Margo Lee Explained

Margaret Stella Lee (20 June 1923 – 16 October 1987) credited as Margo Lee, was an Australian actor and singer of radio, stage, film and TV.^[1]

Life

Lee was in 1923 in the Leichhardt area of Sydney. Her parents were Margaret Clara (born Draper) and a dentist named John Llewellin Hogg.

She worked briefly in Hollywood.^[2]

Filmography

Film

• Into the Straight (1949) as Zara Marlowe
• The Twelve Pound Look (1956) (TV movie) as Kate^[3]
• The Importance of Being Earnest (1957) (TV movie) as Gwendolyn
• Don't Listen Ladies (1963) (TV movie) as Madeleine
• Flowering Cherry (1963) (TV movie) as Isobel Cherry
• Tim (1979) as Mrs Harrington
• Starstruck (1982) as Pearl

Television

• Whiplash (1959-60)
• Stormy Petrel (1960) as Elizabeth Macarthur
• The Outcasts (1961) as Mrs John MacArthur
• The Purple Jacaranda (1964) (miniseries) as Anne James
• Voyage Out (1969)
• The Mike Walsh Show (1977) (TV series) Song performance "My Hero" with Dinah Lee, Tim Hall & Phil Haldeman
• Run From the Morning (1978) (miniseries)
• Patrol Boat (1979-83) as Matron Whylie
• The Mike Walsh Show (1983) (TV series) Guest as herself.

Theatre

• Top of the Bill (1954) at Phillip Street Theatre
• Charlie Girl (1971) at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne

Notes and References

1. Martha Rutledge, 'Lee, Margaret Stella (Meg) (1923–1987)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lee-margaret-stella-meg-14146/text25157, published first in hardcopy 2012, accessed online 29 May 2016.
2. News: Family first for Margo Lee . . 23 . 4[?] . Australia . 25 April 1956 . 29 May 2016 . 15 . National Library of Australia.
3. Forgotten Australian Television Plays: The Twelve Pound Look. Filmink. Stephen. Vagg. January 30, 2022. August 13, 2024.