Sister Kenny was born on September 20, 1880 in Kelly's Gully, near Warialda, New South Wales, Australia. She was a writer, known for Sister Kenny (1946), What's My Line? (1950) and The Ed Sullivan Show (1948). She died on November 30, 1952 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
She was not a nun or a sister in a religious order or congregation. "Sister" is the term used for army nurses in the Australian and British armies. Elizabeth Kenny became known as Sister Kenny during her years as a nurse in the Australian army.
Is buried in Nobby Cemetery, Nobby, Queensland, Australia.