Lottie Lyell

Lottie Lyell (born Charlotte Edith Cox, 23 February 1890 – 21 December 1925) was an Australian actress, screenwriter, editor and filmmaker.She is regarded as Australia's first film star,[1] and also contributed to the local industry during the silent era through her collaborations with director and writer Raymond Longford.The travelling theatre company took Lyell on tour for the show and she performed across Australia, including Tasmania, and New Zealand.She debuted in Alfred Rolfe's Captain Midnight, The Bush King[citation needed] and by late 1911 her lead role in Raymond Longford's The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole (1911) transformed her into Australia's first international film star.Another Longford/Lyell film made in 1913, Australia Calls, contained some 'special effects' such as cardboard planes flying down wires, annihilating some Sydney landmarks.
Graves of Lottie Lyell and Raymond Longford at Macquarie Park.
Arthur Tauchert , Gilbert Emery and Lyell during the filming of The Sentimental Bloke
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