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Phyllis McDonagh Portrait
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Title:
Phyllis McDonagh Portrait
NFSA ID
561746
Year
1920
This photograph is a publicity portrait of Phyllis McDonagh, circa 1920.
The exact date, photographer and location of the photograph are unknown.
Phyllis was one of the three McDonagh sisters, along with Isabel and Paulette, who were famous for their silent-era films. They were the first women in Australia to own and run their own film production company.
Phyllis had the role of art director and publicist within the company.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.