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Queenie Ashton (Ethel Muriel Ashton) was born on 11 November, 1903 in London, England, is an Australian actress. Discover Queenie Ashton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 95 years old?

Popular As Ethel Muriel Ashton
Occupation Actress (television and film) · stage performer · singer · dancer · radio personality
Age 95 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 11 November 1903
Birthday 11 November
Birthplace London, England
Date of death 23 October, 1999
Died Place Carlingford, New South Wales
Nationality United Kingdom

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Who Is Queenie Ashton's Husband?

Her husband is Lionel Lawson (married 1931–1940) · Frederick John Cover (married 1946–1999)

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Husband Lionel Lawson (married 1931–1940) · Frederick John Cover (married 1946–1999)
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Queenie Ashton Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Queenie Ashton worth at the age of 95 years old? Queenie Ashton’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Queenie Ashton's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1903

Ethel Muriel Ashton (11 November 1903 – 21 October 1999), known professionally as Queenie Ashton, was a character actress, born in England, who had a long career in Australia as a theatre performer and radio personality, best known for her radio and television soap opera roles, although she did also feature briefly in films.

Ashton alongside her contemporaries Grace Gibson, Amber Mae Cecil and Ethel Lang, has been described as a pioneer for females in radio.

Her best known role's was in the long-running Gwen Meredith radio serial Blue Hills, as Lee Gordon and later Grannie Emily Bishop a role she would later reprise for television, with the first Australian-produced soap opera Autumn Affair.

Ashton was born in London.

She was an accomplished ballet dancer, and specialist in voice production and drama, who started performing when she was fourteen.

She appeared in musical comedy on the London stage, on occasion appearing with playwright Noël Coward.

1927

She left England in 1927, and performed for Dame Nellie Melba while travelling to Australia through the Suez Canal.

She first appeared in Melbourne as a soprano on the concert stage, then in musical comedy, alongside such stars as Gladys Moncrieff, whom she understudied, and Strella Wilson.

1930

Ashton featured in radio from the 1930s, she appeared in musical comedy opposite Dick Bentley in ''Oh!

Quaite''.

1931

Ashton married Lionel Lawson in 1931 (who died in 1950), a violinist, who became leader of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra; they had a daughter, nurse Janet Lawson, in 1933 and a son, Tony Lawson, in 1935.

1939

Her first straight drama role was in 1939, a period piece playing Marie Antoinette.

1940

They divorced in 1940.

1941

She played Budge's mother in "Budge's Gang", a segment of the ABC Children's Session (c. 1941–45, and it was so popular it was made into a comic book).

1946

Ashton remarried in 1946 to Frederick John Cover, a theatrical agent, and founder and managing director of the actors' casting firm, Central Casting.

1948

Film roles included both theatrical and telefilms Always Another Dawn in 1948 and The Farrer Story in 1949, she also had cameo's in Mama's Gone A-Hunting in 1977 and The Year My Voice Broke in 1987.

She also appeared in many television commercials, most notably for Sara Lee.

She was still performing in stage and cabaret plays in her nineties and was one of Australia's last great grand dames and one of the oldest entertainers still performing.

1949

Most notably, she played the wife of Dr. Gordon and the long-running role of Granny Bishop (a character many years her senior) in the radio serial Blue Hills, for the entire 27 years of the serial's run (1949–1976 – hers were the very first and last spoken parts).

Ashton, as Granny Bishop, spoke: "We don't have to see people every day of the week/to imagine them in their surroundings or even to live their lives with them. We can still use our imagination ... they can still be in our minds. They can still be with us and so you see, and it is isn't really very hard to say goodbye. to say goodbye and God bless."

Ashton also played this role on Australia's first television serial Autumn Affair.

1950

In 1950 she won the Macquarie Network's award for "best performance by an actress in a supporting role" (in "Edward, My Son").

1957

In 1957 she appeared in a one-off television play called Tomorrow's Child and played in Certain Women (as "Dolly Lucas"), She was a semi-regular cast member of A Country Practice (as "Lillian Coote") and G.P. (as "Mrs Sculthorpe").

1980

In 1980, she was appointed by her stage name Queenie Ashton a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her services to the performing arts.

1999

She died on 21 October 1999, in Carlingford, New South Wales, aged 95.

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