Barbara Frawley


Barbara Anne Frawley was an Australian actress, voice actress and children's television host.
She was best known as the voice of young Dot in the 1977 film adaptation of Dot and the Kangaroo, as well as Around the World with Dot and Dot and the Bunny. Apart from the films she appeared in with the Yoram Gross Film Studios, she mainly appeared in cameo and additional voiceover roles.

Biography

Frawley originally was a radio actress in the late 1950s with the ABC, appearing on The Children's Session before moving to television, where she appeared in the 1967 TV drama series, Contrabandits and in the 1970s in The Link Men, Spyforce and Homicide. Frawley also appeared on episodes of the Australian children's television show, Play School.
Frawley went on to provide the voices for many characters in various Australian animated films and television movies, mainly for Yoram Gross Film Studios, most notably in Dot and the Kangaroo and most recently in The Camel Boy. Frawley, late of North Bondi, died in Sydney on 1 March 2004.

Filmography

Dot and the Smugglers The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Additional voicesThe Camel Boy – Additional voices Dot and the Bunny – Dot Great Expectations – Additional voicesA Christmas Carol – Additional voicesOliver Twist – Additional voicesAround the World with Dot – Dot The Little Convict – PollyDot and the Kangaroo – Dot A Journey to the Center of the Earth – Additional voicesMoby Dick – Additional voicesSilent Night, Holy Night – Additional voices The Black Arrow – Additional voicesThe Three Musketeers – Additional voicesThe Count of Monte Cristo – Additional voicesThe Swiss Family Robinson – Additional voicesThe Prince and the Pauper – Additional voices

Television series filmography

Play School – PresenterThe Fourth Wish The Twelve Gifts Number 96 - Nursing SisterBehind the Legend Spyforce - Mrs. WilsonWoobinda, Animal Doctor Miss. WebberThe Link Men - Carol JohnsonContrabandits - Cisca Homicide – Val CharterConsider Your Verdict Mary Ann Harmon