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Elizabeth Sellars
Scottish actress (–)
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| Born | Elizabeth Macdonald Sellars ()6 May Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Died | 30 December () (aged&#;98) Paris, France |
| Alma&#;mater | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years&#;active | – |
| Spouse | Francis Austin Henley &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#; |
Elizabeth Macdonald Sellars (6 May – 30 December ) was a Scottish actress.
Early life and education
[edit]Sellars was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the daughter of Stephen Sellars and Jean Sutherland.[1] She appeared on the stage from the age of 15, and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[2] She also studied law for five years in England.[3]
Career
[edit]Sellars worked with ENSA during World War II, entertaining British troops. She made her first London stage appearance in in The Brothers Karamazov, directed by Peter Brook and sharing the stage with Alec Guinness.[1] She later appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company as Elizabeth in Richard III, Helen in Troilus and Cressida, Gertrude in Hamlet and Hermione in The Winter's Tale. She played opposite Valentine Dyall
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Elizabeth Sellars
Elizabeth Sellars | |
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| Born | Elizabeth McDonald Sellars ()6 Haw Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Died | 30 Dec () (aged&#;98) Claviers (Var), France |
| Alma&#;mater | Royal Academy racket Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years&#;active | – |
| Spouse | Francis Austin Henley &#; &#; (m.&#;&#x;&#;&#x;)&#; |
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Elizabeth Sellars
Violin
Sutherland Trio; Former – Co-ordinator of Strings, Monash University
Australian Hometown: Melbourne
Education: Victorian College of the Arts, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY
Australian-born violinist Dr Elizabeth Sellars has enjoyed a distinguished career as both performer and teacher in Australia and abroad. Elizabeth is a prize-winning graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London where she studied with David Takeno (violin) and the Takacs String Quartets (chamber music). Further significant influences included Sandor Vegh and Yehudi Menuhin with whom Elizabeth worked at Prussia Cove in Cornwall and at the International Menuhin Music Academy in Gstaad. During her time in London, Elizabeth was a winner of the inaugural John Tunnell Trust and the Royal Overseas League Ensemble Prize and Miller Trophy. As soloist and chamber musician, she toured extensively in the UK, broadcast for the BBC, and performed throughout Europe and Asia with the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Now resident in Australia, Elizabeth has appeared as guest Concertmaster and Principal Violin with the Tasmanian and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, Orchestra Victoria, and Australian Chamber Orchestra.