Misplaced Pages

Diana Perryman (9 November 1924 – 10 January 1979) credited also as Diane Perryman, was an Australian actress, who appeared on stage, and in film and television.

Early life

Perryman was born in Melbourne in 1924 to father, Melbourne-born musical comedy actor and radio station 2KY personality William Harland-Perryman (with notable credits from 1919 to 1938), and mother, Adelaide-born actress, singer and showgirl Dorothy Eileen Duval (with credits from 1923 to 1932). Her parents were married in 1923, the year before she was born.

Her first acting credit was as a child, on stage in a crowd scene role in White Horse Inn in 1936, alongside her parents and her two year old sister Jill.

Perryman studied acting alongside Maggie Dence, Leonard Teale and Ruth Cracknell.

Career

Perryman was notable for her roles in early television soap operas and appeared in miniseries and made-for-tv movies, She appeared for 156 episodes in the tv series Autumn Affair with Muriel Steinbeck and Queenie Ashton. She was also a regular in tv soap The Story of Peter Grey.

Perryman also appeared in numerous theatre productions and radio plays throughout her career, including turning in an Erik Award-winning performance in stage play Two for the Seesaw in 1960.

Personal life

Perryman's younger sister is stage and screen actress and singer Jill Perryman. Through her sister, she has a nephew, Tod Johnston who is an actor, musician and media personality; and a niece, Trudy Dunn who is an actress. Trudy's daughter McKenzie Dunn is also an actress.

Diana's husband, Dr. Kenneth Whiteley was a senior lecturer in wool technology at the UNSW and a huge fan of the theatre. Together with sister Jill's dancer/choreographer husband, Kevan Johnston, he urged Perryman to collaborate with her sister, which prompted her to switch to revue.

Perryman was posthumously awarded an MBE in 1979.

Filmography

Film

Television

Radio

Theatre

Awards & honours

References

1. "Family Notices". Chronicle (Adelaide). Vol. LXV, no. 3, 469. South Australia. 17 March 1923. p. 35. Retrieved 3 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47510042
3. https://acapmag.com.au/2024/07/maggie-dence-the-face-that-launched-a-thousand-petrol-bowsers/
4. "MUSIC AND THE THEATRE". The Sunday Herald (Sydney). No. 42. New South Wales, Australia. 6 November 1949. p. 6 (Features). Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
5. Lane, Richard (2000). The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama Volume 2. National Film and Sound Archive. pp. 86–89.
6. "Family legacy continues with Mackenzie Dunn in Black Swan's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll".
7. "MACKENZIE DUNN".
8. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47510042
9. https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1563816?c=
10. "THE PURPLE JACARANDA". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 32, no. . Australia. 15 July 1964. p. 18. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
11. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1316366425/view?sectionId=nla.obj-1359573769&partId=nla.obj-1316558302#page/n31/mode/1up
12. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1581928625/view?sectionId=nla.obj-1692574626&partId=nla.obj-1582058313#page/n26/mode/1up
13. https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/587280
14. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&1%2C%2C34
15. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&23%2C%2C34
16. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&16%2C%2C34
17. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&6%2C%2C34
18. https://gracegibsonradio.com/white-coolies-2/
19. https://www.australianotr.com.au/1956.html
20. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&20%2C%2C34
21. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&18%2C%2C34
22. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&11%2C%2C34
23. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&17%2C%2C34
24. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&19%2C%2C34
25. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&4%2C%2C34
26. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&10%2C%2C34
27. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&3%2C%2C34
28. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&3%2C%2C34
29. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&21%2C%2C34
30. https://onecard.network/client/en_AU/charlessturt/search/detailnonmodal/$N/ada?qu=Spence%2C+Simon&qf=SUBJECTS%09Subjects%09Devenish+family.%09Devenish+family.&rw=10&ic=true&te=2114722047
31. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&25%2C%2C34
32. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&29%2C%2C34
33. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&22%2C%2C34
34. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&24%2C%2C34
35. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&12%2C%2C34
36. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&33%2C%2C34
37. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&31%2C%2C34
38. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&9%2C%2C34
39. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&2%2C%2C34
40. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&34%2C%2C34
41. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&5%2C%2C34
42. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&8%2C%2C34
43. https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/502881
44. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&15%2C%2C34
45. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&14%2C%2C34
46. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&26%2C%2C34
47. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&FF=aperryman+diana&1%2C34%2C
48. https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/search~S1?/aPerryman%2C+Diana/aperryman+diana/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aperryman+diana&13%2C%2C34
49. https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/733060
50. https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/1444023
51. https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/181010
52. https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/780089
53. https://www.atvtoday.co.uk/194924-releases/
54. https://victoriancollections.net.au/stories/theatrical-families
55. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/233627993?keyword=Diana%20Perryman
56. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-154235820/view
57. https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/3805943
58. https://theatregold1.mybigcommerce.com/the-reluctant-debutante/
59. https://digital.theatreheritage.org.au/pages/view.php?ref=767&search=&offset=0&order_by=resourcetype&sort=DESC&archive=0&k=&
60. https://issuu.com/libuow/docs/theatreaustralia1979mar
61. https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/10496180
62. https://www.gettyimages.co.nz/detail/news-photo/richard-meikle-as-the-captain-and-diana-perryman-as-laura-news-photo/1079063798
63. https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/225060

External links

• Diana Perryman at IMDb
• Diana Perryman at Ausstage

• 20th-century Australian actresses
• 1925 births
• 1979 deaths
• Australian stage actresses
• Australian film actresses
• Australian television actresses