1. Lottie Lyell is regarded as Australia's first film star, and contributed to the local industry during the silent era through her collaborations with director and writer Raymond Longford.
13 Facts About Lottie Lyell
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Lottie Lyell was born in Balmain, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales in 1890.
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Lottie Lyell fell ill with tuberculosis and died at her home in Roseville, North Sydney on 21 December 1925.
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Lottie Lyell took the stage name of Lottie Lyell, and in 1910 at age 20 had her theatre breakthrough, when she performed as Maggie Brown in An Englishman's Home.
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Lottie Lyell debuted in Alfred Rolfe's Captain Midnight, The Bush King and by late 1911 her lead role in Raymond Longford's The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole transformed her into Australia's first international film star.
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In 1913 Lottie Lyell starred in 'Neath Austral Skies as Eileen Delmont.
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Lottie Lyell is believed to have contributed to the screenplay, art direction, editing and production.
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In 1921, Lottie Lyell wrote, edited and co-directed The Blue Mountains Mystery to much critical acclaim.
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Longford and Lottie Lyell formed Longford-Lottie Lyell Australian Motion Picture Productions in 1922.
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Lottie Lyell returned to acting in 1922 with Rudd's New Selection.
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Lottie Lyell was active until her death in 1925, and two of her screenplays, Peter Vernon's Silence and The Pioneers, were made into films the following year.
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Lottie Lyell was buried at Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium.
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Lottie Lyell was posthumously inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2001.