Lydia Miller

Lydia Miller
Born
Eva Sitteová
OccupationsActress, Director,
Notable workBacklash
Deadly
Jindalee Lady

Lydia Miller is an Australian actress and arts administrators.[1]

Miller featured in the films Backlash,[2][3] Deadly[4][5] and Jindalee Lady[6] On the television she featured in R.F.D.S.[7] and Heartland.[8]

Her stage roles include Sophia/Tatiana and Tuovi in Diary of a Madman at the Playhouse and Belvoir St Upstairs Theatre in 1989-90[9][10] which she also toured to Moscow in 1992,[11] Cressy in the debut of Radiance at Belvoir St Upstairs Theatre in 1993,[12][13] Tocky in Capricornia at Belvoir St Upstairs Theatre in 1988,[14][15] and Deborah Fielding in Corporate Vibes at Drama Theatre, Opera House in 1999,[16] She has directed, with David Kennedy and Rhoda Roberts Close to the Bone at Eora Centre in 1991[17] and with Mark Gould Gunjes at Belvoir St Upstairs Theatre in 1993.[18]

Miller co organised the National Black Playwrights Conference for 1989[19] and cofounded the Aboriginal National Theatre Trust.[20] She was a executive officer[21] and director with the Australia Council's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board,[22] project head for the Olymipic Festival of the Dreaming,[23] She ran in local council elections for Leichhardt on the Balmain Development Trust ticket in 1991.[24][25]

Miller is the daughter of Pat O'Shane and Mick Miller.[26]

References

  1. ^ "Art connects and creates our culture into the 21st century: Lydia Miller", ABC Radio National, 4 April 2020
  2. ^ Lowing, Rob (2 November 1986), "Low on budget and script, high on punch", The Sydney Morning Herald
  3. ^ Murphy, Jim (7 April 1988), "Ghost stories from Spielberg", The Age
  4. ^ Lowing, Rob (23 August 1992), "Deadly, but won't slay fans", The Sydney Morning Herald
  5. ^ Barber, Lynden (13 August 1992), "Australia's ugly face", The Sydney Morning Herald
  6. ^ MacDonald, Dougal (15 May 1993), "Aborigines' soap opera ignores real issues", The Canberra Times
  7. ^ "Television this week", The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 January 1993
  8. ^ Sutton, Candace (20 March 1994), "Ernie Dingo's Heartland", The Sydney Morning Herald
  9. ^ Evans, Bob (27 July 1989), "It's pure Gogol", The Sydney Morning Herald
  10. ^ Larkin, John (1 July 1990), "This diary is theatre at its disturbing best", The Age
  11. ^ Evans, Bob (14 March 1992), "How Belvoir played a Moscow Circus", The Sydney Morning Herald
  12. ^ Bennie, Angela (23 September 1993), "Magic moments too far apart", The Sydney Morning Herald
  13. ^ Payne, Pamela (26 September 1993), "Radiance sifts ashes for Australia's roots", The Sun Herald
  14. ^ Evans, Bob (25 April 1988), "Our Finest Hour", The Sydney Morning Herald
  15. ^ Osborne, Catherine (22 April 1988), "Capricornia revisited", The Sydney Morning Herald
  16. ^ Hallett, Bryce (1 February 1999), "Satiric Vibes fails closer inspection", The Sydney Morning Herald
  17. ^ Bennie, Angela (27 September 1991), "The whole: a sum of the parts", The Sydney Morning Herald
  18. ^ Evans, Bob (9 March 1993), "Narrative lines lack a focus", The Sydney Morning Herald
  19. ^ Portus, Martin (24 October 1988), "The case of the death too early", The Sydney Morning Herald
  20. ^ Reich, Hannah (17 July 2020). "Indigenous theatre leaders on stage representation, storytelling and Australian theatre". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  21. ^ "New Executive Officer Appointed to Australia Council", Torres News, 30 December 1994
  22. ^ Jopson, Debra (14 March 1997), "Storm Erupts over 'Aboriginal' writer", The Sydney Morning Herald
  23. ^ Jopson, Debra (9 August 1997), "One nation or 301 nations", The Sydney Morning Herald
  24. ^ Cook, Danielle (26 August 1991), "Lydia to test her motto in election", The Sydney Morning Herald
  25. ^ Arnold, Ann (5 September 1991), "Old names, new faces", The Sydney Morning Herald
  26. ^ Tarrant, Deborah (12 September 1993), "The Power of Two ...", The Sydney Morning Herald