former actress and elocution artists from childhood, turned theatre designer cartoonist and illustrator, drew illustrations in Home c.1924-27, her subjects being social events like the David Jones’ Ball (1 June 1924, 58A) or people at a gymkhana (cover, 1 November 1924). Wanda Radford, daughter of the secretary of R Radford the A.B.C.Cafe in Pitt street Sydney, was child prodigy as actress and reciter who trained under elocution teacher Mr Flohm in Ballarat and left for further studies and performances in Germany under her parent’s care in 1905 and was reported in the Adelaide observer__23 March 1907 as employed by the German Kaiser to give his children acting lessons. Wanda had a number of successful concerts and stage roles and became a film actress by 1916 under the name Beryl Bryan. Wanda had been sketching and designing since her teens turned to art studies after WWI. She returned to work in Sydney for David Jones’ in the 1920s.
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- Date written:
- 1996
- Last updated:
- 2022
