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His father was a well-to-do builder. Barry was a highly intelligent boy who attended Melbourne University. There, he began acting in revues and doing impersonations. He moved to London in 1959 and began his professional performing career on the West End and Broadway stages as Mr Sowerby in Oliver!, and in Peter Cook's Establishment nightclub. He has created numerous characters including Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson.- Kerry Casey was born on 9 November 1954 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor, known for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1995), Parole Violators (1994) and Water Rats (1996). He was married to Maria Moutoudis. He died on 25 November 2015 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Born in Sydney on 19 January 1935, Johnny O'Keefe became the undisputed King of Australian rock and roll. There was little or no rock music scene in Australia, and certainly no Australian rock recordings, prior to 1957, when Bill Haley toured the country. A local band, the Dee Jays with vocalist Johnny O'Keefe, was chosen as the supporting act. Johnny O'Keefe had been performing in talent shows, mainly doing impersonations of Johnny Ray singing songs such as Crying and The Little White Cloud that Cried (complete with prop glasses filled with water to make artificial tears). His performance supporting Bill Haley led to a contract with Festival Records.
At his first recording session on a Saturday afternoon in July 1957, Johnny recorded Bill Haley's Billy Goat and I'm Still Alive. (The recording had to be on a Saturday afternoon because Johnny was working in his father's furniture shop in the morning and during the week - and, of course, you couldn't work on a Sunday in the fifties.) Reluctant radio stations gave very little airplay to Johnny's first record but, by the time of his next recording, Wild One, early in 1958, there was sufficient demand from Johnny O'Keefe Fan Clubs throughout the country to make it a hit. Many of these Fan Clubs had arisen out of performances which Johnny gave at Police and Citizens Boys Clubs.
A series of hit records and performances on Lee Gordon's "Big Shows" supporting overseas artists (who often were greeted with chants of "We want Johnny") led to Johnny being given his own national TV show, Six O'Clock Rock, in 1959. The TV show ran until 1962 when Johnny left to tour America (with limited success).
Overwork led to Johnny being instructed by his doctors to take a rest, but he was soon back on television with another show Sing! Sing! Sing! and recording another string of hit records. The pattern of dynamic performance leading to overwork, depression and breakdown was repeated for the next ten years. This, together with a serious car smash which required several operations to reconstruct his face, culminated in Johnny's death from a heart attack in October 1978.
During his career, J O'K had five number one records and ten other top ten hits. The recording for which he is best remembered, Shout!, was recorded and released as a single twice (in 1959 and in 1964) but never achieved better than number 11. Relatives of him have also become celebrities, such as his nephew Andrew O'Keefe. His daughter has a cameo in the TV movie bio about his life, Shout! - The Story of Johnny O'Keefe (1985).- Carol Willesee was an actress, known for Looking for Alibrandi (2000), Family and Friends (1990) and Celebrity Tattle Tales (1980). She was married to Mike Willesee. She died on 5 December 2006 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Sonia McMahon was born on 1 August 1932 in Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia. She was married to Billy McMahon. She died on 2 April 2010 in Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia.
- Noel Brophy was born in 1917 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for They're a Weird Mob (1966), Number 96 (1972) and The Rovers (1969). He died on 25 April 1981 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Born in Sydney, Australia, she is a costume and production designer. She is a specialist in period costume from the 19th century. All four of her Oscar nominated films are of that era. A noted recluse who rarely does interviews or attends awards ceremony's, between jobs she returns to a quite home life with her family.- Actor
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Lionel Long was born in Burwood, Sydney however he spent his early years growing up in Bondi.
Learning to play the guitar while studying at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, where he studied commercial art, he went on to become one of Australia's most well known and successful country & western/folk singers of the 1960's whose singing career continued well into the 1980's.
In 1962, Lionel took over as host of the Johnny O'Keefe Show for one year. The show was renamed Sing Sing Sing.
In 1963 Lionel married Carole Newgrosh whom he met at a charity function in 1962.
Lionel is also known for his acting roles during the 60's & 70's. Notably as Senior Detective Bert Costello in the long running TV series, Homicide.
During the 1980s, Lionel taught acting classes to children in Bankstown.
Lionel passed away on 1 January 1998 in the Sacred Heart Hospital at Darlinghurst, Sydney.- Rose Jackson was born on 11 September 1935 in Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Young Einstein (1988). She died on 21 July 2011 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Andrew McArthur was an actor, known for Hot Fuzz (2007), Skyline (2010) and School for Seduction (2004). He died on 27 March 2018 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Tony Greig was born on 6 October 1946 in Queenstown, Cape Province, South Africa. He died on 29 December 2012 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- John Fordham was born on 16 September 1944 in Bingara, New South Wales, Australia. He was married to Veronica. He died on 10 November 2019 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Fifi Banvard was born on 25 December 1901 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She was an actress, known for Shell Presents (1959). She was married to Charles Kilburn, Ernest Cephas Hunter Broadhurst (merchant) and Edward Ralph de Tisne (American actor-producer). She died on 24 June 1962 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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- Additional Crew
Diana Fisher was born on 30 May 1931 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Heartbreak High (1994), Investiture of His Royal Highness Prince Charles as Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1969) and A Current Affair (1971). She was married to Humphrey Fisher. She died on 26 January 2023 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Actor
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Bert Bailey was born on 11 June 1868 in Auckland, New Zealand. He was an actor and writer, known for On Our Selection (1932), Grandad Rudd (1935) and Dad Rudd, M.P. (1940). He was married to Ivy Gorrick. He died on 30 March 1953 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- One of Australia's most popular early actors, Arthur William Tauchert was of German-Irish extraction. He initially gained recognition on the vaudeville circuits of Sydney and Melbourne, first as a 'parody' singer, later as a member of various different vaudeville troupes. By 1913 he had gained a high profile from touring around the country. He was engaged by producer Raymond Longford to play 'The Bloke' in an adaptation of C.J. Dennis' humorous poem 'The Sentimental Bloke'. This film, now regarded an Australian classic, was an enormous critical and popular success, and established Tauchert's widespread fame. He often made personal appearances before screenings, reciting passages from the original poem. Although he made a triumphant move into the talking era with movies such as 'Showgirl's Luck' (1931), the Australian industry itself was in a slump. He focused his energies on radio, until failing health led him to be hospitalised. He died in 1933. He was, both in real life and onstage, an accessible 'everyman' hero, with a rough exterior but a heart of gold - an image enhanced by the charitable work he participated in for many worthy causes.
- John Fernside was born in 1892 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor, known for Bush Christmas (1947), The Glenrowan Affair (1951) and Uncivilized (1937). He died on 26 October 1957 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Bob Askin was born on 4 April 1907 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was married to Mollie Isabelle Underhill. He died on 9 September 1981 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Nellie Melba was born on 19 May 1861 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia. She was married to Charles Frederick Nisbett Armstrong. She died on 23 February 1931 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Joseph Lyons was born on 15 September 1879 in Stanley, Tasmania, Australia. He was married to Enid Burnell. He died on 7 April 1939 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Margaret Whitlam was born on 19 November 1919 in Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was married to Gough Whitlam. She died on 17 March 2012 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- John Kennerley was born on 13 September 1939 in Heswall, Cheshire, England, UK. He was married to Kerri-Anne Kennerley and Jill Sanders. He died on 28 February 2019 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Jack Davey was born on 8 February 1907 in Auckland, New Zealand. He died on 14 October 1959 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Alan McGilvray was born on 6 December 1909 in Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was married to Gwendolyn (Gwen) Florence Griffiths. He died on 17 July 1996 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Yvonne Banvard was born on 25 December 1901 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She was an actress, known for Strike Me Lucky (1934). She died on 24 June 1962 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.