Margaret Anne Williams is the daughter of Clare and George Ross Williams. She was educated at Coburg primary and high schools. Williams received a B.A. degree from the University of Melbourne in 1958 and a Ph.D. from Monash University in 1973. Williams taught in Australia, England and Ghana before being appointed a lecturer in the School of Drama, University of New South Wales in 1973. She was a committee member of the Playwright's Conference, 1976-1981 and a board member of Toe Truck Theatre Inc. 1978-1981. Williams wrote critical works on Australian theatre including nineteenth century Australian theatre history.
(Source: Who's Who of Australian Women, comp. Andrea Lofthouse (1982): 472-473).
