18 Facts About Judi Farr

At the age of nine Judi Farr won an elocution competition, reciting William Shakespeare at Sydney Town Hall.

Judi Farr studied ballet for 10 years, quitting in her teen years.

Judi Farr enrolled in drama school for 3 months and soon after, joined The Colony Players, an amateur Sydney theatre group, and acted in Phillip Street Theatre satirical revues.

Judi Farr made her television debut in a 1962 live broadcast of The Taming of the Shrew on ABC TV.

Judi Farr continued to play the character in that show's short-lived sequel series Rita and Wally in 1968.

Judi Farr left the series in 1982, and in the script Thelma was sent off on a world cruise.

Judi Farr later sent word she would not be returning to her husband and Farr did not return to the series.

Judi Farr had guest roles in drama series, television movies and miniseries.

Judi Farr was known for playing Aunt Peg in Please Like Me.

Judi Farr's first film role was a brief appearance in They're a Weird Mob.

Judi Farr toured nationally and internationally with Cloudstreet and has worked for all major theatre companies in productions which include Death of a Salesman, Lettice and Lovage and Angels in America.

Judi Farr was awarded the 1992 Theatre Critics Award for her stage role in Women of Troy and was the winner of the 2002 AFI Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 2002 film Walking on Water.

Judi Farr received a 2016 Sydney Theatre Lifetime Achievement Award at the Sydney Theatre Awards.

Judi Farr was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to the performing arts as an actor" in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.

In 1963, Judi Farr married Derry Macgillicuddy, after meeting him while performing together in a Genesian Theatre production.

Judi Farr retired from the industry in 2015, after a cancer battle.

Judi Farr had been diagnosed with a squamous cell carcinoma in her parotid gland, during her time working on the A Place to Call Home.

Judi Farr died of respiratory failure on 30th June 2023 after a long illness, at the age of 84.