbox Theatre Company. She had lead roles in Blithe Spirit, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Come Back, Little Sheba and The Man from Mukinupin.
Her singing abilities saw her perform in stage musicals including Hello, Dolly!, Oliver! ''Razza-Ma-Tazz, playing the lead role in the latter. Her performance in a Melbourne Theatre Company production of The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds won her a 1970 Erik Award for Best Actress.
Edward worked regularly in television, on shows including Cop Shop, Bellbird and A Taste for Blue Ribbons. In 1967, she acted in new ABC children’s series Adventure Island. in two guest roles. She had a significant role in 1972 series Snake Gully with Dad and Dave. She played the recurring guest roles of Mrs Reid and Betty Beeton in Prisoner. She made numerous comedy appearances on The Paul Hogan Show.
Edward also appeared in film, including 1981 Ozplotation thriller Roadgames, which saw her nominated for an AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Her other film credits include Blue Fire Lady, Strikebound and The Wild Duck''.

Theatre

Source:

Title	Year	Role	Notes	Ref.
1957	A Sleep of Prisoners	Stage Manager	University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1958	The Crucible		Melbourne Little Theatre
1959	Orpheus Decending	Beulah Binnings	University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1959	Moby Dick – Rehearsed	Lady of the Company / Assistant Stage Manager	Elizabethan Theatre, Sydney, University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1959	The Waltz of the Toreadors	Eugenie / Assistant Stage Manager	University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1959	Arms and the Man	Assistant Stage Manager	University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1959	The Party	Assistant Stage Manager	University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1959	Venus Observed	Assistant Stage Manager	University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1959	The Rape of the Belt	Assistant Stage Manager	University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1959	The Ghost Train	Miss Bourne / Assistant Stage Manager	University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1959–1960	Sweeney Todd	Cloe / Assistant Stage Manager	University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1960	Prisoners' Country	Aboriginal Woman / Assistant Stage Manager	University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1960	The Entertainer	Assistant Stage Manager	University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1960	Look Who's Here!	Assistant Stage Manager	Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1960	Roots	Jenny Beales / Assistant Stage Manager	University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1960	She Stoops to Conquer	Assistant Stage Manager	University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1960	Visit to a Small Planet	Assistant Stage Manager	University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1960	A Taste of Honey	Stage Manager	University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1960	Man and Superman	Miss Ramsden / Stage Manager	University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1960	See How They Run	Sgt Towers / Stage Manager	University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1961	The Mystery of a Hansom Cab	Rosanna Moore / Stage Manager	University of Melbourne, Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1961	The Importance of Being Earnest	Stage Manager	University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1961	Five Finger Exercise	Stage Manager	Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1961	The Lady's Not for Burning	Actor / Stage Manager	Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1961	The One Day of the Year	Stage Manager	Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1961–1962	Oliver!	Widow Corney	Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal Sydney with J. C. Williamson's
1962	The Ballad of Angel's Alley		Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1962	The Aspern Papers	Assunta	University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1962	The Fantasticks	Crew	University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1962	The Season at Sarsaparilla	Mavis Knott	Union Theatre, Melbourne
1963	The Man Who Came to Dinner		Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1963	End of the Beginning / Hello Out There! / The Black Horse / The Man in the Bowler Hat		Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1963	Goodnight Mrs Puffin	Annie	Comedy Theatre, Melbourne with J. C. Williamson's
1964	The New Moon	Clotilde Lombaste	Palais Theatre, Melbourne with Australian National Theatre
1964	The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women		Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company
1965	Hello, Dolly!	Ernestina / Ermengarde	Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne & NZ tour with J. C. Williamson's
1966	Oliver!	Mrs Corney, the Matron	Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Canberra Theatre with J. C. Williamson's
1968	Oh, What a Lovely War!	The Pierrots	St Martins Theatre, Melbourne
1968	Razza-Ma-Tazz	Madame Zinia	Southland Auditorium, Melbourne with Circle Productions / Godfrey Productions
1969	Have You Any Dirty Washing Mother Dear?		St Martins Theatre, Melbourne
1969	The Rope Dancers	Mrs Farrow	St Martins Theatre, Melbourne
1970	The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds		Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
1970	Come Back, Little Sheba	Lola	St Martin’s Theatre, Melbourne
1970–1971	All's Well That Ends Well	Widow of Florence	Princess Theatre, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre, Octagon Theatre, Perth with MTC
1971	The Contractor		Russell St Theatre, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre with MTC
1971	The Inspector General	Cameo roles	Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
1971	King Lear		Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
1971	The Recruiting Officer		Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
1971	Three Months Gone		Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
1972	The Mavis McMahon Show; or, Not on the Box		Macleay Theatre, Sydney
1973	Cowardy Custard		St Martins Theatre, Melbourne
1973	Come Blow Your Horn	Mrs Baker	St Martins Theatre, Melbourne
1974	Guys and Dolls	Big Jule	Total Theatre, Melbourne
1976	Queen Elizabeth Mark I	Good Queen Beth	Dirty Dick's Theatre Restaurant, Melbourne
1977	Golden Oldies	Robbie / Morah	VCA Grant Street Theatre, Melbourne with Hoopla Theatre Foundation
1978–1979	Once a Catholic	Mother Basil	Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
1979–1980	In Duty Bound		Melbourne Athenaeum, Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
1980	Hobson's Choice	Mrs Hepworth	Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC
1980	The Man Who Came to Dinner	Miss Preen	Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC
1981	The Good Person of Setzuan	God	Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC
1981	The Man from Mukinupin		Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
1982	The Floating World	Irene Harding	Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
1983	84 Charing Cross Road		Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
1983	Morning’s at Seven		Marian St Theatre, Sydney
1983	In Duty Bound		Marian St Theatre, Sydney
1984	Medea		Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC
1991–1992	The Newspaper of Claremont Street	Nastasya	Victorian tour with Playbox Theatre Company