Constance Elizabeth Martyn (4 December 1886 – 27 May 1971) was an Australian actress of stage and screen best known for playing Ma Rudd in ''

Dad and Dave Come to Town ''Dad and Dave Come to Town'' is a 1938 Australian comedy film directed by Ken G. Hall, the third in the ' Dad and Dave' comedy series starring Bert Bailey. It was the feature film debut of Peter Finch and is one of the best known Australian fil ...

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The Woman Suffers ''The Woman Suffers'' is a 1918 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford. It is a melodrama starring Lottie Lyell. Two-thirds of the movie still survives.Merv Wasson, "The Woman Suffers: Why Ever Was She Banned?", ''Cinema Papers'', J ...

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Dad Rudd MP ''Dad Rudd, M.P.'' is a 1940 comedy that was the last of four films made by Ken G. Hall starring Bert Bailey as Dad Rudd. It was the last feature film directed by Hall prior to the war and the last made by Cinesound Productions, Bert Bailey and ...

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*''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' (1909–10) *''Her Forbidden Marriage'' (1914) *''Married to the Wrong Man'' (1915) *''For King and Country'' (1915) *''A Woman Adrift'' (1915) *''Kultur'' (1916) *''The Night Side of London'' (1917) *''East Lynne'' (1917) *''The Bad Girl of the Family'' (1917) *''Between Two Women'' (1918) *''Sons of the Empire'' (1922)

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* 20th-century Australian actresses 1886 births 1971 deaths People from Charlton, Victoria {{Australia-actor-stub