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Frank Cullenane
actor
- Birth name:
- Francis Xavier Cullenane
- Born:
- 1870-08-16, Brighton, Tasmania, Australia
- Died:
- 1919-11-20, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Professions:
- actor
Biography
A winter’s day in 1870 saw Frank Cullenane’s first breath in Brighton, a coastal hamlet on Tasmania’s edge. By 1911 he had stepped before the camera for After Sundown, and four years later he faced audiences again in The Rebel, securing a quiet corner in Australia’s silent-era memory. Off-screen he shared his life with actress Ethel Grist. On 20 November 1919, Melbourne’s spring closed around him for the final time; he was forty-nine.
