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.

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