public recognition for her commitment to theatre in Australia with her appointments as Officer of Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1955, as Commander (CBE) in 1975, and as Dame Commander (DBE) in 1982. Personal life Doris and "Tug" Mason had two sons, Ewen Richard Cameron Mason (born 19 February 1925) and Malcolm John (born 26 July 1933). In 1952 they were living at a three-storey flat in Pott's Point before moving to North Sydney in 1953. They then lived in a house in Berry St, North Sydney. This house was later demolished to make way for the Northern Expressway. They then moved to Ridge Street, North Sydney, around the corner from The Independent Theatre. Death and legacy Doris Fitton published her autobiography, Not Without Heat and Dust, in 1981. She died in North Sydney, on 2 April 1985, aged 87. A commemorative plaque was unveiled on 17 December 1986 on the footpath in front of the Independent Theatre in her honour, with the famous stanza from William Shakespeare As You Like It: "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances..." Doris Fitton Park at 1 Little Walker Street, North Sydney, is named after her. Sources References External links [CC-By-SA] 1897 births 1985 deaths Australian film actresses Australian stage actresses Australian theatre directors Australian Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Actresses awarded damehoods Actresses from Sydney Australian people of English descent People from Santa Ana, Manila 19th-century Australian women 20th-century Australian women People educated at Loreto College, Victoria Filipino emigrants to Australia