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Barbara Anne Frawley (14 April 1935 – 1 March 2004)[1] was an Australian actress.

Barbara Frawley
Born	14 April 1935
Died	1 March 2004 (aged 68) Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Radio actress TV and Film Actress voice artist children host

She is best known as the voice of young Dot in the 1977 film adaptation of Dot and the Kangaroo,[2] 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[3][4] before moving to television, where she appeared in the 1967 TV drama series, Contrabandits[5] and in the 1970s in The Link Men,[6] Spyforce[7] and Homicide.[2][8] Frawley also appeared on episodes of the Australian children's television show, Play School.[9]

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[10][11] and most recently in The Camel Boy.[12][13] Frawley, late of North Bondi, died in Sydney on 1 March 2004.

Filmography

• Dot and the Smugglers (1987)
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1984) – Additional voices
• The Camel Boy (1984) – Additional voices
• Dot and the Bunny (1983) – Dot
• Great Expectations (1983) – Additional voices
• A Christmas Carol (1982) – Additional voices
• Oliver Twist (1982) – Additional voices
• Around the World with Dot (1981) – Dot
• The Little Convict (1979) – Polly
• Dot and the Kangaroo (1977) – Dot
• Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1977) – Additional voices
• Moby Dick (1977) – Additional voices
• Silent Night, Holy Night (1976) – Additional voices
• The Black Arrow (1973) – Additional voices
• The Three Musketeers (1973) – Additional voices
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1973) – Additional voices
• The Swiss Family Robinson (1972) – Additional voices
• The Prince and the Pauper (1972) – Additional voices

Television series filmography

• Play School (1980-1992) – Presenter – Songs so far: The Black Cat since 1980
• The Fourth Wish (1974) – voice
• Spyforce (1972)
• The Link Men (1970)
• Contrabandits (1967)
• Homicide (1966–1972) – Val Charter

References

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