Hazel Phillips
Hazel Phillips OAM | |
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| Born | Hazel Julia Lovegrove[1] 17 November 1929 (age 94) Battersea, County of London, England |
| Nationality | British / Australian |
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| Years active | 1956–present |
| Known for | Girl Talk |
| Notable work | |
Hazel Julia Phillips ( is a British singer, actress and television talk show personality with a notable career in Australia.
Phillips is also a playwright, composer and lyricist who has written numerously for the stage, been a compere of radio shows, a newspaper columnist and briefly operated a dinner cabaret restaurant.[4]
She has worked as an interviewer in
Phillips has the apparent distinction of playing the world's first lesbian character on TV, the character Marie Crowther on the serial Number 96.[7]
Phillips has appeared in numerous films including the Australian film
She is often depicted as Australia's answer to Betty White in terms of career success and longevity.[5]
Biography
Early life
[5] Phillips was born as Hazel Lovegrove in Battersea (now Wandsworth), County of London (now south London). She has been singing and dancing since the age of three and in 1948 won the beauty pageant Miss South England. At the age of 20, she became engaged to Bill Phillips, a carpenter turned TV director and they emigrated to Australia as "Ten Pound Poms" in 1950–51, marrying shortly afterwards and having two children: Mark (born 1953) and Scott (born 1955). In 1961, at a time there were no seat belts in vehicles, the family was involved in a serious car accident, and Phillips sustained severe injuries to her chin. Her marriage broke up some time afterwards, with Phillips suggesting that the surgeries on her chin, her husband's infidelity and an ectopic pregnancy contributed to the break-up.
Early career
Phillips started her career at radio
Gold Logie, television, film and theatre
After leaving the Seven network she hosted the midday talk show Girl Talk on the fledgling
Films include
Theatre roles starting from 1956 include The Circle, Henry V, Pride and Prejudice and The Merry Wives of Windsor[4]
She also featured in a Marilyn Monroe Cabaret Show in 2002[11]
In 2020, Phillips spoke to the Studio 10 program about gender pay gaps in the entertainment industry, stating female television hosts were paid less than their male counterparts, and that in the 1960s she had been paid less than one-tenth of the salaries paid to stars like Graham Kennedy and Don Lane.[12]
Honours and awards
| Year | Association | Category | Work | Result |
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| 2005 | Government of Australian - Queens Birthday Honours
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Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
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For service to the entertainment industry, particularly in the areas of the performing arts and television, and to the community as a fundraiser for charitable groups.[13] | Honoured |
| 1967 | Logie Awards | Gold Logie
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Girl Talk | Won |
Autobiography
In 2008, her autobiography, Black River, Bright Star (
Health
Phillips is an activist for alternative medicine, she suffered a mild heart attack in 2009, and underwent a hip replacement[when?]
Australia’s Got Talent
Phillips in 2011, performed in the
Filmography
Film and television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | The Set | Peggy Sylvester | |
| 1975 | Until Tomorrow | Marge Stewart | |
| 1987 | Midnight Dancer | Doreen | |
| 1996 | Little White Lies | ||
| 2000 | Walking Emily Home | Auntie | |
| 2012 | Trinkets | Rose Hayes | film short |
| 2012 | Edna | Edna | film short |
| 2020 | Monster Problems |
Janice |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | The Comedy Game | — | |
| 1972 | The Virgin Fellas | — | |
| Birds in the Bush | Maggie | ||
| Boney | Candy Barr | Episode: "Boney Buys a Coffin" | |
| Matlock Police | Thelma Brewster | Episode: "Titch" | |
| 1973 | Lucy McCain | Episode: "The Recurrence of Brandy McBain" | |
| Number 96 | Marie Crowther | ||
| Ryan | Lorna | Episode: "Way Back" | |
| 1975 | Until Tomorrow | Marge Stewart | |
| 1977; 1979 | The Mike Walsh Show | Guest - Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1978 | Chopper Squad | Maureen McNair | Episode: "Lifeboat" |
| 1979; 1982 | The Mike Walsh Show | Guest - Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1982 | The Mike Walsh Show | Guest - Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1986 | Kids 21st Birthday Channel Ten Telethon | Guest - Herself | TV special |
| 1989 | Fields of Fire III | Usherette | |
| 1990 | A Country Practice | Blanche Perkins | Episode: "Sisters II: Part 2" |
| 1991 | Brides of Christ | Mrs. Purley | Episode: "Diane" |
| 1991-92 | G.P. | Rita Edwards | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | Midday With Kerri-Anne | Herself - Guest | 1 episode |
| 1995 | Fire | Belle | Episode: "The Rip Off" |
| 1996 | Pacific Drive | — | |
| 1997 | Monday To Friday | Herself - Guest | 1 episode |
| 1997 | The Wayne Manifesto | Dottie Fingleton | 3 episodes |
| 1998;1999 | Good Morning Australia | Herself - Guest | 1 episode |
| 1998;2000 | Denise | Herself - Guest | 1 episode |
| 1998 | Misery Guts | American Tourist | Episode: "Road to Riches" |
| 1999 | Good Morning Australia | Herself - Guest | 1 episode |
| 2000 | Denise | Herself | 1 episode |
| 2000 | Walking Emily Home | Auntie | TV movie |
| 2007 | Mortified | Aunt Ally | Episode: "The Family Tree" |
| 2007 | Talking Heads | Herself - Guest | ABC TV series, 1 episode |
| 2011 | Australia's Got Talent | Herself - Contestant / Performer | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2012 | The Morning Show | Guest - Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2012 | Today Tonight | Guest - Herself with Carmen Duncan & Denise Drysdale | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2020 | The End | Beth's Grandma | Episode: "Toxic Shock Syndrome" |
| 2021 | Edna (film short) | Edna | |
| 2022 | Upright (TV series) | Val (guest role) (episode 2.2) | |
| 2023 | Studio 10 | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
Television Appearances
| Year | Title | Role | |
| 1960 | Bentley's Bandbox (TV series) | Starring. as herself | |
| 1961 | The Lorrae Desmond Show (TV series) | Herself | |
| 1964 | The Mavis Bramston Show (TV series) | Various | |
| 1964 | Beauty and the Beast (TV series) | Panellist | |
| 1966 | The Barry Crocker Show (TV series) | Guest | |
| 1966 | Girl Talk (TV series) | Herself - Host | |
| 1969 | The Don Lane Show | Guest | |
| 1994 | The Mavis Bramston Show 30th Anniversary Special (TV special) | Guest - Herself | |
| 2007 | Beauty and the Beast | Panellist | |
| 2011 | Australia's Got Talent |
Singer | |
| 2012 | The Morning Show | Herself - Guest |
References
- ^ a b Phillips, Hazel (2008). Black River, Bright Star. Zeus Publications.
- ^ National Library of Australia record.
- ^ Golden Girl Hazel Phillips makes mistakes, Gold Coast Bulletin, 29 November 2008.
- ^ a b "Hazel Phillips". AusStage.
- ^ a b c "EXCLUSIVE: TV Queen Hazel Phillips 'I'll retire when Im dead'".
- ^ "Australia's Golden Girls: Denise Drysdale & Hazel Phillips". YouTube.
- ^ Giles, Nigel "Number 96: Australia's Most Infamous Address"
- ^ "Aussie screen legend Hazel Phillips revels the line Netflix cut".
- ^ a b Hazel Phillips, Talking Heads with Peter Thompson (ABC TV), 16 April 2007.
- ^ "TV Week Logie Awards: 50 years ago". Television.AU. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Winning a Gold Logie is not always a passport to stardom".
- ^ Knox, David. "Hazel Phillips remembers TV pay gaps | TV Tonight". TV Tonight. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ PHILLIPS, Hazel Julia, It's an Honour, 13 June 2005.
- ^ Black river, bright star : an autobiography / Hazel Phillips, National Library of Australia, 2008.
- ^ Byrne, Fiona (7 May 2011). "Golden voice of Logie winner Hazel Phillips still in the spotlight". Herald Sun. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
External links
- Hazel Phillips at IMDb