Stella Southern

Stella Southern was an Australian actress best known for her performances in the silent films A Girl of the Bush (1921) and The Bushwhackers (1925).

Originally from Sydney, she was working for a milliner when discovered by Beaumont Smith who cast her in The Man from Snowy River (1920). He let her select her own stage name (her real name was Lucy Emma "Billie" Winks) and she chose "Stella Southern" which means "star of the south".

On 4 October 1921 she married New Zealand film director Harrington Reynolds in Auckland; she had starred for him in The Birth of New Zealand (1921). She also appeared in a number of productions on stage in Brisbane.

Select Credits

The Man from Snowy River (1920) – film

The Betrayer (1921) – film

A Girl of the Bush (1921) – film

The Birth of New Zealand (1921) – film

A Rough Passage (1922) – film

Potash and Perlnutter (1922) – play, Theatre Royal, Brisbane

The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1923) – play, Theatre Royal, Brisbane

The Bachelor's Honeymoon (1923) – play, Theatre Royal, Brisbane

Penelope by Somerset Maugham (1924) – play, His Majesty's, Brisbane

Mrs Dot (1924) – play, His Majesty's Brisbane

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (1924) – play, Brisbane

The Bushwhackers (1925) – film

Odds On (1928) – film

References

External links

Stella Southern at National Film and Sound Archive

Year of birth missing

Year of death missing

20th-century Australian actresses