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Life Summary

Name	Kathleen Phyllis Yalden Ophel
Alternative Names	Kathleen Phyllis Yalden Harnett Kathleen Phyllis Yalden Kennedy Mrs Harris (party name)
Born	30 December, 1907 Sale, Victoria, Australia
Died	17 June, 2000 (aged 92) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Abbott, Hilda Gertrude (aunt) Abbott, Charles Lydiard Aubrey (uncle by marriage) Prichard, Katharine Susannah (friend) Throssell, Hugo Vivian Hope (friend) Masel, Alec (friend) Miles, Beatrice (friend) Vike, Harald (friend) McClintock, Herbert (friend) Lachberg, Maurice Derek (acquaintance) Finger, Alan Henry (employer) Hoff, George Rayner (teacher) Gibson, Ralph Siward (collaborator)
Education *	East Sydney Technical College (student, 1925-1930)
Occupation or Descriptor *	actor (stage) (1930-1931) New South Wales, Australia actor (stage) (1930-1970) Australia feminist (1930-2000) Australia actor (radio) (1931-1935) Western Australia, Australia actor (stage) (1931-1943) Western Australia, Australia fortune teller (1931-1935) Western Australia, Australia poet (1931-1998) Australia typist (1931-1935) Western Australia, Australia theatre producer (1933-1960) Australia bar staff (1935-1935) Western Australia, Australia laundress (1935-1935) Western Australia, Australia bookseller (1936-1940) Western Australia, Australia communist (1936-1956) Australia playwright (1936-1937) Western Australia, Australia political activist (1936-1990) Australia childcare worker (1942-1946) South Australia, Australia actor (television) (1965-1975) Victoria, Australia
Clubs *	Five Arts Club (member, 1931-1933) Modern Women's Club (Perth) (member, 1936-1941) Left Book Club (Perth) (founder, 1938)
Key Organisations *	Independent Theatre (Sydney) (member, 1929-1931) Workers' Art Guild (Perth) (member, 1934-1943) Communist Party (national) (member, 1936-1956) Workers' Art Guild (Perth) (director, 1939-1943) Adelaide Theatre Group (founder, 1946-1949) New Theatre (Melbourne) (actor, 1946-1966)
Political Activism *	Communist (activist supporting it, 1936-1956)
Workplaces *	Radical Bookshop (Perth) (manager, 1935)

* Dates are approximate