Susannah Carr (born 21 July 1952) is a British-born Australian television

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. Since 1985, Carr has co-presented

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with Rick Ardon. The pair are officially recognised as the world's longest-serving TV news anchor duo having been on the air together for over 36 years.

Early life

Carr was born in

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. She arrived in Western Australia from the UK with her parents when she was 7 months old. For her schooling, she attended North Cottesloe Primary for Years 1 and 2; Cottesloe Primary for Year 3 and Iona Presentation College for Years 4 to 12. She studied for a Bachelor of Arts at

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and is also a qualified architectural draftsperson. She is a granddaughter of the singer

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and niece of the detective novelist Antony Carr.

Career

Carr's media career began in 1974 with ABC Radio in

as an announcer. Two weeks after joining the station, she was broadcasting on Christmas Day when

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hit Darwin. She worked in both radio and TV in Perth for the ABC becoming that station's first female TV news presenter in Perth for the ABC. Carr was asked to join TVW 7 in 1985 and became a face of Channel 7 news in Perth along with her long-time co-anchor Rick Ardon. Under their guard, Seven Nightly News rose to the top of the ratings in Perth, where it remains as of today. In 1986, Carr won the

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for Most Popular Female, Western Australia. In the same year, her co-anchor Ardon won the Logie Award for Most Popular Male, Western Australia. In 2000, she was inducted an Honorary Member by the

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chapter of the

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.Kent, Melissa (2005) ''The anchor woman'' in the West Magazine, in ''The West Australian'' 7 May 2005, p.12-14 Carr broadcast live from South Africa during that country's first all-race elections and reported from London in the week after the death of Princess Diana. She also headed a film crew to Moscow, Russia, where they were granted access inside the Kremlin, to make the documentary "The Secret Treasures of the Kremlin". Carr presented coverage from Perth nationally during the 2014 Sydney hostage siege due to Seven News Sydney studios in Martin Place being evacuated. She was part of the Seven News team whom were awarded a

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in 2015 for their coverage that night.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carr, Susannah Living people University of Western Australia alumni English emigrants to Australia Journalists from Western Australia People from Perth, Western Australia People from Rochford Seven News presenters 1952 births Australian women television journalists