12 Facts About Lyndall Barbour

Lyndall Harvey Barbour was an Australian actress, primarily of radio, although she added stage and television work to her repertoire.

Lyndall Harvey Barbour was born in Cairo, the daughter of Australian parents Eric Pitty Barbour and Dora Frances Blanche Barbour.

Lyndall Barbour's father was serving in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps during World War I at the time of her birth.

Lyndall Barbour was raised in Sydney, attending the Church of England Girls Grammar School, before earning a bachelor's degree at the University of Sydney in 1938, and joined the dramatic society under the engagement of May Hollinworth.

Lyndall Barbour soon found a niche as a radio actress for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, and later 2GB.

Lyndall Barbour won Macquarie Awards as best supporting actress in 1946 and 1948, and as best actress in 1949, for Genius at Home.

Lyndall Barbour played some notable roles in early Australian television drama, including the title role in Ruth.

Lyndall Barbour appeared in the television series You Can't See 'Round Corners in 1967 and the film version in 1969.

Later in life Lyndall Barbour recorded audiobooks for the Royal Blind Society of New South Wales.

Lyndall Barbour appeared in stage and television roles, the latter particularly in the 1960s after radio work became scarce.

Lyndall Barbour won a best actress award from the Sydney Theatre Critics' Circle in 1956 for her work in The Rose Tattoo.

Lyndall Barbour died at Wahroonga, New South Wales in 1986, aged 70.