James Upshaw, an Australian producer and director, best known for his work in TV in the 1960s including early variety show ''
The Lorrae Desmond Show
''The Lorrae Desmond Show'' was an early black and white, Australian television music and variety show, produced by James Upshaw which aired from 1960 to 1964 on the ABC hosted by singer and entertainer Lorrae Desmond, later best known for her r ...
'', which garnered its hostess
Lorrae Desmond
Lorrae Desmond (2 October 1929 – 23 May 2021) born as Beryl Hunt, was an Australian Gold Logie-award-winning singer, recording artist, radio and television presenter, character actor, and playwright, with a career that spanned over 55 years ...
as the fist female recipient of the ''
Gold Logie Award''
Select Credits
*''
Hit Parade
A hit parade is a ranked list of the most popular recordings at a given point in time, usually determined either by sales or airplay. The term originated in the 1930s; ''Billboard'' magazine published its first music hit parade on January 4, 1936 ...
'' (1957) (TV series)
*''Bolshoi Ballet'' (1959)
*''Make Ours Music'' (1959) (TV variety show)
*''
The Scent of Fear
"The Scent of Fear" is television play written by Ted Willis. It was originally written for British anthology series ''Armchair Theatre'', adapted from the story "Stowaway" by Mary Higgins Clark which was reportedly based on a real story that happe ...
'' (1960) (TV movie)
*''
The Lorrae Desmond Show
''The Lorrae Desmond Show'' was an early black and white, Australian television music and variety show, produced by James Upshaw which aired from 1960 to 1964 on the ABC hosted by singer and entertainer Lorrae Desmond, later best known for her r ...
'' (1960) (TV series)
*''
The Big Client'' (1961) (TV movie)
*''Red Peppers'' (1961) (TV documentary)
*''
The Red Moore Show'' (1961) (TV movie)
*''
Don't Listen Ladies'' (1963) (TV movie)
*''Four for the Show'' (1963) (TV variety series)
*Spanish dance theatre special (1963)
*''
The Gordon Boyd Show'' (1964) (TV series)
*''
The Four-Poster'' (1964) (TV movie)
*''
On Stage'' (1964) (TV movie)
*''
The Big Killing'' (1965) (TV movie)
*''
Off the Peg'' (1965) (TV Series)
*''Petrushka'' (1966) (TV ballet)
*''Three Cornered Hat'' (1966) (ballet)
References
External links
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James Upshawat
National Film and Sound Archive
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national co ...
Australian television directors
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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