Julia Blake
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Julia Blake | |
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| Born | 1937 (age 87–88) United Kingdom |
| Other names | Julie Blake |
| Education | Bristol University Bristol Old Vic |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | c. 1950s–present |
| Spouse | Terry Norris |
Julia Blake (born 1937) is a British-Australian actress, notable for numerous film and TV roles, particularly in Australia. She also acted in the theatre.
Early life and education
[edit]Julia Blake was born in 1937 in the United Kingdom.[1]
She attended Bristol University, receiving an honours degree in drama and French.[citation needed] she subsequently trained in theatre at the Bristol Old Vic.[2]
Career
[edit]Blake has an extensive career acting on stage, in Australia from 1963 through to 2017.[3]
Blake played several roles in legal drama Consider Your Verdict, before being given the regular role in local TV drama Bellbird as Elaine Thomas, and then had roles in Crawford Production staples, Homicide, Division 4, and Matlock Police.[when?][citation needed] She is known for her role as Nancy McCormick on the TV series Prisoner (known internationally as Prisoner Cell Block H), in which she appeared during the final season in 1986. She had previously appeared in two smaller roles in the series, as Evelyn Randall and Alice Dodds.[citation needed]
On the big screen, Blake starred in the 2012 film Last Dance (2012); A Month of Sundays, Looking for Grace, and The Dressmaker (all released in 2015); and Dance Academy: The Movie (2017).[2]
Honours and awards
[edit] | This section needs additional citations for verification. (June 2025) |
In 2018, Blake, along with her actor husband Terry Norris, jointly received the Equity Lifetime Achievement Award.[2]
| Association | Year | Award | Work | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penguin Awards | 1986 | Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a One-off Drama | The Dunera Boys | Won |
| AFI Awards | 1987 | AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role | Travelling North | Nominated |
| AACTA Awards | 1989 | AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama | Edens Lost | Won |
| AACTA Awards | 1990 | AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Father | Won |
| AFI Awards | 2000 | AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role | Innocence | Nominated |
| AFI Awards | 2010 | AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role | The Boys are Back | Nominated |
| Equity Ensemble Awards | 2018 | Equity Lifetime Achievement Award | Honoured |
Personal life
[edit]While working in repertory theatre in England, she met the Australian-born actor Terry Norris, whom she later married. They moved to Australia in the 1960s.[2]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Salome | Film short | |
| 1977 | The Getting of Wisdom | Isabella Shepherd | Feature film |
| 1978 | Patrick | Matron Cassidy | Feature film |
| 1978 | The Forbidden | Film short | |
| 1979 | Snapshot aka 'One More Minute' | Mrs. Bailey | Feature film |
| 1982 | Lonely Hearts | Pamela | Feature film |
| 1983 | Man of Flowers | Art Teacher | Feature film |
| 1984 | My First Wife | Kirstin | Feature film |
| 1985 | An Indecent Obsession | Matron | Feature film |
| 1986 | Cactus | Club Speaker | Feature film |
| 1987 | Travelling North | Frances | Feature film |
| 1988 | Georgia | Elizabeth | Feature film |
| 1990 | Father | Iya Zetnick | Feature film |
| 1995 | Mushrooms | Flo | Feature film |
| 1996 | Hotel de Love | Edith Dunne | Feature film |
| 1999 | Passion | Queen Alexandra | Feature film |
| 2000 | Innocence | Claire | Feature film |
| 2003 | The Forest | Margot | Film short |
| 2004 | Human Touch | Anna's Mother | Feature film |
| 2005 | Three Dollars | Tanya's Mother | Feature film |
| 2006 | Aquamarine | Grandma Maggie Brown | Feature film |
| 2006 | The Barrows | Bonnie | Film short |
| 2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Heather Hudson | Feature film |
| 2009 | The Boys Are Back | Barbara | Feature film |
| 2010 | Matching Jack | Cleo | Feature film |
| 2010 | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | Mrs. Underhill | Feature film |
| 2012 | Last Dance | Ulah Lippmann | Feature film |
| 2015 | Is This the Real World | Gamma | Feature film |
| 2015 | Looking for Grace | Nell Norris | Feature film |
| 2015 | A Month of Sundays | Sarah | Feature film |
| 2015 | The Dressmaker | Irma Almanac | Feature film |
| 2017 | Dance Academy: The Movie | Juliet Jones | Feature film |
| 2020 | The Dry | Barb Hadler | Feature film |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963; 1964 | Consider Your Verdict | Guest roles | TV series |
| 1963 | The Hot Potato Boys | Hong Kong Anna | Teleplay |
| 1964 | Nude With Violin | Pamela | TV film |
| 1964 | TheSponge Room | Hilary | Teleplay |
| 1965 | The Face at the Clubhouse Door | Teleplay | |
| 1969–75 | Division 4 | Stella Palmer | TV series, episode: "Farewell Little Chicago" |
| Mother | Episode: "The Grasshoppers" | ||
| Kerri | Episode: "Rules of the Game" | ||
| Det. Sgt. Joan Palmer | 2 episodes: "Cleanliness is Next to Godliness", "The Vickers Way" | ||
| Beverly Lang | Episode: "Unfit to Plead" | ||
| 1972–75 | Bellbird | Elaine Thomas | TV series, 677 episodes |
| 1973–75 | Matlock Police | Jean Williams | TV series, episode: "Help" |
| April Simpson | Episode: "Forget Me Not" | ||
| 1975 | Homicide | Juliet | TV series, episode: "Speaking Ill of the Dead" |
| 1977 | Moynihan | Tanya Shaw | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1978 | Against the Wind | Cook | TV miniseries, 5 episodes |
| 1978-81 | Cop Shop | Catherine Maynard / Elaine Davis / Jessie Benson / Laura Hewitt / Mrs. Parker | TV series, 8 episodes |
| 1979 | Twenty Good Years | Eva Goldman | TV series, 20 episodes |
| 1980 | The Last Outlaw | Mrs. Scott | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1980 | Locusts and Wild Honey | Dr. Fletcher | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1981 | Holiday Island | Mrs. Simpson | TV series, episode: "Zack" |
| 1981–86 | Prisoner | Evelyn Randall | TV series, season 3, 70 episodes (guest, 5 episodes) |
| Alice Dodds | Season 5, 4 episodes | ||
| Nancy McCormack | Season 8, 61 episodes | ||
| 1982 | Women of the Sun | Mrs. McPhee | TV miniseries, episode 2: "Maydina, the Shadow" |
| 1983 | Under Capricorn | Milly | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1983 | Carson's Law | Miss Beasley / Miss Hilda Deniston | TV series, 4 episodes: "Best Laid Plans" |
| 1985 | The Dunera Boys | Mum | TV miniseries, 2 episodes: "1.1", "1.2" |
| 1985 | Zoo Family | Mrs. Watson | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1985 | Winners: The Paper Boy | Reformed Sinner | TV film series, 1 episode |
| 1986 | Sword of Honour | Jean Rogers | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1989 | The Magistrate (aka Il Magistrato) | Jean Shaw | TV miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 1989 | Edens Lost | Eve | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1996 | The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years | Fee Cleary | TV film |
| 1998 | A Difficult Woman | Mrs. McKenzie | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1998 | Clive Barker's Salome & The Forbidden | Video | |
| 1998 | Driven Crazy | Miss Baker | TV series, episode: "Barely There" |
| 1999 | SeaChange | Tenzin Jetsunma | TV series, episode: "Manna from Heaven" |
| 2001 | Blue Heelers | Dorothy Roberts | TV series, episode: "Strays" |
| 2004 | All Saints | Evelyn Ulrich | TV series, episode: "A Place in the Heart" |
| 2004 | Salem's Lot | Eva Prunier | TV miniseries, 2 episodes: "1.1", "1.2" |
| 2006 | The Society Murders | Margaret Wales-King | TV film |
| 2007 | The Starter Wife | Mrs. Caldecott | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 2007 | City Homicide | Hilda Conway | TV series, episode: "The Return" |
| 2008–11 | Bed of Roses | Minna Franklin | TV series, 26 episodes |
| 2010 | Hawke | Ellie Hawke | TV film |
| 2011 | Winners & Losers | Gwen Armstrong | TV series, episode: "Happiness is a Delusion" |
| 2012 | Conspiracy 365 | Melba Snipe | TV series, episode: "April" |
| 2013 | Mr & Mrs Murder | Allegra Scaletta | TV series, episode: "The Next Best Man" |
| 2013 | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Hilly McNaster | TV series, episode: "Dead Man's Chest" |
| 2015 | House Husbands | Edith Benson | TV series, episode: "4.8" |
TV appearances as self
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Celebrity Tattletales | Herself (with Terry Norris) | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1986 | Travelling North: Original Cast Screen Tests | Herself | Video |
| 1989 | The 1989 AFI Awards | Best Actress Winner Edens Lost | TV special |
| 1990 | The 1990 AFI Awards | Best Actress Winner Father | TV special |
| 1995 | Good Morning Australia | Guest (with Simon Chilvers) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1998; 2000 | Good Morning Australia | Guest (with Terry Norris) | TV series, 2,episodes |
| 2001 | Innocence: Interview with Julia Blake | Herself | Video |
| 2004 | From Stage to Screen: Travelling North | Herself / Frances | Video |
| 2008 | Talking Heads | Herself (with Terry Norris) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2013 | The Making of 'Last Dance' | Herself | Video |
| 2016 | A Sunday too Far | Herself | Video |
References
[edit]- ^ "Julia Blake".
- ^ a b c d "Lifetime achievement award for Julia Blake and Terry Norris". IF Magazine. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ "Julia Blake". AusStage. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
External links
[edit]- Julia Blake at IMDb
- Julia Blake on AusStage
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Categories:
- 1937 births
- Living people
- Australian expatriates in England
- Australian film actresses
- Australian soap opera actresses
- Australian stage actresses
- Best Supporting Actress AACTA Award winners
- English expatriates in Australia
- English film actresses
- English soap opera actresses
- English stage actresses
- English television actresses
- 20th-century Australian actresses
- 21st-century Australian actresses
- 20th-century English actresses
- 21st-century English actresses