Hazel Phillips
Entertainer, actress, singer and television presenter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hazel Julia Phillips (née Lovegrove) OAM (born 17 November 1929)[1][2][3] is a British singer, actress and television talk show personality with a notable career in Australia.
Hazel Phillips | |
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Born | Hazel Julia Lovegrove[1] 17 November 1929 (1929-11-17) (age 94) Battersea, County of London, England |
Nationality | British / Australian |
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Years active | 1956–present |
Known for | Girl Talk |
Notable work |
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 Hollywood, where she interviewed numerous stars, such as Bing Crosby, Paul Newman and Omar Shariff and Fess Parker.[5][6]
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 The Set in 1970 and more recently in 2021, the Netflix film Love and Monsters, and scheduled in a Paramount film starring Sam Neill, and a TV commercial for Ford motors[8]
She is often depicted as Australia's answer to Betty White in terms of career success and longevity.[5]