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Hazel Phillips is a Actor British born on 17 november 1929 at Battersea (United-kingdom)

Hazel Phillips

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Birth name Hazel Julia Lovegrove
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 17 november 1929 (94 years) at Battersea (United-kingdom)

Hazel Julia Phillips (née Lovegrove) OAM (born November 1929) is a Gold Logie-award winning English-born singer, entertainer and television personality, with a notable career in Australia, with a career spanning every facet of the showbiz industry, including film, television, theatre, radio, cabaret and journalism. She has written several plays for stage.

Biography

She was born in Battersea, London. At the age of 20, she became engaged to her husband Bill, 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, the family was involved in a serious car accident, with Phillips sustaining severe injuries to her chin. Her husband left them some time afterwards, with Phillips suggesting that the surgeries on her chin and an ectopic pregnancy contributed to the break-up of their marriage. She started her career at radio 2UE, having won a talent contest for Miss television in Australia. Active in television since its inception in Australia, when she became one of the first personalities on Network Seven. in 1963, Phillips made her break into show business with a role on the talk show Beauty and the Beast with Eric Baume. She also began to appear on The Mavis Bramston Show, which she became a regular on after being told to choose between Bramston and Beauty and the Beast.

By 1967, Phillips had left Channel 7 and was hosting the midday talk show, Girl Talk on the fledgling Network Ten, for which she won the Gold Logie Award for the most popular female personality on Australian television, jointly winning with Graham Kennedy who won the male award. Guest roles on numerous television shows including Number 96 (as a nude swimmer), Matlock Police, A Country Practice, G.P. and Pacific Drive. Films include The Set, 'Midnight Dancer and Walking Home Emily. Theatre roles include The Circle, Henry V, Pride and Prejudice and The Merry Wives of Windsor. She also appeared in the mini-series Brides of Christ.

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Roger Ward
Roger Ward
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Pauline Chan
Pauline Chan
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John Jarratt
John Jarratt
(1 films)
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Filmography of Hazel Phillips (3 films)

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Actress

Midnight Dancer, 1h37
Actors Kaarin Fairfax, Hazel Phillips, John Jarratt, Tim Burns
Roles Doreen
Rating54% 2.722322.722322.722322.722322.72232
Sixteen-year-old Australian girl Belinda (Deanne Jeffs) wants to become a ballerina. To makes ends meet, she takes a job as an exotic dancer in a Sydney cabaret. Eventually, she is able to reach her goal, but not before experiencing humanity at best and worst of times.
The Set
The Set (1970)
, 1h42
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Rod Mullinar, Hazel Phillips, Roger Ward
Roles Peggy Sylvester
Rating53% 2.683732.683732.683732.683732.68373
Paul Lawrence is a working class man who dates Cara, sells shirts at a Sydney department store, and dreams of attending art school. Cara leaves for London and Paul becomes the protege of designer Marie Rosefield. Through this he enters the 'set', the world of Sydney art society.