Arkie Deya Whiteley (6 November 1964 – 19 December 2001) was an Australian actress who appeared in television and film.
Early life and education Whiteley's parents were the renowned Australian artist Brett Whiteley and cultural figure Wendy Whiteley. According to her obituary in The Times, when living with her parents at the Hotel Chelsea in New York as an infant, her babysitter was singer Janis Joplin. Arkie was educated at Ascham School in Sydney and at an alternative school: the Australian International School at North Ryde, Sydney. She also attended Cremorne Girls High.
Career Her television and film work included A Town Like Alice, Razorback, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, Gallowglass, Princess Caraboo and The Last Musketeer with Robson Green. She also appeared in the television series Prisoner as troubled prostitute/junkie Donna Mason and in early episodes of A Country Practice.
After her father's overdose in 1992, she negotiated with the New South Wales government to purchase his studio and run it as a studio museum managed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Personal life and death Whiteley married her first husband Christopher Kuhn in 1995; they divorced in 1999. She married her second husband Jim Elliott in December 2001, shortly before she died from adrenal cancer on 19 December, at the age of 37. She had a seven-year relationship with actor Paul Rhys, who nursed her during her illness.
She was cremated at Northern Suburbs Crematorium. Both Arkie's and her father Brett's ashes are buried in an undisclosed location in Wendy's Secret Garden in the Sydney North Shore suburb of Lavender Bay.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1980 Slippery Slide TV movie 1981 The Killing of Angel Street Tina Benson Feature film Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior The Captain's Girl Feature film 1984 Razorback Sarah Cameron Feature film 1989 Scandal Vicky Feature film 1990 The Secret Life of Ian Fleming Gallina TV movie 1994 Princess Caraboo Betty Feature film 1999 Without Warning Megan Turner TV movie 2000 The Last Musketeer Dr. Elizabeth Fraser TV movie
Television Year Title Role Notes 1978 People Like Us Young Elaine Frith Miniseries, 3 episodes 1979 A Place in the World Miniseries, 1 episode 1980 Spring & Fall Angela Episode: "The Last Card"1981 Menotti 1 episode Sporting Chance Episode 2: "Nobody Loves A Loser" A Town Like Alice Annie Miniseries, 2 episodes A Country Practice Jenny Secombe 2 episodes 1982 Prisoner Donna Mason 13 episodes 1983–1984 Kings Alison King 13 episodes1990 Screen Two Mary Episode: "Drowning in the Shallow End" Perfect Scoundrels Fleur 2 episodes1991 Van der Valk Ruth Van Der Valk Episode: "Doctor Hoffmann's Children" 4 Play Girl on beach Episode: "But Beautiful"1992 Love Hurts Annabel Golding 2 episodes Natural Lies Jo Scott 3 episodes1993 Gallowglass Nina Miniseries, 3 episodes Sweating Bullets Patsy Stratton Episode: "The Patsy" 1995 Casualty Eleanor Morrisey Episode: "Money for Nothing" 1996–1997 Kavanagh QC Helen Ames 6 episodes1998 The Grand Madame Euphrasine de Bourg D'Oisans Episode: "#2.5" McCallum Catrin Episode: "Beyond Good and Evil" 2000 A Dinner of Herbs Madeleine Cottle Miniseries, 3 episodes 2001 A Touch of Frost Dr. Helena Gibson Episode: "Benefit of the Doubt: Part 1" (final appearance)
References
External links
Arkie Whiteley: Child of Fame at Sydney Morning Herald at The Daily Telegraph