Lillian Crombie cause of death, husband, children, net worth —
Lillian Crombie was an Aboriginal Australian actress and dancer. The star was best known for her roles in the cult TV series The Secret Life of Us and Mystery Road, as well Baz Luhrmann’s film Australia.
Lillian Crombie was born in 1958. She is of the Pitjantjatjara/ Yankunytjatjara people of central Australia, but was taken from her parents at the age of seven and never saw them again. She grew up in a loving home with foster parents in Port Pirie, South Australia.
She trained in classical ballet at the Port Pirie Ballet School, before winning a scholarship to Dance Concert Limited in Sydney, which started at the beginning of 1975, when she was 16.
There she learnt and performed various cultural dances, such as the maypole dance, and in that year also did a dance and drama course at the National Black Theatre in Redfern.
She then joined National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA) as one of their first intake of students in 1976, and joined the performance arm of the organisation, the Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre (AIDT) soon afterwards.
Crombie then applied for and won a scholarship via Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET) and the Australia Council to go to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City.
She also trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), after being invited by Keith Bain, and the Eora Centre. She learnt modern dance, jazz ballet and traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance.
Lillian Crombie cause of death
Lillian Crombie passed away on January 3, 2024 aged 66, her daughter Elaine Crombie has announced.
Elaine, also an actress who starred in Top of the Lake with Elisabeth Moss among other programmes and films, said her mother had died in a tribute on Facebook.
She wrote: ‘On behalf of me, Andrew and Michael we’d like to let people know that Mum has passed away. Mum lived a very full, exciting life and in these last few years being home with her grandsons and her Mum that was the life for her.
‘Loving her grandsons and Mum and her fur grandson Bear that was her priority. Family.’ Elaine said she invited her mother’s fans and loved ones to share their ‘thoughts and stories’ before recounting her incredible life.
The cause of death has not yet been revealed.
Lillian Crombie Husband
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Lillian Crombie Children
Lillian Crombie has one child, a daughter named Elaine Crombie. Elaine is also an actor and has appeared in several films and TV shows, such as Top End Wedding, Kiki and Kitty, and Black Comedy.
Lillian and Elaine were featured in a 2019 short TV documentary called Crombie Crew, which explored their relationship and their careers in the arts.
Lillian Crombie Net Worth
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