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Matilda Mary Devine (née Twiss, 8 September 1900 – 24 November 1970), known as Tilly Devine, was an English Australian organised crime boss. She was involved in a wide range of activities, including sly-grog, razor gangs, and prostitution, and became a famous folk figure in Sydney during the interwar years.
Aug 21, 2011 · The Worst Woman in Sydney: Directed by Tony Tilse. With Danielle Cormack, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Anna McGahan, Jack Campbell. Tilly Devine and her husband 'Big Jim' own Australia's largest brothel network. Kate Leigh runs a ring of speakeasies all across Sydney.
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- Tony Tilse
- 2011-08-21
Aug 21, 2011 · Whips and Scorpions: Directed by Tony Tilse. With Danielle Cormack, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Anna McGahan, Jack Campbell. The true story of glamorous crime queens Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh, and their deadly battle to control Sydney's underworld in the 1920s.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Tony Tilse
- 2011-08-21
Main cast. Danielle Cormack as Kate Leigh, rival of the Devines and sly grog queen. Chelsie Preston Crayford as Tilly Devine, brothel madam. Anna McGahan as Nellie Cameron, a notorious prostitute embroiled in the violence of the era. Jack Campbell as "Big Jim" Devine, Tilly Devine's husband.
WHEN New Zealand actor Chelsie Preston Crayford auditioned to play Sydney crime queen Tilly Devine in the latest Underbelly series, inspiration came in the form of an unlikely muse.
Aug 29, 2022 · Tilly Devine started out as an impoverished sex worker in the London slums before she moved to Australia, opened a string of successful brothels, and became one of the most violent crime bosses in Sydney.
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Sep 27, 2011 · Tilly Devine: Madam Razor: Directed by Laurence Coy. With Alan Glover, Tara Moss, Toni Pearen. Tilly was a drug dealing brothel madam, a criminal sociopath and Sydney's Queen of vice, who clawed her way to the top of the city's sex trade with a razor in her hand.
