People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• Thomas, Thelma May

Birth

1 December, 1907
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Death

21 August, 1996 (aged 88)
Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

heart disease

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Presbyterian

Education

• Broken Hill High School (NSW)
• Presbyterian Ladies' College (Adelaide)
• South Australian School of Art
• George Bell school (Melbourne)

Occupation or Descriptor

• actor (stage)
• art teacher
• costume designer
• historian (general)
• schoolteacher

Legacies

• Thelma Afford Award (Australian Production Design Guild)

Workplaces

• Adelaide High School
• South Australian School of Art
• Ab-Intra Studio Theatre (Adelaide)
• Unley High School (Adelaide)
• Independent Theatre (Sydney)
• Queenwood School for Girls (Mosman, NSW)