Betty Quin
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- Playwright
- scriptwriter
- series script editor
- actor
- director
- theatre operator
Betty Quin | |
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| Born | C. 1922/1923 |
| Died | 28 August 1993 (aged 70) |
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| Family | Patrea Smallacombe (niece) |
Betty Quin (c. 1922/1923 - 28 August 1993) was an Australian playwright, script writer and series script editor who contributed to numerous soap operas in her native Australia (e.g. The Young Doctors, Sons and Daughters, A Country Practice, Prisoner and Neighbours).
From 1970 to 1977 she ran the Q Theatre Company, an amateur theatre company she co-founded with her husband, Don Quin, in Adelaide. Many of her 22 plays[1] and other Australian works were performed by the company.[2] Robert Stigwood purchased the film rights to her 1970 play, Dinkum Bambino, which had been favourably reviewed by The Advertiser's theatre critic, Mary Armitage.[3]
She was the aunt of Patrea Smallacombe, the Australian-born script writer for Coronation Street and EastEnders.
Betty Quin died on 28 August 1993 at the age of 70.[4]
