Shirley abicair biography
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The Shirley Abicair Show
Australian television series
The Shirley Abicair Show is an Australian television variety series which aired in
The series was produced with the intention of running for nine episodes. Two of the episodes were produced and aired live in Melbourne by station GTV-9, the other seven were produced in Sydney by station ATN[1] In Melbourne it occupied the time-slot previously held by The Astor Show.
Apart from Abicair, other performers who made appearances during the run of the series included singer Jimmy Parkinson,[2] singer Bill McCormack,[3] singer Toni Lamond, singer Ted Hamilton, harmonica group The Three Winds, vocal group The Moontones, violinist Maurice Stead,[4] Arthur Duncan,[5] singer Bill French, The Tunetwisters,[6] Graeme Bell and Bill Newman[7]
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Shirley Abicair
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This popular Australian-born performer came to the UK at 21 and was a singer with a grupp and for the Forces. Sang 'I know Where I'm Going' on TV and appeared on children's television singing Australian songs and telling stories while accompanying her-self on the zither. Also did night-club appearances, a concert tour and made a few records.
Joy Adamson
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Scottish-born actress who appeared on radio in 'Mrs Dale's Diary' and on 'Twenty Questions'.
Pamela Alan
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Born in India, she appeared regularly on television ('The Teckman Biography') as well as on the scen. Married to actor Laurence Payne (qv).
Elizabeth Allan
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Former model and bio extra who got a film part and made several Hollywood and British films in the 's Appeared on TV's 'What's My Line', being noted for her wit and glamour. Also in TV dramatic roles, having her own series in , 'The Adventures Of Annabel'.
Gracie Allan
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An excerpt from a TV Annual of
SHIRLEY WRITES STRAIGHT FROM HER HEART
Viewers have seen a change come over Shirley Abicair in her TV song programme during the past year. Miss Abicair explains
"How do you feel? Happy?"
"Smooth as a bowl of cream!"
"To quote a vaudeville act I know: &#;When you&#;re overworked and underweight and it doesn&#;t hurt&#;you&#;re doin&#; fine!&#;"
A taxi skittered towards us through the rain, but we walked up Jermyn Street: I wanted to walk. We had been to the premiere of Smiley. At the celebration afterwards, everybody felt too good for post-mortems or "nice" compliments. But for a long time I had a mental picture of Smiley&#;s author, Moore Raymond, red-faced and perspiring, concealing his embarrassment by taking photographs of everybody, and an excited Anthony Kimmins distributing warm handshakes at the door.
Smiley was the first premiere I ever went to. I didn&#;t even go to the premiere of my own film, b