Birth Name: Ngaire Dawn Porter
Occupation: TV Actress
Place Of Birth: New Zealand
Date Of Birth: January22,
Date Of Death: April 10, Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: White
Nationality: New Zealander
Nyree Dawn Porter was born on the 22nd of January, She was best known for being a TV Actress. Most famous for her roles in the English television shows The Protectors and The Forsyte Saga, this New Zealand-born screen actress also appeared in such films as The Martian Chronicles and The Cracksman. Her London West End theatre and musical theatre credits include performances in Come Blow Your Horn and Sunday in the Park with George.
Nyree Dawn Porter was born in New Zealand. She began her acting career as a touring stage performer with the New Zealand Players Trust. She played a major role in the late s comedy program Never a Cross Word.
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Nyree Dawn Porter OBE (born Ngaire Dawn Porter; 22 January – 10 April ) was a New Zealand–British actress. She started performing on stage in New Zealand, moving to the UK in She is best known for her role as Irene in the BBC series The Forsyte Saga ().
Early life and education
Ngaire Dawn Porter was born in Napier, New Zealand, on 22 January
She changed her name after moving to England in , so that English people could pronounce it.
Career
Stage
Porter's first professional work was touring with the New Zealand Players Trust. She was acclaimed for such roles as Jessica in The Merchant of Venice and Juliet in Romanoff and Juliet. She also performed in revues and musicals, including a local Napier production of The Desert Song in
She moved to Britain in after winning a Miss Cinema talent compe*ion for young actresses organised by Rank, with the prize of a round-the-world trip and a film test in London. Although the test was probably little more than a publicity stunt, she decided to stay and was soon acting in the theatre. Look Who's Here at the Fortune Theatre in Drury Lane was her first West End appearance. She follo
Nyree Dawn Porter
The Napier-born daughter of a butcher and a painter might seem an unlikely candidate for international stardom, but when The Forsyte Saga began screening on BBC2 in , Nyree Dawn Porter was being seen by at least million people worldwide.
Born Ngaire Dawn Porter, she would later change her name to the phonetic Nyree for practicality’s sake — few people outside of New Zealand could pronounce it. Porter began acting as a child, then taught ballet after leaving school. After winning a small comedy role for theatre group The New Zealand Players, she went on to tour the country with the company, in everything from Shakespeare to musicals.
At the behest of a friend, she entered the 'Miss Cinema Talent' competition run by British company Rank. Her prize for coming first was a round-the-world trip, and a test shoot in London. Although the test shoot was probably more of a token award than a real career prospect, Porter opted to stay on in London, and try to make a go of acting in England.
She began acting in the West End in , in play Look Who’s Here. Soon she was appearing on screen as well, with leads in feature comedies Part-Time W
Nyree Dawn Porter: The Mrs. Gale that Never Was Nyree Dawn Porter was born in Napier, New Zealand, on 22 January , the daughter of a master butcher. (Her first name was originally spelled "Ngaire," a Maori word for a small, white, star-shaped New Zealander flower.) After winning a scholarship to drama school in England, she moved there in Although she had never seen a television set before moving to Britain, guest appearances on British television were not slow in coming, beginning with Danger Man, a.k.a. Secret Agent ("The Island," ); her Avengers appearance followed in After turning down the role of Mrs. Catherine Gale, Porter achieved British TV stardom with her portrayal of Emma Bovary in the BBC adaptation of Madam Bovary in , and rose to international prominence with her portrayal of the beautiful Irene Heron Forsyte in the BBC production of John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga. As with so many other actors, her success exacted a price, and she found it nearly impossible to be cast in anything but costume dramas thereafter, prompting her return to the legitimate theatre for several y
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