Arkie Whiteley

Arkie Deya Whiteley (6 November 1964 – 19 December 2001) was an Australian actress who appeared in television and films.

Arkie Whiteley
Born
Deya Whiteley

(1964-11-06)6 November 1964
Westminster, London, England
Died19 December 2001(2001-12-19) (aged 37)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Resting placeLavender Bay, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)
  • Christopher Kuhn
    ​
    (
    m. 1995; div. 1999)
  • Jim Elliott
    (
    m. 2001)

Early life and education

Arkie Whiteley's parents were the renowned Australian artist Brett Whiteley and cultural figure Wendy Whiteley. According to her obituary in The Times newspaper, when living with her parents at the Hotel Chelsea in New York as an infant her babysitter was US blues singer Janis Joplin.[1] Arkie was educated at the prestigious Ascham School in Sydney and an alternative school: the Australian International School at North Ryde, Sydney. She also attended Cremorne Girls High.

Career

Her television and film work included: A Town Like Alice, Razorback, Mad Max 2, Gallowglass, Princess Caraboo, and The Last Musketeer with Robson Green.[2] She also appeared in the television series Prisoner as troubled prostitute/junkie Donna Mason, and in early episodes of A Country Practice.[3][4]

After her father's overdose in 1992[5], she negotiated with the New South Wales government to purchase his studio and run it as a studio museum managed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[6]

Personal life

Whiteley married her first husband Christopher Kuhn in 1995;[7] they divorced in 1999. She married her second husband Jim Elliott in December 2001, shortly before she died from adrenal cancer on 19 December, at age 37.

She was cremated at Sydney's Northern Suburbs Crematorium. Both Arkie's and her father Brett's ashes are buried in an undisclosed location in Wendy's secret garden in the Sydney North Shore suburb of Lavender Bay.

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1981 The Killing of Angel Street Tina Benson
Mad Max 2 The Captain's Girl
1984 Razorback Sarah Cameron
1989 Scandal Vicky
1994 Princess Caraboo Betty
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1978People Like UsYoung Elaine Frith3 episodes
1980Spring & FallAngelaEpisode: "The Last Card"
1980Slippery Slide
1981A Town Like AliceAnnie
1981A Country PracticeJenny Secombe2 episodes
1982PrisonerDonna Mason13 episodes
1983Kings
1990Screen TwoMaryEpisode: "Drowning in the Shallow End"
1990The Secret Life of Ian FlemingGallina
1990Perfect ScoundrelsFleur2 episodes
1991Van der ValkRuth van der ValkEpisode: "Doctor Hoffmann's Children"
19914 PlayGirl on beachEpisode: "But Beautiful"
1992Love HurtsAnnabel Golding2 episodes
1992Natural LiesJo Scottunknown episodes
1993GallowglassNina3 episodes
1993Sweating BulletsPatsy StrattonEpisode: "The Patsy"
1995CasualtyEleanor MorriseyEpisode: "Money for Nothing"
1996–97Kavanagh QCHelen Ames6 episodes
1998The GrandMadame Euphrasine de Bourg D'OisansEpisode: "Episode #2.5"
1998McCallumCatrinEpisode: "Beyond Good and Evil"
1999Without WarningMegan Turner
2000The Last MusketeerDr. Elizabeth Fraser
2000A Dinner of HerbsMadeleine Cottle3 episodes
2001A Touch of FrostDr. Helena GibsonEpisode: "Benefit of the Doubt: Part 1" (final appearance)
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References
  1. "Living the dream". 29 July 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. "Arkie Whiteley". BFI.
  3. "Prisoner: Cell Block H - episode 290". www.wwwentworth.co.uk.
  4. https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=18293
  5. Katrina, Strickland (2013). Affairs of the art : love, loss and power in the art world. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Publishing. ISBN 978-0522858624. OCLC 829995695.
  6. "Studio history :: About the Studio :: Brett Whiteley Studio :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au.
  7. "The will to win - smh.com.au". www.smh.com.au. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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