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Excerpt from the 'Who's Who of Australian Women 1982'

Hughes, Wendy Ann

Actress
b. 29 July 1950, Melb, Vic, of Lily Elsie (Chapman) and Herbert Farnworth Hughes.
educ. Alphington PS. Vic; La Trobe H/S Rosanna Vic; Graduate of NIDA 1970.
m. Sean Scully 1971-73, 1 divorse

Actress in theatre, films, T.V.
Films include:
    KOSTAS (1979)                                    HIGHROLLING (1975)
    MY BRILLIANT CAREER (1978)         SIDECAR RACERS (1974)
    NEWSFRONT (1977)                            PETERSEN (1973)

Theatre rolls include:
    Katherine in 'Mother Courage' (1973)
    Lead in 'Butterflies are Free' (1971)
    worked with Melbourne Theatre Company (1972-73)

T.V. work includes:
    Lead in 'Coralie Lansdowne Says No' ABC TV (1979)
    The Alternative (1976)
    Is Anybody There (1976)
    Power Without Glory (1976)

Logie and Sammy Awards (1977) for 'Best Supporting Actress' (role Mary West in Power Without Glory)
Penguin Award (Directors and Producers Guild) for 'The Alternative' (1976)

Special Interests: daughter, work.
Quote:    "My ideal is to live in a world free of famine, and free of the fear of war"

Excerpt from 'Contemporary Australians (1995/96)'

Hughes, Wendy

b. 1950
Tertiary Education: NIDA
Career: Films
    Petersen             Careful, He Might Hear You
    Newsfront            My First Wife
    Kostas                 Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train
    Lonely Hearts

            T.V.
    Rush                             Star Trek
    Return to Eden            The Man from Snowy River

Awards:    Penguin Award 1981; Sammy Award; Logie Award