Chauvel, Elsa (1898-1983)

Also known as
Sylvaney, ElsieWilcox, ElsieWynn, Ann (1898-1983)
Field of activity
Film maker; actor (film); actor (stage); autobiographer/memoirist; community worker; film producer; scriptwriter
Libraries Australia
http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35027622
NLA Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-459081

Biographies

CHAUVEL, ELSA (1898-1983), actress and film maker, was born on 10 February 1898 at Collingwood, Melbourne, and registered as Elsie May, second of three children of Edward Wilcox, a tinsmith from New South Wales, and his Queensland-born wife Ada Marie, née Worrall. When Elsie was a child the family went to South Africa, where Wilcox (under the stage name Silveni/Sylvaney) formed a travelling troupe, which included both Elsie (Sylvaney) and her elder brother, whose stage name was Kyrle McAlister. Later, with her brother, she joined other theatrical companies in Cape Town and Johannesburg, and, after a successful tour of Basutoland under Kyrle’s management, returned to Australia in 1924.

View the full record at Australian Dictionary of Biography Online

Elsa Chauvel collaborated with her filmmaker husband, Charles Chauvel, on a number of feature films including Uncivilized (1936), Forty Thousand Horsemen (1941), Sons of Matthew (1949), Jedda (1955) and Heritage (1935).

View the full record at Australian Women's Register

Resources for Elsa Chauvel

Resources by Elsa Chauvel (21)

  1. Walkabout / Charles & Elsa Chauvel
    Chauvel, Charles, 1897-1959
    [ Book : 1959 ]
    At 56 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 41.42)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 41.42)

  2. My life with Charles Chauvel / by Elsa Chauvel
    Chauvel, Elsa, 1898-1983
    [ Book : 1973 ]
    At 52 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 31.973)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 31.973)

  3. Elsa Chauvel interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection
    Chauvel, Elsa, 1898-1983
    [ Sound : 1962 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.573)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.573)

  4. Jedda
    National Film and Sound Archive (Australia)
    [ Video : 1955-2004 ]
    At 84 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.464)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.464)

  5. Charles Chauvel :the action director ; a selection of excerpts from his films ,1925-1954 / /produced by John Phillips
    United Cinema Pty Ltd
    [ Video : 1972-1995 ]
    At 12 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.723)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.723)

  6. The rats of Tobruk / producer, director, Charles Chauvel ; screenplay by Elsa and Charles Chauvel
    Chamun Productions
    [ Video : 1944-2005 ]
    At 47 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.647)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.647)

  7. Sons of Matthew
    National Film and Sound Archive (Australia)
    [ Video : 1948-1994 ]
    At 36 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.296)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.296)

  8. Walkabout. National Film & Sound Archive of Australia presents
    National Film and Sound Archive (Australia)
    [ Video : 1999 ]
    At 3 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.706)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.706)

  9. Papers of C.E. Chauvel : film scripts
    Chauvel, Charles, 1897-1959
    [ Unpublished ]
    At CDU Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.572)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.572)

  10. Walkabout: The Chauvels' Legendary 1950s Outback Expedition
    National Film and Sound Archive (Australia)
    [ Video : 1999 ]
    At 8 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.099)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.099)

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Resources about Elsa Chauvel (7)

  1. Walkabout / Charles & Elsa Chauvel
    Chauvel, Charles, 1897-1959
    [ Book : 1959 ]
    At 56 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 40.179)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 40.179)

  2. Charles & Elsa Chauvel : movie pioneers / Susanne Chauvel Carlsson
    Carlsson, Susanne Chauvel, 1930-
    [ Book, Audio book : 1989-1992 ]
    At 79 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 24.355)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 24.355)

  3. [Biographical cuttings on Mrs. Elsa Chauvel, widow of Charles Chauvel, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.83)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.83)

  4. Statistics for management / Richard I. Levin, David S. Rubin
    Levin, Richard I
    [ Book, Audio book : 1978-1998 ]
    Languages: English, Undetermined
    read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
    View online
    At 79 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.634)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.634)

  5. Elsa Chauvel interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection
    Chauvel, Elsa, 1898-1983
    [ Sound : 1962 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.305)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.305)

  6. Forty thousand horsemen photographs, 1940 / Charles Chauvel
    Chauvel, Charles, 1897-1959
    [ Photograph : 1940 ]
    View online
    At State Library of NSW
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.692)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.692)

  7. On location for the making of 'Sons of Matthew', 1947
    Unidentified
    [ Photograph : 1947 ]
    View online
    At State Library of QLD
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.279)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.279)

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  1. Jedda: Reviewed. [The DVD release of Charles and Elsa Chauvel's Jedda.]
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  1. HELPS HER HUSBAND MAKE FILMS Stage Interlude for Elsa Chauvel
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Monday 16 October 1939 Supplement: Women's Supplement p 14 Article Illustrated
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    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Friday 9 October 1936 p 3 Article Illustrated
    ... No at the Bishopscourt garden party. Left to right: Lady Chauvel. General Sir Harry Chauvel, Lady Creswell (sealed). Lady Miller, Mrs. Robert Power (seated). Lady Michell, and Miss Elsa Crice. ... 30 words
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  3. Players Tested For New Australian Film [coming soon]
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