'''Letty Craydon''' (1899-2 November 1965) was an Australian actress who performed on stage, radio, television and in films. She was also an author.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17718971 |title=Letty Craydon's Varied Career |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=32,157 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 January 1941 |accessdate=19 July 2025 |page=5 (Women's Supplement) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Craydon made her professional debut aged six months old. She said she specialised in the "mop and bucket act".<ref>{{cite news|title=Two first nights|newspaper=The Age|date=14 May 1955|page=9}}</ref>
She was married to Ron Shand.<ref>{{cite news|title=50 years on stage and one regret|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=28 April 1960|page=30}}</ref> Craydon died in 1965 after a short illness.<ref>{{cite news|title=Actress Letty Craydon dies at 66|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=4 November 1965|page=12}}</ref>
Craydon Place in the Canberra suburb of Chapman is named in her honour.<ref>{{cite news |date=7 June 1973 |title=Australian Capital Territory: National Memorials Ordinance 1928–1972 |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241065886 |accessdate=21 May 2026 |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |location=Australia |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=65}}</ref> ==Select credits== *''Tall Timbers'' (1937) - film *''The Broken Melody'' (1938) - film *''Let George Do It'' (1938) - film *''Mr. Chedworth Steps Out'' (1939) - film *''Seven Little Australians'' (1939) - film *''Gone to the Dogs'' (1939) - film<ref name="dogs">{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filimink|date=19 July 2025|access-date=19 July 2025|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-films-gone-to-the-dogs/|title=Forgotten Australian Films: Gone to the Dogs}}</ref> *''Dad Rudd MP'' (1940) - film *''Reunion in Vienna'' (1941) - play *''Kangaroo'' (1952) - film *''The Deep Blue Sea'' (1955) - play *''Smiley'' (1956) - film *''Grab Me a Gondola'' (1959) - play *''Farewell, Farewell, Eugene'' (1960) - TV play *''Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'' (1960) - play *''Consider Your Verdict'' (1962) - TV series (various episodes) *''The Birthday Party'' (1965) - play
==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDB name|id=0187047}} *[https://theatreaotearoa.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/225059 Letty Craydon] at Ausstage Category:Australian actresses Category:1889 births Category:1965 deaths