Letty Craydon

Letty Craydon (1899-2 November 1965) was an Australian actress who performed on stage, radio, television and in films. She was also an author.[1] Craydon made her professional debut aged six months old. She said she specialised in the "mop and bucket act".[2]

She was married to Ron Shand.[3] Craydon died in 1965 after a short illness.[4]

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[5]
  • Dad Rudd MP (1940) - film
  • Reunion in Vienna (1941) - play
  • Kangaroo (1952) - film
  • The Deep Blue Sea (1955) - poay
  • 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

  1. ^ "LETTY CRAYDON'S VARIED CAREER". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 32, 157. New South Wales, Australia. 21 January 1941. p. 5 (Women's Supplement). Retrieved 19 July 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Two first nights". The Age. 14 May 1955. p. 9.
  3. ^ "50 years on stage and one regret". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 April 1960. p. 30.
  4. ^ "Actress Letty Craydon dies at 66". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 November 1965. p. 12.
  5. ^ Vagg, Stephen (19 July 2025). "Forgotten Australian Films: Gone to the Dogs". Filimink. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
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