Actor Wendy Hughes dead at 61

News of her death, apparently from cancer, was announced by actor Bryan Brown on stage at the Wharf 1 Theatre.
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Wendy Hughes, best known for her roles in such films as Newsfront, Careful, He Might Hear You and My Brilliant Career, as well as a long and distinguished stage and television career, died on Saturday aged 61.

Her death was announced on Saturday afternoon by fellow actor Bryan Brown, who asked the audience of Sydney Theatre Company’s Travelling North to honour Hughes with a standing ovation.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts