Angela Louise D'Audney (née Cerdan, 26 August 1944 – 6 February 2002) was a New Zealand television

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and actress. She was the first woman to regularly anchor nationwide news bulletins on New Zealand television in 1973, and continued presenting news regularly until 1997 and occasionally until 2001, when failing health forced her to leave her role at

Television New Zealand , type = Crown entity , industry = Broadcast television , num_locations = New Zealand , location = Auckland, New Zealand , area_served = Nationally (New Zealand) and some Pacific Island nations such as the Cook Islands, Fiji, and the Solom ...

.Veteran broadcaster D'Audney dies
, Television New Zealand 6 February 2002. Retrieved 17 July 2014.

Early life

Born Angela Louise Cerdan in

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, her parents separated when she was a toddler. D'Audney spent the first few years of her life in Brazil with her

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mother and sister before moving with her family to Auckland in the early 1950s. She was

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and developed a love for languages. She became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1956, and married Haddo D'Audney in 1965; they were later divorced.

Career

D'Audney began her career in broadcasting at the

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in 1962, working part-time as a

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, while studying microbiology at the

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. She gave up her studies to become a full-time broadcaster, moving on to national news presentation in 1973. Other roles included hosting the arts programme ''Kaleidoscope'', and current events digest ''Eye Witness News''. She also worked occasionally as an actress, and in 1982 shocked the public by appearing topless in the television comedy play ''The Venus Touch''. She continued as a current affairs presenter and occasional newsreader until 2001, gradually shifting her focus from television work to radio. In May 2001, D'Audney was diagnosed with a brain tumour, which proved to be cancerous, and underwent an operation two weeks later. She died in February 2002 at the age of 57. During her last year, she wrote and published her autobiography, ''Angela: A Wonderful Life''. D'Audney is buried in the Jewish section of

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Legacy

After her death, the Angela D'Audney Trust was set up to raise funds for cancer treatment in New Zealand.Johnston, M.
TVNZ weather presenter honours dying wish
, ''New Zealand Woman's Weekly'', 22 February 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2014.

References

External links

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Angela D'Audney
at nzonscreen.com, includes several video clips * {{DEFAULTSORT:Daudney, Angela 1944 births 2002 deaths English emigrants to New Zealand Naturalised citizens of New Zealand English Jews New Zealand radio presenters New Zealand women radio presenters New Zealand women television presenters New Zealand television newsreaders and news presenters New Zealand Jews New Zealand people of English-Jewish descent University of Auckland alumni New Zealand autobiographers Deaths from cancer in New Zealand Burials at Waikumete Cemetery