Myra De Groot was an English-born actress prominent on such Australian television series as The Sullivans

The Sullivans

The Sullivans is an Australian drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran from 1976 until 1983. The series told the story of an average middle-classMelbourne family and the effect World War II had on their lives...

, Prisoner

Prisoner (TV series)

Prisoner is an Australian television soap opera which was set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison. The series was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation and ran on Network Ten for 692 episodes from 27 February 1979 to 11 December 1986.The series was inspired by the 1970s...

and Neighbours

Neighbours

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. On Neighbours

Neighbours

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, De Groot played meddling street gossip Eileen Clarke.

In the 1960s she worked in the United States

United States

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, appearing on TV series including Bewitched

Bewitched

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, The Monkees

The Monkees (TV series)

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and Here Come the Brides

Here Come the Brides

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. She performed at the noted New York

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 cabaret "Upstairs at The Downstairs" in Ben Bagley

Ben Bagley

Ben Bagley was an American musical theatre and record producer.-Career:Born in Burlington, Vermont, Bagley moved to New York City during the early 1950s, and in 1955, at age 22, he produced his first hit, Shoestring Revue, starring Beatrice Arthur and Chita Rivera , and with songs by Charles...

's last review (Seven Come Eleven) in 1962 with Hal Buckley, Nancy Preiser and Cy Young.

Theatre

• Frome Here and There - Royal Court Theatre, London (1955)
• Mister Venus - Prince of Wales Theatre, London (1958) - as "Married woman"
• Ulysses in Nighttown - Arts Theatre, London (May 1959) - as Kitty
• Pieces of Eight - Apollo Theatre, London (September 1959)
• Seven Come Eleven - Upstairs at The Downstairs, New York (August 1962)
• Riverwind - Westport Country Playhouse, Wesport, CT (July 1966)
• Mame - Honolulu Concert Hall, HI (June 1968) - as Agnes Gooch
• Mame - San Bernardino, CA (November 1970) - as Agnes Gooch
• There's a Leek in your Hat - Mercury Theatre, Auckland (October 1972)
• Tarantara! taranatara! - Mercury Theatre, Auckland (February 1976)
• Viva Mexico - North Shore Operatic Society, Auckland (March 1977)
• Noel & Cole - The Blue Cockatoo, Sydney (1982)
• Torch Song Trilogy
  Torch Song Trilogy
  Torch Song Trilogy is a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein rendered in three acts: International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery, and Widows and Children First! The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing Jewish drag queen living in New York City in the late 1970 and 1980s...
  
  - Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney (1984) - as Mrs Beckoff
• Nunsense
  Nunsense
  Nunsense is a musical comedy with a book, music, and lyrics by Dan Goggin. Originating as a line of greeting cards, Goggin expanded the concept into a cabaret that ran for 38 weeks, and eventually into a full-length musical...
  
  - Comedy Theatre, Melbourne (1987) - as Sister Hubert

External links

• Article about Myra De Groot