Mawuyul YanthalawuyAM (c. 1939 – 18 November 2024) was an Indigenous Australian educator and actor.
Yanthalawuy, fromElcho Island in the Northern Territory, was teaching in a pre-school in Darwin when she was chosen to play the title role in the 1980 filmManganinnie.[1] She was nominated for anAustralian Film Institute Award for Best Actress for this debut performance. Her other film and television credits includeWomen of the Sun (Penguin Award winner for Best Single Performance by an Actress in television),We of the Never Never,A Waltz Through the Hills, andBedevil.[2]
Yanthalaway was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the General Division (AM) in 1991 for service to education and to Aboriginal culture.[3][4]
She died peacefully in Darwin on 18 November 2024, aged 85.[5]
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