Barbara Anne Frawley (14 April 1935 – 1 March 2004) was an Australian actress, voice actress and children's television host. She was best known as the voice of young Dot in the 1977 film adaptation of ''

Dot and the Kangaroo ''Dot and the Kangaroo'' is an 1899 Australian children's book written by Ethel C. Pedley about a little girl named Dot who gets lost in the Australian bush and is eventually befriended by a kangaroo and several other marsupials. The book was ...

'', as well as '' Around the World with Dot'' and '' Dot and the Bunny''. Apart from the films she appeared in with the Yoram Gross Film Studios, she mainly appeared in cameo and additional voiceover roles.

Biography

Frawley originally was a radio actress in the late 1950s with the ABC, appearing on '' The Children's Session'' before moving to television, where she appeared in the 1967 TV drama series, ''Contrabandits'' and in the 1970s in ''

The Link Men ''The Link Men'' was a short lived Australian television series shown in 1970 that was axed after 12 weeks. Synopsis The series was the first drama series made in-house by the Nine Network as part of an attempt to rival the cop shows produced b ...

'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Frawley also appeared on episodes of the Australian children's

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, '' Play School''. Frawley went on to provide the voices for many characters in various Australian animated films and television movies, mainly for Yoram Gross Film Studios, most notably in ''Dot and the Kangaroo'' and most recently in ''The Camel Boy''. Frawley, late of North Bondi, died in Sydney on 1 March 2004.

Filmography

* ''Dot and the Smugglers'' (1987) * ''

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' is a picaresque novel by American author Mark Twain that was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, th ...

'' (1984) – Additional voices * ''The Camel Boy'' (1984) – Additional voices * '' Dot and the Bunny'' (1983) – Dot * ''

Great Expectations ''Great Expectations'' is the thirteenth novel by English author Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. The novel is a bildungsroman and depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip. It is Dickens' second novel, after ''Dav ...

'' (1983) – Additional voices * ''

A Christmas Carol ''A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'', commonly known as ''A Christmas Carol'', is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. It recounts the ...

'' (1982) – Additional voices * ''

Oliver Twist ''Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress'', is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial from 1837 to 1839 and as a three-volume book in 1838. The story follows the titular orphan, who, ...

'' (1982) – Additional voices * '' Around the World with Dot'' (1981) – Dot * '' The Little Convict'' (1979) – Polly * ''

'' (1977) – Dot * '' A Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (1977) – Additional voices * ''

Moby Dick ''Moby-Dick; or, The Whale'' is an 1851 Epic (genre), epic novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is centered on the sailor Ishmael (Moby-Dick), Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Captain Ahab, Ahab, captain of the whaler ...

'' (1977) – Additional voices * ''Silent Night, Holy Night'' (1976) – Additional voices * '' The Black Arrow'' (1973) – Additional voices * ''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' () is a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in col ...

'' (1973) – Additional voices * ''

The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' () is an adventure novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. It was serialised from 1844 to 1846, and published in book form in 1846. It is one of his most popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers'' (184 ...

'' (1973) – Additional voices * ''

The Swiss Family Robinson ''The Swiss Family Robinson'' (German: ''Der Schweizerische Robinson'', "The Swiss Robinson") is a novel by the Swiss author Johann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family of immigrants whose ship en route to Port Jackson, Aus ...

'' (1972) – Additional voices * ''

The Prince and the Pauper ''The Prince and the Pauper'' is a novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada, before its 1882 publication in the United States. The novel represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. The plot conce ...

'' (1972) – Additional voices

Television series filmography

* '' Play School'' (1980-1992) – Presenter * ''

The Fourth Wish ''The Fourth Wish'' is a 1976 Australian family film directed by Don Chaffey based on a three-part 1974 TV drama from the ABC. Plot Casey is a simple man living alone with his 12-year-old son Sean in a rented run-down apartment in suburban Adelai ...

'' (TV miniseries) * ''The Twelve Gifts (TV Special )'' (1974) * '' Number 96'' (1973) - Nursing Sister * '' Behind the Legend'' (1972) (TV series) * ''

'' (1972) - Mrs. Wilson * ''

Woobinda, Animal Doctor ''Woobinda (Animal Doctor)'' was an Australian children's television series about a veterinarian in a fictitious town in rural New South Wales. Cast Main cast * Don Pascoe as John Stevens * Lutz Hochstraate as Peter Fischer * Sonia Hofmann as T ...

'' Miss. Webber * ''

'' (1970) - Carol Johnson * ''

Contrabandits ''Contrabandits'' is a 1967 Australian TV series about the work of the customs department. Cast Main / regular * John Bonney as Bob Piper * Denis Quilley as Chief Inspector Ted Hallam * Janet Kingsbury as Mardi Shiel * Ben Gabriel as Jim Sh ...

'' (1967) - Cisca * ''

'' (1966–1972) – Val Charter * '' Consider Your Verdict'' (1961) Mary Ann Harmon

References

External links

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