# Letty Craydon

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'''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](/source/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](/source/Chapman%2C_Australian_Capital_Territory) 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](/source/Commonwealth_of_Australia_Gazette) |location=Australia |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=65}}</ref>
==Select credits==
*''[Tall Timbers](/source/Tall_Timbers_(film))'' (1937) - film
*''[The Broken Melody](/source/The_Broken_Melody_(1938_film))'' (1938) - film
*''[Let George Do It](/source/Let_George_Do_It_(1938_film))'' (1938) - film
*''[Mr. Chedworth Steps Out](/source/Mr._Chedworth_Steps_Out)'' (1939) - film
*''[Seven Little Australians](/source/Seven_Little_Australians_(1939_film))'' (1939) - film
*''[Gone to the Dogs](/source/Gone_to_the_Dogs_(1939_film))'' (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](/source/Dad_Rudd_MP)'' (1940) - film
*''[Reunion in Vienna](/source/Reunion_in_Vienna)'' (1941) - play
*''[Kangaroo](/source/Kangaroo_(1952_film))'' (1952) - film
*''[The Deep Blue Sea](/source/The_Deep_Blue_Sea_(play))'' (1955) - play
*''[Smiley](/source/Smiley_(1956_film))'' (1956) - film
*''[Grab Me a Gondola](/source/Grab_Me_a_Gondola)'' (1959) - play
*''[Farewell, Farewell, Eugene](/source/Farewell%2C_Farewell%2C_Eugene)'' (1960) - TV play
*''[Summer of the Seventeenth Doll](/source/Summer_of_the_Seventeenth_Doll)'' (1960) - play
*''[Consider Your Verdict](/source/Consider_Your_Verdict)'' (1962) - TV series (various episodes)
*''[The Birthday Party](/source/The_Birthday_Party_(play))'' (1965) - play

==References==
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==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

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