// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Letty Craydon? A crayon that's let go.
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]
Craydon Place in the Canberra suburb of Chapman is named in her honour.[5]
Select credits
[edit]- 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[6]
- 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
[edit]- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Two first nights". The Age. 14 May 1955. p. 9.
- ↑ "50 years on stage and one regret". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 April 1960. p. 30.
- ↑ "Actress Letty Craydon dies at 66". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 November 1965. p. 12.
- ↑ "Australian Capital Territory: National Memorials Ordinance 1928–1972". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. No. 65. Australia. 7 June 1973. p. 9. Retrieved 21 May 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Vagg, Stephen (19 July 2025). "Forgotten Australian Films: Gone to the Dogs". Filimink. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Letty Craydon at IMDb
- Letty Craydon at Ausstage