Australian film veteran who worked with Sam Neill, Meryl Streep and Charlton Heston dies at age 92
Share:
Australian theatre and film identity Wendy Dickson has died at age 92. Well-known in showbiz circles Down Under for over six decades, Dickson was much admired for her costume and production designer work. She has worked with legendary Hollywood names such as Meryl Streep and Charlton Heston in her stellar career.
![[Dickson won praise for designing the costumes for the epic 1972 Shakespearean drama Antony and Cleopatra with Charlton Heston. (Pictured)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/06/93301569-14208375-Dickson_won_praise_for_designing_the_costumes_for_the_epic_1972_-m-7_1734590135446.jpg)
Her major film credits include such classic Aussie films as The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), Bliss (1985) and the award-winning drama Evil Angels (1988) in which Meryl Streep and Sam Neill co-starred as Lindy and Michael Chamberlain. She also won praise for designing the costumes for the epic 1972 Shakespearean drama Antony and Cleopatra with Charlton Heston, one of Hollywood's biggest stars of all time.
![[She won plaudits as production designer for The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), in which she had to recreate with authentic accuracy the Australia of the early 1900s. (Pictured)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/06/93301513-14208375-She_won_plaudits_as_production_designer_for_The_Chant_of_Jimmie_-a-3_1734590040615.jpg)
Dickson's passing was announced in the Sydney Morning Herald in September but no details of the cause of death have been released. Australian theatre and film identity Wendy Dickson has died at age 92. Well-known in showbiz circles Down Under for over six decades, Dickson was much admired for her costume and production design work. Pictured: A scene from Evil Angels with Meryl Streep and Sam Neill. Dickson was the production designer.
Dickson won praise for designing the costumes for the epic 1972 Shakespearean drama Antony and Cleopatra with Charlton Heston. (Pictured). Born in 1932 in the outback city of Broken Hill in NSW, she grew up in Sydney after her father, ALP member William Dickson, began a prominent political career.
