Nyree Dawn Porter

Nyree Dawn Porter
Born	Ngaire Dawn Porter 22 January 1936 Napier, New Zealand
Died	10 April 2001 (aged 65) London, England, UK
Occupation	Actress
Spouse(s)	Byron O'Leary (1959–1970; his death) Robin Bernard Halstead (1975–1987; divorced); 1 child

Nyree Dawn Porter OBE (22 January 1936 – 10 April 2001), born Ngaire Dawn Porter ("Nyree" is the phonetic spelling of her birth forename), was a New Zealand-born stage, film and television actress.

Porter was born in Napier, New Zealand in 1936. Her first professional work was touring with the New Zealand Players Trust. She was acclaimed for such roles as Jessica in The Merchant of Venice and Juliet in Romanoff and Juliet. She also performed in revues and musicals. She moved to Britain in 1958 after winning a Miss Cinema talent competition for young actresses organised by Rank, with the prize of a round-the-world trip and a film test in London. Although the test was probably little more than a publicity stunt, she decided to stay and was soon acting in the theatre. Look Who's Here at the Fortune Theatre in Drury Lane was her first West End appearance. She followed this with the role of Connie in Neil Simon's first West End play, Come Blow Your Horn, and a string of other appearances. She had two roles in Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George, at the National Theatre in 1990 and played Olivia in Twelfth Night at the Shaw Theatre, and Rosalind in As You Like It at the Ludlow Festival. She later toured in Australia, in Jeffrey Archer's Beyond Reasonable Doubt, and later in The King and I.

Her film appearances include The Cracksman, Two Left Feet and two horror anthologies: The House That Dripped Blood and From Beyond the Grave. She appeared in several television productions and is probably best remembered for her role as Irene in The Forsyte Saga.

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