Ernest Cephas Hunter Broadhurst (1928-1944) Yvonne (Fifi) Banvard (25 December 1901– 24 June 1962) was an Australian actress.

[2] In her early career, Banvard performed with Charlotte Greenwood in Canada and went on to tour North America with the Oliver Morosco company.

[1] In 1921, she joined the Ben Fullers' vaudeville circuit in which her set-piece was a song-and-dance act with her husband, Edward Ralph de Tisne, titled 'Fifi and her Excess Baggage'.

[4] In December 1929, Banvard and a selected company began performing a series of plays, dramas, comedies and romances at the Theatre Royal in Brisbane, beginning with Her Great Adventure by Roland C.

[5][6] A contemporary piece in The Daily Standard reported that Banvard was "well known to local theatregoers for her vivacious personality and dramatic talent", shining in "both comedy and emotional roles".

After moving to Hobart in 1950, she leased the Theatre Royal and formed a repertory company – Fifi Banvard Productions.

by Eugene O'Neill,[9] and subsequent plays included Clutterbuck by Benn Levy,[10] See How They Run by Philip King,[11] and Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams.

[13] However, Fifi Banvard Productions turned out to be financially unsuccessful and failed to attract sufficient public support.

Before leaving Tasmania, the entire wardrobe used by the Fifi Banvard Theatrical Company was sold to the Launceston Players.