Stella Southern
Stella Southern was an Australian actress best known for her performances in the silent films A Girl of the Bush and The Bushwhackers.
Originally from Sydney, she was working for a milliner when discovered by Beaumont Smith who cast her in The [Man from Snowy River |The Man from Snowy River]. He let her select her own stage name
and she chose "Stella Southern" which means "star of the south".
On 4 October 1921 she married New Zealand film director Harrington Reynolds in Auckland; she had starred for him in The [Birth of New Zealand]. She also appeared in a number of productions on stage in Brisbane.
Select credits
- The Man from Snowy River – film
- The Betrayer – film
- A Girl of the Bush – film
- The Birth of New Zealand – film
- A Rough Passage – film
- Potash and Perlnutter – play, Theatre Royal, Brisbane
- The [Passing of the Third Floor Back] – play, Theatre Royal, Brisbane
- The Bachelor's Honeymoon – play, Theatre Royal, Brisbane
- Penelope by Somerset Maugham – play, His Majesty's, Brisbane
- Mrs Dot – play, His Majesty's Brisbane
- Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare – play, Brisbane
- The Bushwhackers – film
- Odds On – film