Dropping the Mask

Dropping the Mask

by Noni Hazlehurst
Publication Date: 02/10/2024

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One of the most iconic Australians - one who has graced our screen and theatres for over forty years - Noni Hazlehurst is finally telling her story.


Noni Hazlehurst is an icon. A household name, our best-loved actor, she's graced our screens and theatres with her presence for over forty years - and won our hearts and our respect in the process. From hosting Playschool for more than two decades to acting in films such as Ladies in Black, June Again, Monkey Grip, Candy and Little Fish; serving as host on Better Homes and Gardens, a starring role in fan favourite A Place to Call Home; most recently hosting the SBS miniseries Every Family Has a Secret; all that of course in addition to her theatre work.


In some ways, she is an ordinary woman - a single mother to two boys, she knows about sacrifice, stretching thin and juggling. Yet she is clearly also an extraordinary woman - only the second woman to be inducted into the Logies Hall of Fame in 32 years.


She is ordinary, she is extraordinary. She is all class.


And like Noni herself, this will be no ordinary memoir. A natural-born storyteller, Noni Hazlehurst is funny, fierce, truthful. She's thoughtful and clear-eyed about the world. This memoir will be full, rich, funny, lively, opinionated - and a testament to the power of storytelling.

ISBN:
9781460712757
9781460712757
Category:
Memoirs
Publication Date:
02-10-2024
Language:
English
Publisher:
4th Estate
Noni Hazlehurst

Actor, presenter, director, writer and broadcaster, Noni Hazlehurst AM studied Drama at Flinders University in South Australia. After graduating, she worked her way through numerous television roles, before joining the original cast of The Sullivans in 1976. From 1978 to 2002 she was a regular presenter on Play School.

She has won four Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards, including two for Best Actress, for Monkey Grip (1982) and Fran (1985), and two Logies for Ride On Stranger (1979) and Waterfront (1984). In 2016, she became only the second woman to be inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame. Hazlehurst was the anchor of the Seven Network's Better Homes and Gardens from 1995 to 2004, and has presented three seasons of SBS's Every Family Has a Secret (2019-2024). Other notable works include Nancy Wake (1987), The Shiralee (1987) and Curtin (2007), as well as a lead role as matriarch Elizabeth Bligh in all six seasons of A Place to Call Home (2013-2018).

Her theatrical appearances have earned multiple awards and she has received several ARIA nominations for her recordings for children. Offscreen, she has been an ambassador for several children's welfare organisations, including Barnardos, and she is currently the patron of the Australian Children's Laureate Foundation. She has served on the boards of the AFI/Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts, Film Australia and Belvoir St Theatre, and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Flinders University in 2007. In 1995, she was named a Member of the Order of Australia.

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