Oct 24 2023
Les Dayman, actor best known for his stage and television work, including leading roles in Homicide and E Street, has died at the age of 85. His first TV roles were in plays Weather At Pinetop and Dark Corridor, both produced by ABC in Adelaide. This was followed in 1966 by his first major TV role …
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Aug 22 2023
22 August 1976: Frank Wilson (The Bluestone Boys) 22 August 1992: Rebecca Gibney (All Together Now) 22 August 1998: Catherine McClements and Colin Friels (Water Rats) 22 August 2009: Rove McManus, Hamish Blake, Andy Lee (Rove) 22 August 1990: ABC documentary Ladies In Line, focuses on the successes and failures of a group of female …
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Jul 29 2023
It was a second Gold Logie in a row for Blue Heelers star Lisa McCune at the 40th annual TV Week Logie Awards, held at Melbourne’s Crown Entertainment Complex on 19 April 1998. She won the award ahead of her fellow nominees — Midday host Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Logies host Daryl Somers, A Current Affair host …
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Jul 19 2023
19 July 1997: Catherine McClements (Water Rats) 19 July 2003: Lisa Chappell and Aaron Jeffery (McLeod’s Daughters) 19 July 2008: Paul O’Brien, Jodi Gordon, Conrad Coleby (Home And Away) 19 July 1978: ABC presents the final of quiz show Mastermind. Four contestants from the semi-finals compete for the title Mastermind of Australia 1978. 19 July …
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Jul 13 2023
13 July 1968: Tony Bonner (Skippy The Bush Kangaroo) 13 July 1974: Paul Karo (The Box) 13 July 1985: Ray Martin (Midday With Ray Martin) 13 July 1991: Christopher Truswell (Hey Dad) and Rebecca Gibney (All Together Now) 13 July 1996: Catherine McClements (Water Rats) 13 July 2002: Daisy Puckeridge, Erik Thomson, Georgie Parker (All …
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Jun 30 2023
Actress Judi Farr, best known from classic comedies like My Name’s McGooley, What’s Yours? and Kingswood Country, has died. With a career across film, stage and television, Farr came to fame as Rita Stiller in the 1960s sitcom My Name’s McGooley, What’s Yours? (pictured below with co-stars Gordon Chater and John Meillon) She reprised the …
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Jun 12 2023
12 June 1976: Mike Preston (The Celebrity Game) 12 June 1999: Catherine McClements and Steve Bisley (Water Rats) Saturday 12 June 1965: Perth’s second commercial TV station, STW9, is officially opened — ending a six-year commercial monopoly held in the city by TVW7. Nine Perth turns 50 [2015] Friday 12 June 1981: Includes the movie …
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Dec 23 2022
Tony Barry, veteran film and television actor across Australia and New Zealand, has died peacefully after a long illness. He was 81. Born in Queensland, he grew up in Sydney. Despite early ambitions of following his father into becoming an aircraft engineer, Barry tried various jobs after leaving school. He eventually scored some minor bit …
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Nov 11 2022
Actor Martin Vaughan, who played the lead role in the ABC mini-series Power Without Glory, has died at the age of 91. Born in Queensland, Vaughan came to Melbourne as an adult and began work as a public servant before discovering an interest in amateur theatre. His interest turned professional when he signed with The …
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Jun 18 2022
Blue Heelers star Lisa McCune won the Gold Logie at the 39th annual TV Week Logie Awards. The presentation, on Sunday 18 May 1997, was hosted by Daryl Somers and held at Melbourne’s new Crown Entertainment Complex. The venue would go on to host the Logies for the following 20 years. The Gold Logie was …
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