What is Elisabeth Kirkby?
'''Elisabeth Wilma Kirkby''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 26 January 1921) is a [[Britons|British-born]] [[Australia]]n [[actress]], [[politician]], [[broadcaster]], writer and [[farmer]]. She is a member of the [[Australian Democrats]]. She served in the [[New South Wales Legislative Council]] from 1981 to 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/formermembers/Pages/former-member-details.aspx?pk=1798|title=The Hon. Elisabeth Kirkby, OAM (1921 – )|publisher=Parliament of New South Wales|access-date=13 January 2022}}</ref> She was also a councillor for [[Temora, New South Wales]], from 1999 to 2004. She played Lucy Sutcliffe in the soap opera ''[[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]]''. Kirkby was born in [[Bolton]], [[Lancashire]]. She served in the [[British Army]] during the [[Second World War]]. After the war, she worked as a radio broadcaster in [[Malaysia|Malaya]] for 15 years. She moved to [[Sydney]] in 1965. In 2014, aged 93, Kirkby became Australia's oldest [[university]] graduate. She earnt a [[PhD]] at the [[University of Sydney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/7.30/from-number-96-to-australias-oldest-phd-at-93/5407794|title=From Number 96 to Australia's oldest PhD at 93|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=23 April 2014|access-date=13 January 2022}}</ref> She [[centenarian|turned 100]] in 2021. ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirkby, Elisabeth}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Australian stage actors]] [[Category:Australian television actors]] [[Category:British military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:English centenarians]] [[Category:English radio personalities]] [[Category:English stage actors]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:Order of Australia]] [[Category:People from Bolton]] [[Category:Politicians from New South Wales]] [[Category:Writers from Lancashire]] {{actor-stub}} [[Category:Politicians from Greater Manchester]]