IN
LOVING MEMORY OF JANE VALLIS
Jane Vallis was born on
October 03, 1956 in Australia as Jane
Winifred Vallis. Jane`s Father was
Laurence Irvin Vallis, her mother was
Jean Gertrude Montrose and her sister was
Jennifer Robin Vallis. Her first role was
in Peter Weir`s Movie "Picnic at
Hanging Rock". When 18 years old
Jane arrived on the Picnic Set to play
the enigmatic Marion, who dissapears
forever with Miranda that fateful day on
Hanging Rock, she was immediately
popular. "Once we started shooting
we became very good friends," says
Jenny Lovell, who played Blanche. After
"Picnic at Hanging Rock", Jane
starred in the TV Series "The Lost
Islands", "Cop Shop - Episode
55 and 56", "Holiday Island -
Episode 64" and "Daily at
Dawn". In 1990 she play a Tour Guide
in the Short Film "Mr Edmund - More
Winners". This was her last
apparance.
This Photo
was taken by Neoklis in the front of
Jane`s house
(Photo
by Neoklis Bloukos. All Copyrights
applies 2022.)
In 1989, when Jane was
diagnosed with breast cancer and had a
mastectomy, her castmates took the news
hard. "It was incredibly
difficult," says Jenny Lovell. Jane
was a Tour Guide at Sydney Opera House
where she met Colin Budd and appeared in
pantos there even while undergoing
chemotheraphy. In the same year she
married Colin Budd. She went into
remission for a year but the cancer
returned. When Jane realised she would
not recover, she moved with Budd to her
sister`s house in Erskineville, Sydney,
to die among friends. "At the
end," says Jenny, even though Jane
was in a coma, "we all kept talking
to her and having conversations with her
and we could see eye movement behind her
eyelids. I went over to their flat one
day and this voice came from down the
hall,"Is that you Jen?" It was
Jane`s voice and I went running. She
still had things to say and she did. It
was extraordinary. She was always there
for you. That is what i miss." Jane
died on 27 September 1993, a week before
her 38th birthday. She was 36 years old.
Her ashes were scattered in Sydney
Harbour.
Victoria Kitanov, a friend
of Jane sayd: "It’s ironic
that Jane herself has virtually vanished
without trace since her death. Over the
years Jane has haunted me – in her
lovely, gentle way – placing small
mementos in my path: a small fragrant
candle in heart-shaped tin on which she
had pasted a cupid, a picture of James
Dean (whom she adored!), a home-made
birthday card… reminding me she is
still around & that all is forgiven.
She was a dear friend with an
extraordinary gift of making anyone feel
as though they were the most important
person in her life."
Photo: Jane
Vallis 1990
This was her last TV apparance
- Picnic at
Hanging Rock (1975)
- The lost
Islands - TV Series (1976)
- Cop Shop -
TV Series Episode 55 and 56
(1978)
- Daily at
Dawn - TV Series Episode
"Guess who`s son`s in a
Whirlpool" (1981)
- Holiday
Island - TV Series Episode 64
(1982)
- More
Winners: Mr Edmund - Film (1990)
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