Lily Dampier

Lily Dampier (Jan 1859[1] or 1867 or 1868 -6 February 1915) was an Australian actor of stage and screen. She was the daughter of Alfred Dampier and married to Alfred Rolfe.[2][3]

Her best known stage parts were Sylvia in For the Term of His Natural Life and Kate in Robbery Under Arms.[4] She also performed many roles from Shakespeare and worked in England.

A contemporary described her as a better actress than her sister Rose:

Certainly she was the more forceful, physically, and vocally, but she was disqualified for high tragic roles by the fact that she had ridiculously small feet for a well developed woman, and used to walk in mincing and tottering steps in moments when rhythmic striding was needed.[5]

An earlier secret marriage in 1889 had ended in divorce[6] and her sister also died young.[7] She married Rolfe in 1893.[8]

Death

Lily was staying in Williams St, West Melbourne when she took ill. Her husband was filming in Sydney and was going to take her to a private hospital whens shed died. According to contemporary reports, "her death occurred rather suddenly'[9]

Her mother died shortly after Lily died.[10]

Select filmography

References

  1. ↑ STAGE JOTTINGS. Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 50, 27 February 1915, Page 14
  2. ↑ 'MISS LILY DAMPIER' The Sydney Morning Herald 8 Feb 1915: 10 accessed 26 Nov 2011
  3. ↑ "AMONG THE PLAYERS.". The Winner (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 10 February 1915. p. 10. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "MISS LILY DAMPIER DEAD.". The Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia). 8 February 1915. p. 1. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "REMINISCENCES OF THE STAGE.". The Arrow (Sydney: National Library of Australia). 14 December 1917. p. 3. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  6. ↑ 'A THEATRICAL DIVORCE CASE' The Barrier Miner (Broken Hill) 18 Jun 1892: 4 accessed 26 Nov 2011
  7. ↑ "DEATH OF EOSE DAMPIER.". The Sydney Morning Herald (National Library of Australia). 22 May 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  8. ↑ Richard Fotheringham, "Introduction", Robbery Under Arms by Alfred Dampier and Garnet Walch, Currency Press 1985
  9. ↑ "SOCIAL NOTES.". The Leader (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 13 February 1915. p. 50 Section: WEEKLY. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "DEATH OF MRS. DAMPIER.". The Sydney Morning Herald (National Library of Australia). 6 May 1915. p. 10. Retrieved 19 November 2014.

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