Megan Williams (actress)

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Megan Mingyu Williams (11 September 1956-17 April 2000) was an Australian actress and singer, best known for her role as Alice Sullivan in the television drama The Sullivans. She won a Silver Logie in 1986 for "Most Popular Australian Actress in a Miniseries/Telemovie" in Anzacs (1985).^[1]

1 Early years
2 Actor
3 Singer
4 Personal life
5 References
6 External link

[edit] Early years

Willliams was born in London, UK to David and Chin Yu Williams who appeared in a West End production of South Pacific.^[2] At six months old, Williams had a minor TV role as an abandoned baby on Robin Hood. Williams' family moved to Sydney, Australia where she pursued an acting career.

[edit] Actor

Williams' first major role was as an on-going lead, Ann Watson, in the daily soap opera Class of '74 (1974).^[3]^[4] The long running role of Alice Watkins Sullivan in The Sullivans (1976-1983) followed. A guest role as Carol Canning in The Outsiders (1976) episode 10 "Charlie Cole Esq." (broadcast 1977) had her appearing in a bikini.^[5] After The Sullivans ended she continued to act on Australian television, with a guest role in Australian Broadcasting Corporation drama-musical series Sweet and Sour (1984), a Logie Award winning role as Kate Barker in the miniseries Anzacs (1985),^[6] and an on-going role of Cassie Jones in big budget Australian evening soap Return to Eden (1986). In the late 1980s she worked in the UK, appearing in one episode of British soap opera EastEnders (1989). Williams had a minor role in the movie Nightmare Man (1999).

[edit] Singer

Williams had supplied backing vocals for "Flame Trees" on Cold Chisel's Twentieth Century (1984). John Prior (drummer with Matt Finish) wrote songs for Williams in the mid-1980s.^[7]

[edit] Personal life

Williams was in a de facto relationship with Cold Chisel singer-guitarist Ian Moss for 11 years, before they separated in the 1990s.

Williams had an operation for breast cancer in 1997, however the disease was diagnosed again in December 1999 and she died at Darlinghurst Sacred Heart Hospice in April 2000, aged 43.^[2]