{{Short description|Australian hairdresser (1930–2022)}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
'''Lillian Georgina Frank''' {{Post-nominals|list=AM MBE}} ({{Nee|'''Jacob'''}}; 16 January 1930 – 12 August 2022) was a Burmese-born Australian hairdresser, fashion influencer, philanthropist, fundraiser, and society columnist.
==Life== Lillian Georgina Jacob was born in Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar), in 1930.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://wmoa.com.au/herstory-archive/frank-lillian-georgina |title=Lillian Georgina FRANK |publisher=Women's Museum of Australia |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref> Her family fled to British India during World War II, from where she was sent to live with an aunt in the United Kingdom. She finally settled in Melbourne, Australia, in the 1950s.<ref name=news>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Rohan |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-deaths/melbourne-icon-lillian-frank-dies-aged-92/news-story/0511d6a23c1fe23b2ba8b944ffef9c45 |title=Melbourne icon Lillian Frank dies aged 92 |date=13 August 2022 |access-date=14 August 2022 |website=news.com.au}}</ref>
She established her first hairdressing salon in the city, and she later opened one in Toorak, Victoria. She became known for her celebrity clientele, including Queen Elizabeth II<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/melbourne-socialite-and-philanthropist-lillian-frank-dies-age-92-20220813-p5b9jz.html|title='The original influencer': Socialite and philanthropist Lillian Frank dies at 92|first=Jackson|last=Graham|date=13 August 2022 |work=The Age |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref> and Jean Shrimpton.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Meacham |first=Savannah |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-socialite-lillian-frank-dies-aged-92/26121529-07b6-4328-a38a-f51195a24455 |title=Melbourne socialite Lillian Frank dies aged 92 |website=9news.com.au |date=13 August 2022 |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref> She wrote a gossip column for the ''Herald Sun'' for about 40 years.
She married Richard Frank in 1966, and they had two daughters.
Lillian Frank died on 12 August 2022, aged 92.<ref name=news/>
==Honours== * 1977 – Appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), for services to charities<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1085638 |title=Mrs Lillian Georgina FRANK |publisher=Australian Government: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref> (she was highly involved in charities such as the Royal Children's Hospital and Odyssey House, Melbourne) * 1991 – Appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM), for service to the community<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/872978 |title=Mrs Lillian Georgina FRANK, MBE |publisher=Australian Government: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref> * 2001 – Awarded the Centenary Medal, for services to the community through fund-raising and charity<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1120782 |title=Mrs Lillian FRANK |publisher=Australian Government: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref>
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