Arkie Whiteley

Arkie Whiteley

Wendy Whiteley's garden in Sydney, where Arkie's ashes are buried
Born Arkie Deya Whiteley
(1964-11-06)6 November 1964
London, UK
Died 19 December 2001(2001-12-19) (aged 37)
Sydney, Australia
Occupation Actor
Spouse(s) Christopher Kuhn (divorced)
Jim Elliott
Partner(s) Paul Rhys

Arkie Deya Whiteley (6 November 1964 – 19 December 2001) was an Australian actress who appeared in television and films.

Early life and education

Arkie Whiteley's parents were the renowned Australian artist Brett Whiteley and cultural figure Wendy Whiteley. According to her obituary in The Times newspaper, when living with her parents at the Hotel Chelsea in New York as an infant her babysitter was US blues singer Janis Joplin. Arkie was educated at the prestigious Ascham School in Sydney and an alternative school - The Australian International School at North Ryde, Sydney.

Career

Her television and film work included: A Town Like Alice, Razorback, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, Gallowglass, Princess Caraboo, and The Last Musketeer with Robson Green. She also appeared in the television series Prisoner as troubled prostitute/junkie Donna Mason, and in early episodes of A Country Practice.

After her father's overdose in 1992, she negotiated with the New South Wales government to purchase his studio and run it as a studio museum managed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Personal life

Whiteley married her first husband Christopher Kuhn in 1995; they divorced in 1999. She married her second husband Jim Elliott in December 2001, shortly before she died from adrenal cancer on 19 December, aged 37. During her final illness, she was cared for by Paul Rhys.

She was cremated at Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney.[1] Both Arkie's and Brett Whiteley's ashes are buried in an undisclosed location in Wendy's Secret Garden.

Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Notes
1994 Princess Caraboo Betty
1989 Scandal Vicky
1984 Razorback Sarah Cameron
1981 Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior The Captain's Girl
The Killing of Angel Street Tina Benson

Television

References

  1. ↑ find-a-grave; Retrieved 7 August 2013
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