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Hilary Linstead (1938–2022) was an actor, casting director, talent agent and film and stage producer. She nurtured and promoted many of Australia’s most famous artistic talents, including directors John Bell,Baz Luhrmann,[1]Gillian Armstrong, Jim Sharman, Jane Campion and Neil Armfield.[2] Over the course of her career, Linstead represented a diverse range of talent, including writers, designers, composers, cinematographers, choreographers, comedians, and performers.
Early life and education
Linstead was born in London on 18 October 1938,[2] the only daughter of Aileen Edith Ellis Rowland Abbott and Reginald Patrick Linstead. Her parents met while working as science research students in London. Linstead's mother died of sepsis six days after giving birth, and Linstead was raised by a nanny until the age of 4, when her father remarried. Patrick Linstead was a prominent chemist.[3]
Linstead traveled to Australia while working as actress with a touring English company. She later became a casting director and worked in an advertising company, as well at International Casting Services.[3]
In 1981, Linstead produced the documentary 14's Good, 18's Better with Gillian Armstrong and Tim Read. The film was directed by Armstrong.[4] A year later, Linstead produced her first feature film, Heatwave, directed by Phil Noyce. The children's film Molly starring Claudia Karvan followed.
Between 1985 and 1995, Linstead produced several stage productions, including the cabaret group Pardon Me Boys; the stage production Buzz, and was associate producer for the film The Castanet Club, directed by Neil Armfield.
Linstead also produced Dein Perry’s Tap Dogs, as well as Bootmen (2000), the film it inspired.[1]
Later life and death
In 2000, Hilary Linstead & Associates was renamed HLA Management and is now managed by Kate Richter, whom Linstead mentored.[1]
Linstead co-authored a memoir, Growing Old Outrageously, with her friend Elizabeth Davies in 2013. The book was published by Allen & Unwin.[5][2]
In 2018, Linstead's health began to decline and she was diagnosed with leukemia. She died in her home on 5 August 2022.[2]
