Zoe Caldwell

Zoe Caldwell was an Australian actress, memoirist and theatre director (1933–2020). She was born at Melbourne and died at Pound Ridge.

Also recorded as Ada Caldwell; Zoe Ada Caldwell; Zoe Ada Whitehead.

Zoe Caldwell in brief

Born
1933
Died
2020
Known for
actress, memoirist and theatre director
Place of birth
Melbourne
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Recognition and collections

Zoe Caldwell received Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Theatre World Award, Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.

Catalogued works

5 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library.

Predator. The prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Colette. An almost perfect person. I Will Be Cleopatra.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Zoe Caldwell, Actors Talk About Shakespeare, 2009. Zoe Caldwell, Tyne Daly, and Other “McNally Actors”, Muse of Fire, 2020. Stratford Festival, Ontario: Three Actors, Directed Zoe Caldwell, 1979, Richard II, 1987. Interviews: An interview with Zoe Caldwell, Literature in Performance, 1982.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 20 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 17 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is English.

Residence is recorded at Pound Ridge.

Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Theatre World Award, Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.

Chronology

  1. 1933Zoe Caldwell born at Melbourne.
  2. 2020Zoe Caldwell died at Pound Ridge.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Interviews: An interview with Zoe Caldwell, Literature in Performance, 1982

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  2. 2.

    Open Library author record for Zoe Caldwell (Internet Archive), 6 catalogued works.

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  3. 3.

    Stratford Festival, Ontario: Three Actors, Directed Zoe Caldwell, 1979, Richard II, 1987

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  4. 4.

    Zoe Caldwell, Actors Talk About Shakespeare, 2009

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  5. 5.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1995506: Zoe Caldwell

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  6. 6.

    “Zoe Caldwell”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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