• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE3745

Robinson, Kathleen

(1901 – 1983)
  • Born 1 January, 1901, Melbourne Victoria Australia
  • Died 28 December, 1983
  • Occupation Actor, Producer

Summary

Kathleen Robinson trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. With Lewis Casson and Dame Sybil Thorndike’s Australian tour, she played minor parts in Media, St Joan, Madame Plays Nap and Macbeth. From 1932-35, Robinson ran the Westminster Theatre in London with Osmond Daltry. In 1940 she returned to Australia and formed Whitehall Productions at the Minerva Theatre in Kings Cross, Sydney. She opened an academy for dramatic art in 1944.

Published resources