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Lottie Lyell is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Editor Australienne born on 23 february 1890 at Balmain, New South Wales (Australie)
Lottie Lyell (born Charlotte Edith Cox) (23 February 1890 – 1925) was an Australian actress, screenwriter, editor and filmmaker. She is regarded as Australia's first film star, and also contributed to the local industry during the silent era with her collaborations with Raymond Longford.
She was born in Balmain, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales in 1890. By 1912, Lyell had become romantically involved with Longford. The couple lived together in Brisbane and formed the most influential and pioneering partnerships in Australian cinema history. Although Longford was separated, his Catholic wife would not divorce him and he was never able to marry Lyell. Lyell fell ill with tuberculosis and died at her home in Roseville, North Sydney on 21 December 1925.
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Birth name Charlotte Edith Cox
Nationality Australie
Birth 23 february 1890 at Balmain, New South Wales (Australie)
Death 21 december 1925 (at 35 years)
Nationality Australie
Birth 23 february 1890 at Balmain, New South Wales (Australie)
Death 21 december 1925 (at 35 years)
She was born in Balmain, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales in 1890. By 1912, Lyell had become romantically involved with Longford. The couple lived together in Brisbane and formed the most influential and pioneering partnerships in Australian cinema history. Although Longford was separated, his Catholic wife would not divorce him and he was never able to marry Lyell. Lyell fell ill with tuberculosis and died at her home in Roseville, North Sydney on 21 December 1925.
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The Dinkum Bloke (1923)
Directed by Lottie Lyell, Raymond Longford
Actors Lottie Lyell
Roles Nell Garvin
Bill Garvin (Arthur Tauchert), a labourer on the Woolloomooloo wharf, is happily married to Nell (Lottie Lyell) and they have a little daughter, Peggy (Beryl Gow). When Bill breaks his leg, Nell has to go to work. She is a success, saving up money for her daughter, but falls ill after an operation and dies, making Bill promise that he will bring up Peggy a lady.
An Australian by Marriage (1922)
Directed by Raymond Longford
Actors Lottie Lyell
Isabelle (Lottie Lyell) emigrates from England to Australia after getting engaged to an Australian. She is met by the Y.W.C.A. on arrival and secures a position as a nursemaid.
Rudd's New Selection (1921)
Directed by Raymond Longford
Actors Lottie Lyell
Roles Nell
The movie is set eight years after the events of On Our Selection. The Rudd family are now more prosperous, but Dad is as autocratic as ever. His children are grown up and the baby twins are up to mischief Dave is married and tries to do as little work as possible, but is forced to do so by his wife and domineering mother.
Ginger Mick (1920)
Directed by Raymond Longford
Actors Lottie Lyell
Roles Doreen
The adventures of Ginger Mick (Gilbert Emery) take him from slums and backyards to lock-ups and racecourses. He romances Rose, works as a rabbitoh and enlists to fight in World War I. He writes letters back to his old friend, the Bloke (Arthur Tauchert) now married to Doreen (Lottie Lyell) with a young son, Bill. Mick makes friends with a fellow soldier, Keith, and is eventually killed at Gallipoli on the hills of Sari Bair.
The Sentimental Bloke (1919)
Directed by Raymond Longford
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Lottie Lyell, Gilbert Emery
Roles Doreen
Rating62%
Bill is a Woolloomooloo larrikin, who vows to abandon his life of gambling (playing Two-up) and drinking after a spell in gaol following a raid on a two up game. He falls in love with Doreen (Lyell), who works in a pickle factory, but faces competition from a more sophisticated rival, Stor' at Coot.
The Woman Suffers (1918)
, 1h1Directed by Raymond Longford
Genres Drama
Actors Lottie Lyell, Boyd Irwin, Harry Beaumont
Roles Marjory
Rating56%
The movie consists of eight acts. A woman, Marion Masters (Connie Martyn), runs away from her drunken husband with her baby son. Her husband falls on a knife and dies, their home is destroyed in a fire and she collapses in the bush. By the time she is rescued her son has been found by another family. She remarries a station owner, Stephen Manton (Charles H Francis), and becomes step mother to his two children, Ralph and Marjory. The missing child grows up as Philip Stockdale, the adopted child of the owners of Kooringa Station, who already have a daughter Joan.
The Church and the Woman (1917)
Directed by Raymond Longford
Actors Lottie Lyell
Roles Eileen Shannon
Eileen Shannon falls in love with Dr Burton . However he is a Protestant and her strongly Catholic father John refuses to give his consent to marriage between them.
A Maori Maid's Love (1916)
Directed by Raymond Longford
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Lottie Lyell, Raymond Longford
Graham, an unhappily married surveyor, goes on a job to New Zealand where he falls in love with a Maori woman. She becomes pregnant and died in childbirth. Graham puts his daughter in the care of Maori Jack, who later kills Graham. However his daughter (Lottie Lyell) inherits his property and falls in love with a jackeroo called Jim.
The Mutiny of the Bounty (1916)
Directed by Raymond Longford
Genres Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Harry Beaumont, Lottie Lyell
Roles Nessy Heywood
Rating67%
The story deals with the mutiny on HMS Bounty on 28 April 1789, Captain Bligh's journey back to England, the recapture of the mutineers on Tahiti and subsequent fate of the other mutineers on Pitcairn Island. The story was structured in five acts.
The Silence of Dean Maitland (1914)
Directed by Raymond Longford
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Lottie Lyell
Roles Marion Everhard
The Reverend Dean Maitland (Harry Thomas) falls for Alma Lee (Nellie Brooks) and impregnates her, despite being engaged to another woman. Alma's father attacks Maitland and Maitland accidentally kills him in the struggle. His best friend, Dr Henry Everard (Arthur Shirley) is convicted of the crime and sentenced to twenty years in gaol. When Everard is released he comes to Maitland's church. The Dean confesses his guilt publicly and collapses and dies.
The Swagman's Story (1914)
Directed by Raymond Longford
Actors Lottie Lyell
A swagman arrives on the scene of the breakdown of a motor car and tells the honeymooning drivers that he's never liked motor cars as they've never done him any good. He then goes on to explain why – ten years earlier he was living happily with his wife and pretty daughter (Lottie Lyell). Then the daughter got married to a "swell city cove" and she became a member of the high society set, refusing to meet her unsophisticated mother. The mother is killed by a motor car and the father takes to drink and becomes a swagman.
Australia Calls (1913)
Directed by Raymond Longford
Actors Lottie Lyell
Roles Beatrice Evans
The film begins with a prologue, 'The Warning', showing a Sydney horse race, then a football match in front of thousands of spectators. Living on an outback station, Beatrice Evans (Lottie Lyell) rejects the advances of a suitor. An unnamed Asian country lands 20,000 troops (called "Mongolians") on the New South Wales coast, and Australia issues a call to arms, mobilising its forces. The invading army attacks Sydney, setting buildings on fire and taking over the Min, Treasury Building and wireless telegraph station. The rejected suitor turns traitor and Beatrice is captured by the enemy. However she is rescued by plane with the help of aviator William E. Hart and the Australians are victorious.