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Elsa Chauvel, OBE ( née Elsie May Wilcox; 10 February 1898 – 22 August 1983) was an Australian filmmaker and actress, and the wife and collaborator of film director Charles Chauvel. Elsa Chauvel was a pioneer in Australian film making, best known for her contributions to films such as Greenhide, In the Wake of the Bounty, and Jedda.
Elsa Chauvel had strong opinions about a woman’s role in both work and life. In an interview in 1934, she explained that a woman should charm men and a wife should support her husband (28). Her own life exemplified these principles. She was born Elsie May Wilcox in 1898 in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia.
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An attractive if somewhat homely- looking woman in her mature years, Elsa Chauvel was noted as a strong if self-effacing personality. She sold herself and the history of women in the Australian cinema short with her recourse to a glib label: Charles Chauvel's 'Girl Friday'.
Elsa Chauvel (1898-1983), actress and film maker, was born on 10 February 1898 at Collingwood, Melbourne, and registered as Elsie May, second of three children of Edward Wilcox, a tinsmith from New South Wales, and his Queensland-born wife Ada Marie, née Worrall.
Elsa Chauvel was born into a performing family on the 10 February 1898 in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood. Her early career as an actress and performer led to her meeting independent Australian director Charles Chauvel.
Elsa Chauvel was born on February 10, 1898 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She was a writer and actress, known for The Rugged O'Riordans (1949), Rangle River (1936) and Greenhide (1926). She was married to Charles Chauvel. She died on August 22, 1983 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
It was the beginning of a dynamic career together. Chauvel was both producer and director, wrote his own scripts and handled casting and a great deal of the publicity. Elsie changed her Christian name to Elsa and handled make-up and continuity in the early films, later co-writing the scripts.
Elsa Chauvel was born on 10 February 1898 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She was a writer and actress, known for The Rugged O'Riordans (1949), Rangle River (1936) and Greenhide (1926). She was married to Charles Chauvel. She died on 22 August 1983 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
Elsa Chauvel collaborated with her filmmaker husband, Charles Chauvel, on a number of feature films including Uncivilized (1936), Forty Thousand Horsemen (1941), Sons of Matthew (1949), Jedda (1955) and Heritage (1935).
Collingwood, Melbourne. (aged 85) Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included. actor (stage) autobiographer/memoirist.
