Biography

Arkie Whiteley was born on November 6, 1964 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Road Warrior (1981), The Killing of Angel Street (1981) and A Town Like Alice (1981). She was married to Jim Elliott and Christopher Kuhn. She died on December 19, 2001 in Palm Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

According to her obituary in the 'Times' in London, when living with her parents at the Chelsea Hotel in New York, Janis Joplin frequently babysat for her.

Daughter of late Australian artist, Brett Whiteley.

Discovered her fatal advanced adrenal cancer just 11 months after being discharged from Sydney's Prince of Wales Hospital following surgery on a benign brain tumour. She died two weeks after marrying Jim Elliott in Bali.