Muriel Steinbeck
Australian actress (1913–1982) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Muriel Myee Steinbeck[1] (21 July 1913 – 20 July 1982) was an Australian actress who worked extensively in radio, theatre, television and film. She is best known for her performance as the wife of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith in Smithy (1946) and for playing the lead role in Autumn Affair (1958–59), Australia's first television serial.
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Born | 21 July 1913 (1913-07-21) Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia |
Died | 20 July 1982 (1982-07-21) (aged 68) Orange, New South Wales, Australia |
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Occupation(s) | Stage, radio and screen actress, drama school proprietor and tutor |
Filmink magazine later said "Steinbeck’s appeal was a little like that of Greer Garson in Hollywood – a regal, lady-like figure. That’s an over-simplification – she played all sorts of roles – but she was, overall, a classy dame. Her beauty meant that her photo often appeared in trade publications and she was particularly popular on radio soaps and at the Minerva Theatre in Sydney."[2]