{{Short description|Australian actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}} {{infobox person | name = Barbara Frawley | birth_name = Barbara Anne Frawley | birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|04|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Australia | death_place = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|03|01|1935|04|14|df=y}} | occupation = {{hlist|Radio actress|television and film actress| voice actress|children's host}} | years_active = 1957–1992 }} '''Barbara Anne Frawley''' (14 April 1935 – 1 March 2004)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0292417/bio|title=Barbara Frawley|website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> was an Australian actress, voice actress and children's television host.
She was best known as the voice of young Dot in the 1977 film adaptation of ''[[Dot and the Kangaroo (film)|Dot and the Kangaroo]]'',<ref name="IMDb">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0292417/|title=Barbara Frawley|publisher=[[IMDb]]|accessdate=21 February 2010}}</ref> as well as ''[[Around the World with Dot]]'' and ''[[Dot and the Bunny]]''. Apart from the films she appeared in with the [[Flying Bark Productions|Yoram Gross Film Studios]], she mainly appeared in cameo and additional voiceover roles.
==Biography== Frawley originally was a radio actress in the late 1950s with the ABC, appearing on ''[[Argonauts Club#The Children's Session|The Children's Session]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abctvgorehill.com.au/assets/contributions/margaret_delves_2E.htm|title=Margaret Delves (now Moore) Remembers|publisher=ABC TV at Gore Hill|author1=Bob Sitsky|author2=Colin McPherson|date=March 2006|accessdate=22 February 2010|archive-date=3 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303165845/http://abctvgorehill.com.au/assets/contributions/margaret_delves_2E.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abctvgorehill.com.au/abchtm/stff_training.htm|title=Staff Training|publisher=ABC TV at Gore Hill|author1=Bob Sitsky |author2=Colin McPherson |date=March 2006|accessdate=22 February 2010}}</ref> before moving to television, where she appeared in the 1967 TV drama series, ''Contrabandits''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/contrab1.htm|title=Contrabandits Episode Details|publisher=Classic Australian Television|last=Stoner|first=Don|accessdate=20 February 2010}}</ref> and in the 1970s in ''[[The Link Men]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/LinkMenEps.htm|title=The Link Men Episode Details|publisher=Classic Australian Television|last=Stoner|first=Don|accessdate=20 February 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100203132909/http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/LinkMenEps.htm| archivedate= 3 February 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> ''[[Spyforce]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/SpyforceEpisodes.htm|title=Spyforce Episode Details|publisher=Classic Australian Television|last=Stoner|first=Don|accessdate=20 February 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100323185107/http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/SpyforceEpisodes.htm| archivedate= 23 March 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> and ''[[Homicide (Australian TV series)|Homicide]]''.<ref name="IMDb"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/homeps351-400.htm|title=Homicide Episode Details|publisher=Classic Australian Television|last=Stoner|first=Don|accessdate=20 February 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100328150258/http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/homeps351-400.htm| archivedate= 28 March 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> Frawley also appeared on episodes of the Australian children's [[television show]], ''[[Play School (Australian TV series)|Play School]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvmem.com/OZST/tv/A-Z/P/PLAYSCHO/PLAYSCHO.html |title=Play School |publisher=Nodette Enterprises Pty Ltd |work=Australian Television Memorabilia Guide |accessdate=22 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122193234/http://tvmem.com/OZST/tv/A-Z/P/PLAYSCHO/PLAYSCHO.html |archivedate=22 January 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref>
Frawley went on to provide the voices for many characters in various Australian animated films and television movies, mainly for [[Flying Bark Productions|Yoram Gross Film Studios]], most notably in ''Dot and the Kangaroo''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aso.gov.au/people/Barbara_Frawley/|title=Barbara Frawley|publisher=Australian Screen Online|accessdate=22 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46453833 |title=Dot and the Kangaroo |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |date=7 December 1977 |accessdate=29 November 2013 |page=16 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and most recently in ''The Camel Boy''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122477817 |title=Camel Boy's Story |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=12 January 1985 |accessdate=29 November 2013 |page=15 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116417191 |title=Timestyle |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=10 July 1983 |accessdate=29 November 2013 |page=14 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Frawley, late of North Bondi, died in Sydney on 1 March 2004.
== Filmography == * ''Dot and the Smugglers'' (1987) * ''[[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' (1984) – Additional voices * ''The Camel Boy'' (1984) – Additional voices * ''[[Dot and the Bunny]]'' (1983) – Dot * ''[[Great Expectations]]'' (1983) – Additional voices * ''[[A Christmas Carol (1982 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' (1982) – Additional voices * ''[[Oliver Twist (1982 Australian film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (1982) – Additional voices * ''[[Around the World with Dot]]'' (1981) – Dot * ''[[The Little Convict]]'' (1979) – Polly * ''[[Dot and the Kangaroo (film)|Dot and the Kangaroo]]'' (1977) – Dot * ''[[A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1977 film)|A Journey to the Center of the Earth]]'' (1977) – Additional voices * ''[[Moby Dick]]'' (1977) – Additional voices * ''Silent Night, Holy Night'' (1976) – Additional voices * ''[[The Black Arrow]]'' (1973) – Additional voices * ''[[The Three Musketeers (1973 animated film)|The Three Musketeers]]'' (1973) – Additional voices * ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' (1973) – Additional voices * ''[[The Swiss Family Robinson]]'' (1972) – Additional voices * ''[[The Prince and the Pauper]]'' (1972) – Additional voices
==Television series filmography== * ''[[Play School (Australian TV series)|Play School]]'' (1980-1992) - Presenter * ''[[The Fourth Wish]]'' (TV Miniseries) (1976) * ''The Twelve Gifts'' (TV Special) (1974) * ''[[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]]'' (1973) - Nursing Sister * ''[[Behind the Legend]]'' (TV Series) (1972) * ''[[Spyforce]]'' (1972) - Mrs. Wilson * ''[[Woobinda, Animal Doctor]]'' - Ms. Webber * ''[[The Link Men]]'' (1970) - Carol Johnson * ''[[Contrabandits]]'' (1967) - Cisca * ''[[Homicide (Australian TV series)|Homicide]]'' (1966-1972) - Val Charter * ''[[Consider Your Verdict]]'' (1961) - Mary Ann Harmon
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0292417/ Barbara Frawley] at [[IMDb]]
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