Daphne Campbell (5 January 1924 â€" 15 October 2013) was an Australian
actress and controversial entrant in the 1947 Miss Australia charity
quest.Campbell was born in Orange, New South Wales, the eldest child
of orchardist Vic Campbell, and worked with a cosmetics firm in Orange
before enlisting with AAMWS at age 18.She was a corporal stationed in
Cairns with AAMWS when "discovered" by director Harry Watt for the
role of Mary Parsons in the all-Australian cast for the British Ealing
Studios film The Overlanders. She had been persuaded to audition by a
friend when in Sydney, and was chosen for her simple good looks and
easy manner. She was also an expert horsewoman. While on the set,
Campbell met Stephen "Sam" Calder DFC, who had been an RAAF Typhoon
pilot during the war, and had recently been taken on as a commercial
pilot by Connellan Airways. They married in August 1945 and had a home
in Alice Springs. Sam would later have a career in politics as MHR for
the Northern Territory 1966â€"1980.[citation needed]In August 1947
Campbell was approached by an organising committee from the Alice
Springs sub-branch of the Returned Servicemen's League to represent
the Northern Territory in the Miss South Australia Quest, preparatory
to the Miss Australia Quest. The purpose behind the Quest was
fund-raising for the RSL and for the Kindergarten Union, and Campbell
was enthusiastic about these causes. An interstate protest was made
against her candidature was made on the grounds of her being a married
woman, but denied on the grounds of her nomination having been
accepted before the rule had been instituted. A fair number of special
fund-raising activities were held in the Territory in support of her
campaign, including a rodeo and an Australian Rules football match,
and Campbell worked as hard as anyone but support was lacking from
people who could best afford it, and a spoiling campaign developed on
the grounds that she wasn't a "true Territorian", with the result that
her funds raised barely exceeded £800 when expectations had been for
considerably more. Campbell was adjudged Miss South Australia 1947.
Her eligibility for inclusion in the Miss Australia judging, on the
basis of her marital status, was also questioned. Daphne Campbell (actress) Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter