# Judith Arthy

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Judith_Arthy
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Judith_Arthy.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Arthy
> Source revision: 1277690671
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|Australian actress (born 1940)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}}
'''Judith Anne Arthy''' (born 12 November 1940) is an Australian retired actress, and writer. 
==Career==
Judith Arthy began her theatrical career in a production of [Arthur Miller](/source/Arthur_Miller)'s ''[The Crucible](/source/The_Crucible)'' with the Brisbane Repertory Theatre in July, 1957.<ref>Brisbane Repertory Theatre, July 1957, Albert Hall, Brisbane.[https://archive.laboite.com.au/1950/the-crucible]</ref> From 1961 appearances in Sydney - initially in [Alan Seymour](/source/Alan_Seymour)'s ''[The One Day of the Year](/source/The_One_Day_of_the_Year)'' - and later in Melbourne, a successful run of ''[The Fantasticks](/source/The_Fantasticks)''. Arthy appeared on Australian television from 1962 and made her cinematic debut in the 1966 Australian film ''[They're a Weird Mob](/source/They're_a_Weird_Mob_(film))''.

Arthy began an extended stay in the UK in 1966, inaugurating a series of British television credits with a guest spot on ''[The Baron](/source/The_Baron_(TV_series))''. Subsequent credits included ''[Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)](/source/Randall_and_Hopkirk_(Deceased))''; episode 1 of the ''[Lord Peter Wimsey (TV series)](/source/Lord_Peter_Wimsey_(TV_series))'', (''[Clouds of Witness](/source/Clouds_of_Witness)''); ''[Masterpiece Theatre](/source/Masterpiece_Theatre)''; and ''[Z-Cars](/source/Z-Cars)''.

Arthy made her London [West End](/source/West_End_theatre) stage debut in 1969  with [William Douglas Home](/source/William_Douglas_Home)'s ''The Secretary Bird'' playing opposite [Kenneth More](/source/Kenneth_More) at the [Savoy Theatre](/source/Savoy_Theatre),<ref> The Australian Women's Weekly, Wed 4 Jun 1969 [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47123969/5345750]</ref> and later a further West End appearance with [Eartha Kitt](/source/Eartha_Kitt) in [Norman Krasna](/source/Norman_Krasna)'s Broadway comedy ''Bunny'' at the [Criterion Theatre](/source/Criterion_Theatre). Meanwhile, Arthy had participated in the 1970 season at the [Chichester Festival Theatre](/source/Chichester_Festival_Theatre) appearing in ''[Arms and the Man](/source/Arms_and_the_Man)'' and ''[Peer Gynt](/source/Peer_Gynt)''. Also for her were featuring roles in the films ''[The Shuttered Room](/source/The_Shuttered_Room)'' (1967) and ''[Arthur? Arthur!](/source/Arthur%3F_Arthur!)'' (1969).
 
In 1975 Arthy resumed her stage and television career in Australia: her final apparent screen credit was the Australian television series ''Case For the Defence'' which ran in May and June 1978. Arthy subsequently taught secondary-school English and drama in Brisbane. 

Her two novels are ''Goodbye Goldilocks'' (1984)<ref> Review in [Publishers Weekly](/source/Publishers_Weekly) . . > https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-207-14899-6 </ref> &nbsp;and  - for younger readers - ''The Children of Mirrabooka'' (1997).<ref>Referenced [paperap.com](/source/paperap.com) essay: ''Post-Colonial Literature for Children'' . . > https://paperap.com/paper-on-post-colonial-literature-children/ </ref>

Brisbane audiences saw her return to the stage in 2002 to [La Boite Theatre](/source/La_Boite_Theatre) in Peta Murray's [http://australianplays.org/script/CP-402 ''Salt''].

==Personal life==
Arthy was born in 1940 in [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane), [Queensland](/source/Queensland), Australia. She married the Australian [croquet](/source/croquet) champion and film-maker Aggy Read<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.milesago.com/obits/readobit.htm|title=MILESAGO - Obituaries - Aggy Read|website=www.milesago.com}}</ref> and was with him at the time of his death on 22 August 1998.

Arthy gave birth to one son, Luke Arthy-Beardon. He is the father of Alexander Luke Arthy-Beardon. Luke is an independent musician who plays multiple instruments.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0037873|Judith Arthy}}

{{authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arthy, Judith}}
Category:1940 births
Category:Living people
Category:Australian expatriate actresses in the United Kingdom
Category:Australian film actresses
Category:Australian stage actresses
Category:Australian television actresses
Category:Actresses from Brisbane
Category:Writers from Brisbane

{{Australia-tv-actor-stub}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Judith Arthy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Arthy) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Arthy?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.