---
name: "Eleanor Witcombe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eleanor-witcombe"
fi1m_id: "eleanor-witcombe"
imdb_id: "nm0936674"
tmdb_id: 127133
wikidata_id: "Q16089804"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "20 September 1923"
died: "21 October 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:32:37.742723+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Eleanor Witcombe

## Identity

Eleanor Witcombe

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eleanor-witcombe
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eleanor-witcombe
- **IMDb ID:** nm0936674
- **TMDB ID:** 127133
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16089804
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Witcombe, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16089804, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936674/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/127133

Writer. Born 20 September 1923 in Yorketown. Died 21 October 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 20 September 1923, Yorketown
- **Died:** 21 October 2018
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Witcombe, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16089804, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936674/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/127133

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*My Brilliant Career*](https://film.one/film/my-brilliant-career.md) (82)

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## Biography

Eleanor Witcombe (20 September 1923 – 21 October 2018) was an Australian screenwriter and playwright who worked in radio, film and television. She was born in Yorketown, South Australia, and studied at Brisbane Girls Grammar School and the National Art School in Sydney.

Witcombe began her career writing plays for children in the late 1940s and later contributed to radio and television series including *The Mavis Bramston Show* and *Number 96*. In the 1970s she adapted several Australian literary works for the screen, including *Seven Little Australians* (1973) for television and the feature films *The Getting of Wisdom* (1977) and *My Brilliant Career* (1979).

She won AFI Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay for both *The Getting of Wisdom* and *My Brilliant Career*. In 2014 she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for her service to the arts.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, smh.com.au.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *My Brilliant Career* (1979), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/my-brilliant-career.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Harp in the South* (1987), Writer
- *Water Under the Bridge* (1980), series, Screenplay
- *My Brilliant Career* (1979), Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/my-brilliant-career.md)
- *The Getting of Wisdom* (1977), Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Member of the Order of Australia 2014: Member of the Order of Australia (won)
- AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 1978: AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (won), for *The Getting of Wisdom*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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