Noeline Brown

Noeline Mabel Brown OAM (born 3 October 1938) credited also as Noelene Brown, is an Australian actress and comedian. She has appeared in numerous films, television shows[1] theatrical productions[2] and radio programs[3] dating back to 1959.[4]

Noeline Brown

OAM
Born
Noeline Mabel Brown

(1938-10-03) 3 October 1938
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActress, comedian
Years active1959-present
Spouse(s)Tony Sattler
Websitenoelinebrown.com.au

Life and career

Brown gained local notoriety in Sydney as a cast member of the famous Phillip St Revues and the popular melodrama productions at the Music Hall, a Sydney theatre-restaurant, in the early 1960s. She came to national prominence after joining the cast of the pioneering Australian satirical TV sketch comedy series The Mavis Bramston Show (1964 -1968).[5] After a stint in the UK she secured a regular role in the hit TV sitcom My Name's McGooley, What's Yours?, starring alongside Gordon Chater, John Meillon and Judi Farr.[6]

Throughout the 1970s, Brown enjoyed great popularity in Australia as a co-star of the satirical television and radio series The Naked Vicar Show[7] and the quiz show Graham Kennedy's Blankety Blanks.[8] She was a regular panelist in the ABC game show Would You Believe? (1970–74). In 1978 she won a Logie Award for the most popular NSW female personality.[9]

In 2006, she was a competitor in Dancing with the Stars,[10] and played the role of Leonara Biviano in the Australian film Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance in 2007.[11] Her earlier film career included roles in Walkabout (1971) and Emma's War (1988).

In 2007, she appeared in Bruce Venables' and Richard Fidler's play Flying Solo,[12] directed by Judy Nunn, starring alongside Barry Quin, Paula Duncan, Enda Markey and Jacinta John.[13] She was portrayed by Jane Allsop[14] in the television movie The King,[15] about the life of Graham Kennedy.

In 2008, she won the Norman Kessell award[16] for best performance for her portrayal of Florence Foster Jenkins in Peter Quilter's play Glorious.[17] She was also appointed Australia's first Ambassador for Ageing by the Rudd government.[18]

In 2009, she co-starred with Barry Creyton in Peter Quilter's play Duet at the Ensemble Theatre in Sydney.[19][20]

She is a longtime member of the Australian Labor Party and appeared in It's Time advertisements for the party before the 1972 election.[21] She has twice (1999 and 2003) run for New South Wales Parliament as an endorsed Labor Party candidate.[22]

In 2017 she published a memoir, Living the 1960s, about her life in that decade when living in Marrickville in Sydney.[23]

Discography

Albums
List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
AUS
[24]
The Front Side Of Barry Creyton and Noeline Brown
(with Barry Creyton)
  • Released: 1966
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Festival Records (FL-31606)
 -
The Not So Wet and Dry Side of Barry Creyton and Noeline Brown
(with Barry Creyton)
  • Released: 1969
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Festival Records (FL-31663)
 -
The Naked Vicar Show
(with Kev Golsby)
  • Released: 1975
  • Format: LP
  • Label: EMI (EMC-2545)
 -
Son Of Naked Vicar
(with Kev Golsby)
  • Released: 1976
  • Format: LP
  • Label: EMI (EMC-2572)
 55
Live from The Madge Burrows Room! / The Naked Vicar Show
(with Kev Golsby, Colin McEwan and Julie McGregor)
  • Released: 1978
  • Format: LP
  • Label: EMI (EMC-2671)
 84

Personal life

In 1976, Brown married one of the writer/producers of The Naked Vicar Show, Tony Sattler.[25] The couple were close friends of Graham Kennedy; Noeline was present when Kennedy died in 2005.[26] She and Sattler have lived in Bowral for many years, and Kennedy moved there to be closer to them. When Kennedy's health began to fail, Sattler and Brown reportedly contacted former Nine Network boss Kerry Packer to appeal for financial support to care for the ailing star (Kennedy having earned many millions of dollars for Packer and Nine in his heyday); Packer declined to assist Kennedy financially but, after the story became public, an anonymous benefactor (later revealed as former Nine Network chief Sam Chisholm) came forward and donated a substantial sum (reportedly AU$150,000) for Kennedy's ongoing support and care.[27]

Awards

In November 2017, Brown was honoured with the 2017 Equity Lifetime Achievement Award by the Equity National Performers Committee.[28] In 2020, Brown was awarded in the Australia Day honours "For services to the Performing Arts"[29]

Filmography (selected)
Title Year Role
The Right Thing (TV movie)1963Shirley
The Mavis Bramston Show (TV series) 1964-1966Various
The Recruiting Officer (TV movie)1965unknown
My Names McGooley, What's Yours? (TV series) 1967-1968Rosemary 'Possum' Urkens (60 episodes)
Rita and Wally (TV series)1968Rosemary 'Possum' Urkens (8 episodes)
Homicide1969Lois Davidson
The Long Arm (TV series)1970Mrs Burton (credited as Noelene Brown)
Walkabout1971German Scientist (credited as Noelene Brown
The Group (TV series)1971Pamela
The Godfathers (TV series)1971Dina Jackson
Spyforce (TV series)1972Mrs. Vermarr (credited as Noelene Brown)
Number 96 (TV series)1972Trixie (3 episode)
The Spoiler (TV series)1972Sandra
Boney (TV series)1973Mrs. Sawyer
Division 4 (TV series)1969-1973)Julie Burns/Betty Taylor
Silent Number (TV series)1974Mrs. Dalton
The Fourth Wish (TV miniseries)1974Connie
Matlock Police (TV series)1971-1975Dawn Elders/Dolly/Judy Austin/Kathleen Kirby
The Last of the Australians (TV series)19775Jan
Armchair Cinema (TV series)1975Valerie
Alvin Purple (TV series)1976Iris Temple
The Naked Vicar Show (TV series)1977Various Characters
Kings Men (TV series)1980Mirabel
Daily at Dawn (TV series)1981Phil MaGuire (13 episodes)
Kingswood Country (TV series)1981-1984Elizabeth Windsor/Janet Green
Carson's Law (TV series)1984Isabelle McRae
Rafferty's Rules (TV series)1987Tonti Howard
Emma's War1987Mrs. Mortimer
In Sickness and in Health (TV series)1989Railene (3 episodes)
Fallen Angels (TV series)1997Sister Bernadette
Big Sky (TV series)1997Patricia
The Adventures of Sam (TV series)1997Voice
Ketchup (TV series)1997Voice
The Toothbrush Family (TV series)1999Countess de Comb
Bowl Me Over (film short)2001Eunice
Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance2007Leonara Biviano


References
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  3. http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/profiles/Transcripts/s1200818.htm
  4. http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/21724
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  15. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0930067
  16. http://australiaday.org.au/australia-day/ambassadors/nsw/noeline-brown.aspx
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  22. http://nfsa.gov.au/collection/film-australia-collection/program-sales/search-programs/program/?sn=8925
  23. Brown, Noeline (1 October 2017). Living the 1960s. ISBN 9780642279125.
  24. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 138, 282. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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  26. http://www.theage.com.au/news/People/Friends-remember-absolute-superstar/2005/05/25/1116950722237.html
  27. http://www.theage.com.au/news/People/Kennedys-final-farewell/2005/05/26/1116950822351.html
  28. Staff Writer (13 October 2017). "Noeline Brown to receive 2017 Equity Lifetime Achievement Award". If Magazine. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
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