Enid Lorimer

Enid Lorimer
OAM
Enid Lorimer OAM
Born	May Enid Bosworth Nunn; 27 November 1887; London, United Kingdom
Died	15 July 1982 (aged 94); Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia
Other names	Ellen Bosworth (pen name)
Citizenship	Australian
Occupations	Actress; producer; writer; teacher; theosophist;
Years active	C. 1910-1979
Spouse	Count Harold Augustavas Wentworth Zeffri. (died 1926)
Children	1 (adopted)
Awards	Chips Rafferty Memorial Award
Website	enidlorimer.com

Enid Bosworth Lorimer OAM (born May Enid Bosworth Nunn; 27 November 1887 – 15 July 1982), was an English-born stage, radio, television and film actress, director, producer, writer, teacher and theosophist. She worked in her native England and also in Australia.

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She was a contemporary of Dame Sybil Thorndike and Dame Lilian Braithwaite.

Lorimer was born^[2] on 27 November 1887, in London, United Kingdom.^[2] Her father was Harold Marcus Nunn and her mother was Helen Louise Fowler (née Bosworth) and she had a younger sister. ^[3]

Brought up in comfortable and privileged circumstances her early education was supervised by a governess. She later attended a boarding school in Folkestone, Kent, and a finishing school in Switzerland.^[1]

In London. she trained under renowned teacher Elsie Fogerty, she subsequently trained at Her Majesty's Theatre as a Shakespearean actress.

Lorimer's career as an actress lasted for some 70 years.^[4]^[5] She first took stage drama in the United Kingdom, and became an understudy to Phyllis Neilson-Terry, she joined the toiurding company of Laurence Irving and during the wars year's she worked on film production in Britain assisting Dame Ellen Terry.^[6] she arrived for Sydney, Australia in November 1923 to serve as Art Director at the Star Amphitheatre, Balmoral.^[7]

Lorimer produced the first impromptu radio play at 2GB in 1925; of the latter she was well known as an actress in the radio serial Dr. Mac with Lou Vernon as Ettie between 1940 and 1952.^[1]

She starred in numerous Australian television programmes, such as Motel, Spyforce, Homicide, Division 4 and Cop Shop, as well as many theatrical stage plays,^[8] and in 1966 she appeared as a narrator in fourteen episodes of the BBC children's television programme Jackanory. Up until her 85th birthday in 1973, she was very active within the entertainment circle and would not entertain the prospect of retirement, despite self-admitted signs of "phasing out".^[9] Her final film appearance was in The Odd Angry Shot.^[10] In her later years, she gradually declined from acting and instead started writing children's books, such as the series Shelley (which was based on her granddaughter), under the pseudonym of Ellen Bosworth publishing 3 books..^[6] Many of her books were best-sellers in Australia.^[11] During her lifetime, Lorimer also worked as a teacher and a theosophist.^[12]

Lorimer was awarded the Chips Rafferty Memorial Award in 1981^[13] and the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her service towards the performing arts on 14 June 1982.^[14]

Enid Lorimer Circuit, in the Canberra suburb of Chisholm, is named in her honour.^[15]

Lorimer died on 15 July 1982 at a private hospital^[16] in Wahroonga, New South Wales.^[17]^[18] A private funeral was held for her; only six people attended.^[17]

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Year	Title	Role	Type
1949	Strong Is the Seed (aka 'The Farrer Story')		Feature film
1956	Find the Lady	Miss Rees (uncredited)	Feature film
1958	Carve Her Name With Pride	Madame Renaud (uncredited)	Feature film
1959	Witness in the Dark	Mrs. Temple	Feature film
1964	The Sicilians	Old Lady	Feature film

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Year	Title	Role	Type
1953	The Golden Head	Dame Martha Holloway	TV film
1953	Seven Little Australians	Mrs. Fitzroy-Brown	TV series, 1 episode
1953	The Story of the Treasure Seekers	The Lady	TV series, 1 episode
1954	A Castle and Sixpence	Mrs. Pigmarsh	TV series, 1 episode
1955	Absent-Minded Anna	Mrs. Graham	TV film
1955	The Vice	Madame Larvin / Mrs. Steel / Mrs. McPhail	TV series, 3 episodes
1955	The Sleeping Beauty	The Nurse	TV film
1955	Count of Twelve	Mrs. McPhail	TV series, episode: ’The Count of Twelve‘
1956	The Errol Flynn Theatre	Donya	TV series, 1 episode
1957-67	ITV Play of the Week	Mookie / Rebecca Nurse / Ellen Carmichael	TV series, 3 episodes
1956	Armchair Theatre	Mrs. Danishev	TV series, 1 episode
1957	Overseas Press Club - Exclusive	Mrs. Klaus / Concierge	TV series, 2 episodes
1957	O.S.S.	Madame Mureaux	TV series, 1 episode
1957	Matron	TV series, 1 episode
1958	Television World Theatre	Woman of Troy	TV series, 1 episode
1958	Charles And Mary	Mrs. Lamb	TV film
1958	Uncertain Mercy	Frau Kowalski	TV film
1959	World Theatre	Brand's Mother	TV series, 1 episode
1959	Antigone	Eurydice	TV film
1959	The Flying Doctor	Emily Gudgeon	TV series, 1 episode
1961	Corinth House	Miss Malleson	Teleplay
1961	Harlequinade	Dame Maud	Teleplay
1961	Traveller Without Luggage	The Mother	TV film
1962	The Last Man Out	Madame Matilde	TV series, 1 episode
1963	Harpers Went Out	Evelyn Bentley	TV series, 1 episode
1963	Man of the World	Miss Bentley	TV series, 1 episode
1963	The Queen and The Rebels	Peasant Woman	TV series, 1 episode
1963-65	Hugh and I	Auntie Maude	TV series, 2 episodes
1964-67	Play School	Storyteller	TV series, 34 episodes
1966	Theatre 625	Anna Semionovna	TV series, 1 episode
1966	The Troubleshooters	Mrs. Thornton	TV series, 1 episode
1966	Jackanory	Storyteller	TV series, 14 episodes
1966	Meet the Wife	Madame	TV series, 1 episode
1966	The New Inferno	The Company	TV film
1967	The Wednesday Play	Frau Cornelissen	TV series, 1 episode
1967	Beggar My Neighbour	Aunt Jess	TV series, 1 episode
1967	The Avengers	Nanny Roberts	TV series, 1 episode
1967	Uncle Vanya	Maria Wassiljewna Woynitsky	TV film
1967	Les Misérables	Baptistine	TV miniseries, 1 episode
1968-74	Homicide	Mrs. Lines / Mrs. Simpson / Mrs. James / 'Gran' Garret / Mrs. Jackson / Molly Bishop / Jane Foster	TV series, 7 episodes
1968	Motel	Bunty Creighton	TV series, 2 episodes
1969	Riptide	Dora Binney	TV series, 1 episode
1969	Delta	Hilda	TV series, 1 episode
1969	Skippy	Mrs. Kearney	TV series, 1 episode
1970; 1974	Division 4	Aunt Bertha / Mrs. Mathews	TV series, 2 episodes
1970	The Link Men		TV series, 1 episode
1972	The Survivor	Belle Leeming	Teleplay
1972	Kamahl	Guest	TV series, 1 episode
1972	Spyforce	Miss Smith	TV series, 1 episode
1972	Number 96	Mrs Harvey	TV series
1972	The Hands of Cormac Joyce	Mrs. Reece	TV film
1973	Boney	Mrs. Thompson	TV series, 1 episode
1974	The Evil Touch	Lavinia Pfeiffer	TV series, 1 episode
1974	Matlock Police	Mrs. Dawson	TV series, 1 episode
1974	Human Target		TV film
1975	Certain Women		TV series, 1 episode
1975	Quality of Mercy		TV series, episode 2: "The Love Job"
1976	Luke's Kingdom	Nanny	TV miniseries, 1 episode
1976	Is There Anybody There?		TV film
1977	Mama's Gone A-Hunting	Old Woman in Elevator (uncredited)	TV film
1978	Loss of Innocence	Gran	TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1978	Case for the Defence	Mrs. Lattimer	TV series, 1 episode
1978	The Young Doctors	Amelia Frost	TV series, 2 episodes
1980; 1981	Parkinson In Australia	Guest	TV series, 2 episodes

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[1]
Roe, Jill; Bettison, Margaret (2013). "Lorimer, Enid Bosworth (1887–1982)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
[2]
"Lorimer, Enid (1887–1982)". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
[3]
"Family Background". Enid Lorimer. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
[4]
"From Irving to Jack Thompson". The West Australian. 13 March 1979.
[5]
Dynes, Cecily (1984). The complete Australian and New Zealand book of names. Angus & Robertson Publishers. p. 234. ISBN 9780207148613.
[6]
"Ellen Bosworth". Retrieved 9 March 2013.
[7]
Roe, Jill (1980). Twentieth century Sydney: studies in urban & social history. Hale & Iremonger. p. 92. ISBN 9780908094615.
[8]
"The drama of a lifetime". Television.au. 23 August 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
[9]
Haynes, J.; Archibald, J. F. (1973). "That's what you say". The Bulletin. Vol. 95.
[10]
"Theatre great dies aged 94". Melbourne Sun. 17 July 1982.
[11]
"Enid begins her life anew". Sunday Times. 1 February 1976.
[12]
Finch, Bloody Finch: The Life of Peter Finch. Holt, Rinehart & Winston. 1980. p. 38. ISBN 9780030417962.
[13]
"Time of Hope and Regret". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 September 1981.
[14]
"LORIMER, Enid Bosworth". Australian Government It's An Honour. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
[15]
"Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Periodic (National : 1977 - 2011) - 15 May 1987 - p2". Trove. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
[16]
"Enid Lorimer dies". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 July 1982. p. 6.
[17]
"A 70-year career in theatre". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 July 1982. p. 7.
[18]
"Erid Lorimer". The Times. 17 July 1982. p. 10.

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Enid Lorimer at the Women Film Pioneers Project

[ADB-1] [1]
Roe, Jill; Bettison, Margaret (2013). "Lorimer, Enid Bosworth (1887–1982)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 27 March 2013.

[Women's_Register_1-2] [2]
"Lorimer, Enid (1887–1982)". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 8 March 2013.

[3] [3]
"Family Background". Enid Lorimer. Retrieved 9 March 2013.

[4] [4]
"From Irving to Jack Thompson". The West Australian. 13 March 1979.

[5] [5]
Dynes, Cecily (1984). The complete Australian and New Zealand book of names. Angus & Robertson Publishers. p. 234. ISBN 9780207148613.

[Pony_Mad_1-6] [6]
"Ellen Bosworth". Retrieved 9 March 2013.

[7] [7]
Roe, Jill (1980). Twentieth century Sydney: studies in urban & social history. Hale & Iremonger. p. 92. ISBN 9780908094615.

[8] [8]
"The drama of a lifetime". Television.au. 23 August 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2013.

[9] [9]
Haynes, J.; Archibald, J. F. (1973). "That's what you say". The Bulletin. Vol. 95.

[10] [10]
"Theatre great dies aged 94". Melbourne Sun. 17 July 1982.

[11] [11]
"Enid begins her life anew". Sunday Times. 1 February 1976.

[12] [12]
Finch, Bloody Finch: The Life of Peter Finch. Holt, Rinehart & Winston. 1980. p. 38. ISBN 9780030417962.

[13] [13]
"Time of Hope and Regret". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 September 1981.

[14] [14]
"LORIMER, Enid Bosworth". Australian Government It's An Honour. Retrieved 8 March 2013.

[15] [15]
"Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Periodic (National : 1977 - 2011) - 15 May 1987 - p2". Trove. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

[16] [16]
"Enid Lorimer dies". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 July 1982. p. 6.

[Sydney_July_17-17] [17]
"A 70-year career in theatre". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 July 1982. p. 7.

[18] [18]
"Erid Lorimer". The Times. 17 July 1982. p. 10.

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Enid Lorimer OAM

Born	May Enid Bosworth Nunn 27 November 1887 London, United Kingdom
Died	15 July 1982 (aged 94) Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia
Other names	Ellen Bosworth (pen name)
Citizenship	Australian
Occupations	Actress producer writer teacher theosophist
Years active	C. 1910-1979
Spouse	Count Harold Augustavas Wentworth Zeffri. (died 1926)^[1]
Children	1 (adopted)
Awards	Chips Rafferty Memorial Award
Website	enidlorimer.com