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Evadne Price

Evadne Price, Australian actress, astrologer, and author (died 1985)

Born
August 28, 1888
Died
April 17, 1985
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1888

About Evadne Price

Evadne Price (28 August 1888 – 17 April 1985), probably born Eva Grace Price, was an Australian British writer, actress, astrologer and media personality. She also wrote under the pseudonym Helen Zenna Smith. She is now best remembered for her World War I novel Not So Quiet (published in America as Stepdaughters of War) which adapts the style of Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front to depict the experiences of British female ambulance drivers. During her lifetime she was known for her many romance novels, some of which were serialised in national newspapers, as well as for her children's books starring the popular character Jane Turpin. In the 1950s, she became a regular performer on television, as a storyteller and astrologer. For 25 years she published a monthly astrology column in SHE magazine. == Biography == === Early years and first marriage === Evadne Price's own account of her early life contains contradictions. Birth years of 1896 and 1901 found in various sources are impossible since she was married in 1909. Evidence indicates she was born Eva Grace Price on 28 August 1888 in Merewether, New South Wales, Australia (NSW Registry of BDM cert. no.

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Career and life highlights

Evadne Price timeline

  1. In 1908, Price played the First Twin in Australia's first production of "Peter Pan".
  2. In 1915 she changed "Eva" to the more evocative "Evadne" (Dumfries & Galloway Standard, 25 August 1915 p. 3) and invented a new persona for herself, claiming to have been born at sea of British parents and considerably understating her age.

The world when Evadne Price was born

Evadne Price was born in 1888. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineGreat Blizzard of 1888 paralyzes US East Coast
  • Technology milestoneKodak box camera — "You press the button, we do the rest"
  • Defining fadKodak camera craze
  • World population~1.48B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population57.6M

1888 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Evadne Price's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18882026
Population57.6M341 million

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