Known For
Writing
Gender
Female
Birthday
February 10, 1898
Died
August 22, 1983
Age
85
Place of Birth
Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Popularity
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Elsa Chauvel
Writing
Biography
Elsa Chauvel (1898-1983), actress and film maker, was born on 10 February 1898 at Collingwood, Melbourne, and registered as Elsie May, second of three children of Edward Wilcox, a tinsmith from New South Wales, and his Queensland-born wife Ada Marie, née Worrall. When Elsie was a child the family went to South Africa, where Wilcox (under the stage name Silveni/Sylvaney) formed a travelling troupe, which included both Elsie (Sylvaney) and her elder brother, whose stage name was Kyrle McAlister. Later, with her brother, she joined other theatrical companies in Cape Town and Johannesburg, and, af…
