Elisabeth Kirkby

**Elisabeth Wilma Burton Kirkby** OAM (an haife ta a ranar 26 ga Janairu 1921),   a madadin haka **Elizabeth Kirkby**, 'yar siyasa ce 'yar asalin Burtaniya 'yar ƙasar Ostiraliya mai ritaya, 'yar wasan kwaikwayo, mai watsa shirye-shiryen rediyo, furodusa, darakta kuma marubuciyar allo. 

Kirkby ta shiga siyasa a shekarar 1977, inda ta yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Majalisar Jiha tare da ' yan Democrat na Australiya a Majalisar Dokokin New South Wales daga 1981 zuwa 1998, bayan haka ta yi aiki na ɗan gajeren lokaci tare da jam'iyyar Australian Progressive Alliance tare da kujera a gwamnatin ƙananan hukumomi, a matsayin kansila ga Temora daga 1999 da 2004. 

Kafin fara harkar siyasa, Kirkby ta yi aiki a fannin fasahar nishadantarwa, bayan ta fara aiki a matsayin Mataimakiyar manaja a ƙasarta Ingila a shekarar 1938 kafin ta zama 'yar wasan kwaikwayo a fannin wasan kwaikwayo, rediyo, talabijin da kuma fina-finai.  Bayan ta yi aiki na tsawon shekaru a Ingila, ta fara aikinta, ta koma Birtaniya Malaya a shekarar 1950, bayan da mijinta ya sami aikin likita a can, kuma ta lura da rashin aikin wasan kwaikwayo, ta yi aiki a matsayin mai watsa shirye-shirye a rediyo, furodusa, darakta da kuma marubucin fina-finai. Ta yi ƙaura zuwa Ostiraliya a shekarar 1965, inda ta ci gaba da aikinta na wasan kwaikwayo kuma ta shahara da ƙaramin rawar da ta taka a fim a matsayin Lucy Sutcliffe a cikin jerin fina-finai *na 96.* 

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Kirkby a Welbeck Road da ke Bolton, Lancashire, (wanda yanzu wani ɓangare ne na Greater Manchester ) arewa maso yammacin Ingila ga James Burton Kirkby da Frances Robinson.  Iyalan Kirkby sun ƙaura zuwa Turton kafin ta cika shekara ɗaya. Ta girma a lokacin duhun mawuyacin hali na Babban Mawuyacin Halin Kunci kuma ta lura da rufe masana'antar auduga da yawa, waɗanda suka fito daga yankin a wannan lokacin.  Ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta 'Yan Mata ta Nottingham. 

## Aikin nishaɗi
Bayan ta yi aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar manaja a dandali, ta fara aikinta na wasan kwaikwayo a Burtaniya a fannin wasan kwaikwayo, inda ta shiga Manchester Repertory Theatre a 1939; daga baya a 1942 ta shiga Liverpool Repertory Theatre, inda ta yi aiki na shekara guda kafin ta shiga Birmingham Repertory Theatre  A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, ta kuma yi shekaru uku tana aiki don yaƙi tare da reshen matar na Rundunar Sojojin Burtaniya, Auxiliary Territorial Service, a matsayin mai nishadantarwa, marubuciya kuma furodusa ga Stars in Battledress . Kirkby ta fito a fina-finan television a ƙasarta ta Burtaniya, ciki har da *Mr. Bolfrey* da kuma wasan kwaikwayo *na Love from a Stranger* da aka watsa a talabijin, wanda aka gina a kan wani shiri na mataki da Frank Vosper ya rubuta daga wani littafi na Agatha Christie . 

Kirkby ta ƙaura zuwa Sydney, Ostiraliya a shekarar 1965, [1] inda ta rubuta kuma ta shirya shirye-shiryen fina-finai da na ilimi ga ABC. Bayan zaman Kirkby a ABC, ta koma gidan talabijin na kasuwanci, inda ta fito a matsayin baƙuwa a cikin rawar da ta taka a wasan kwaikwayo. Waɗannan sun haɗa da Rip Tide, The Rovers, a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na leƙen asiri na Crawford Productions Hunter da kuma wasan kwaikwayo na 'yan sanda na Kisan Kai da kuma a cikin jerin shirye-shiryen The Group .

Matsayinta na gaba shine na Lucy Sutcliffe a cikin wasan kwaikwayo *mai lamba 96.* Marubuci David Sale ne ya tsara halayen Lucy, wanda a baya ya sanya ta a cikin *The Group* . Ya kafa ta da mijinta Alf Sutcliffe (wanda James Elliott ya taka) bayan iyayensa daga Lancashire, Ingila, har ma ya sanya wa halin Lucy sunan mahaifiyarsa. "Bambancin kawai," in ji Sale, "shine iyayena 'yan asalin Ingila suna son Ostiraliya, don haka don mu ɗan ba da sha'awa za mu sami halin Alf, a matsayin Pommy mai kuka, wanda shi ma yana sha'awar komawa Burtaniya, duk da rashin amincewar Lucy."  Kirkby memba ne na asali na *Lambar 96* wanda aka fara a watan Maris 1972. Ba tare da sanin tsawon lokacin da shirin zai ɗauka ba, masu shirya sun ba da kwangilolin asali na tsawon makonni shida kacal.  Shirin ya zama shirin talabijin na 10 mafi girma a Ostiraliya a 1972, kuma shine shirin da ya fi kowanne girma a 1973 da 1974, kuma shine shiri na 6 mafi girma a 1975.  Shirin da aka bayyana cewa ciwon daji na Lucy ba shi da matsala ya zama shirin da ya fi kowanne girma *a 96.* A ƙarshen 1973 shirin ya sami wani fim mai ban sha'awa wanda ya nuna yawancin 'yan wasan kwaikwayo na shirin a yanzu, ciki har da Kirkby, suna sake maimaita rawar da suke takawa a talabijin. Kirkby ya bayar da sharhi kan fitowar DVD na shirin tare da Carol Raye da Michael Kirby . 

Bayan *mai lamba 96* Kirkby ya shiga wani wasan kwaikwayo a Melbourne, inda ya fito a cikin *The Jockey Club Stakes* tare da Robert Coote da Wilfrid Hyde White a ƙarshen 1975. Kirkby da White sun taɓa haɗuwa shekaru 30 da suka gabata a sashin nishaɗi na rundunar sojoji a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu.  Daga baya Kirkby ya fito a cikin jerin wasannin kwaikwayo na Australiya kamar *The Outsiders* .

## Manazarta