Catherine Duncan was an Australian documentary filmmaker, actor, playwright, film researcher, script writer, film critic, archivist, and collagist.
10 Facts About Catherine Duncan
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Catherine Duncan is most well known for her work in radio broadcasts and short documentary films.
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Catherine Duncan was born in 1915 in Launceston, Tasmania, to parents Gordon and Claire Duncan.
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When Catherine Duncan turned 16, she enrolled at the University of Melbourne to pursue an arts degree.
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In 1947, they divorced and Catherine Duncan decided to leave her children with her parents and move to Europe.
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Catherine Duncan began her career on stage by joining Melbourne's Worker's Theatre Group after university.
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Catherine Duncan had a successful radio career where she performed and wrote shorts on air.
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Catherine Duncan worked together with radical film maker Joris Ivens and Marion Michelle on a documentary called Indonesia Calling.
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Catherine Duncan worked as a scriptwriter for the film, while Ivens was the Director and Michelle was the cinematographer.
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The Catherine Duncan Cup, awarded to the winner of an annual competition for Tasmanian amateur theatre groups, was named in her honour.