Jean Blue

Jean Irwin Blue (1906–1984) was an Australian actress, director and producer, active on stage and screen, starting from the late 1920s.^[1]

Born

Jean Irwin Blue

1906

Riverwood, New South Wales, Australia

Died1984 (aged 78-79)

OccupationActress

Yearsactivec-1929-?

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Jean Blue
Jean Blue in 1950
Born	Jean Irwin Blue 1906 Riverwood, New South Wales, Australia
Died	1984 (aged 78-79)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	c-1929-?

Biography

Blue was born to Dr Archibald Blue and Maud Howard Hutchins^[2] she is best known for The Overlanders. and Eureka Stockade. She worked extensively in theatre, particularly at the New Theatre in Sydney, which she joined in 1936 and then J.C. Williamson's. A notable role was the stage version The Lawsons, based on the radio series. Blue was also a trained nurse.^[3]

In 1946 she was fined for performing in a play What Happens to Love on the basis of it being an unlicensed venue.^[4]^[5]

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The Front Page (1929)^[7]
Her Shop (1929)^[8]
A Woman and Reality (1931)
Waiting for Lefty (1936)
Bury the Dead (1937)^[9]
The Sword Sung (1938)
Trumpets of Wrath (1938)
Where's That Bomb? (1938)
Six Men of Dorset (1938)^[10]
Are You Ready Comrade (1939)
Pastor Hall (1939)
Blood on the Moon (1939)
So It Didn't Work (with Plant in the Sun and Rehearsal) (1939)
Where's That Bomb (1940)
Stampede (1940)
The Little Foxes (1944)
Western Limit (1946) by Oriel Gray^[11]
The Borgeouis Gentleman (1946)^[12]
The Match Girls (1948)^[13]
Woman Bites Dog (1947)^[14]
Six Men of Dorset (1948)^[15]
A Lion on the Square (1949)
The Lawsons by Gwen Meredith (1950)^[16]
The Good Hope (1950)^[17]
All My Sons (1960)^[18]
Tartuffe (1960)
Lawson (1961) (revival)^[19]
Our Dear Relations (1963)
A Penny for a Song (1965)

References

[1]
"Jean Blue theatre". AusStage database.
[2]
"Person - Jean Blue".
[3]
"FINE FOR ACTRESS OVER THEATRE PLAY". Daily Mirror. No. 1974. New South Wales, Australia. 26 September 1947. p. 18 (Country Edition). Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
[4]
"APPEAL WON BY ACTRESS OVER PLAY". Daily Mirror. No. 2012. New South Wales, Australia. 10 November 1947. p. 6 (Country Edition). Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
[5]
"Actress In Court Over City Show". The Sun]. No. 11753. New South Wales, Australia. 26 September 1947. p. 3 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
[6]
Vagg, Stephen (3 November 2025). "Forgotten Australian Films: Captain Thunderbolt". Filmink. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
[7]
"Scott Alexander with Turret Players", Everyones., Sydney: Everyones Ltd, 25 September 1929, nla.obj-577184712, retrieved 23 August 2024 – via Trove
[8]
"Poverty Point", The Bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 4 December 1929, nla.obj-606390806, retrieved 24 August 2024 – via Trove
[9]
"STAGE SHOWS.", The Bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 28 April 1937, nla.obj-571620306, retrieved 24 August 2024 – via Trove
[10]
""SIX MEN OF DORSET"". The Workers' Weekly. No. 893. New South Wales, Australia. 19 April 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
[11]
""Western Limit" At New Theatre". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 33, 751. New South Wales, Australia. 25 February 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
[12]
"NEW THEATRE Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme". Le Courrier Australien. No. 6. New South Wales, Australia. 8 February 1946. p. 12. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
[13]
"Match Girls At I New Theatre !". Tribune. No. 382. New South Wales, Australia. 10 January 1948. p. 1 (MAGAZINE SECTION). Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
[14]
Australian Broadcasting Commission. (16 August 1947), "RADIO ROUNDABOUT", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1425431508, retrieved 24 August 2024 – via Trove
[15]
Australian Broadcasting Commission. (3 July 1948), "Six Men of Dorset at the New", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1430470863, retrieved 24 August 2024 – via Trove
[16]
"The Lawsons Has World Premiere As Stage Play", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 28 January 1950, nla.obj-1448111435, retrieved 23 August 2024 – via Trove
[17]
"JEAN BLUE STARS IN NEW PLAY". Tribune. No. 652. New South Wales, Australia. 8 September 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
[18]
"Arthur Miller play opening". Tribune. No. 1162. New South Wales, Australia. 27 July 1960. p. 7. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
[19]
"NEW THEATRE'S SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL". Tribune. No. 1195. New South Wales, Australia. 22 March 1961. p. 12. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

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