Claim: Betty Roland, born as Mary Isabel Maclean on July 22, 1903 at Kaniva, Victoria, was an Australian writer of plays (her best known play was "The Touch of Silk"), screenplays, novels, children's books, and comics.
Evidence: Mary Isabel Maclean
(1903-07-22)22 July 1903
Kaniva, Victoria Betty Roland (22 July 1903 – 12 February 1996) was an Australian writer of plays, screenplays, novels, children's books and comics. Her best known play, The Touch of Silk, was first performed in 1928 by the Melbourne Repertory Theatre company, and hailed as "The first Australian play written by a real dramatist".