Tracy Harvey is a comedian, TV presenter, actor and writer from

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, Australia.

Biography

Harvey appeared in 'Movement' a web series, ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

The Big Gig ''The Big Gig'' was a popular Australian television sketch comedy music/variety series based on the British TV series '' Saturday Live''. It was produced and broadcast on ABC TV in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was produced and directed by ...

'', ''

Hey Hey It's Saturday ''Hey Hey It's Saturday'' was a long-running variety television program on Australian television. It initially ran for 28 years on the Nine Network from 9 October 1971 to 20 November 1999, with a recess in 1978. Its host throughout its entire ...

'' ''Smallest Room in the House'', ''Bert Newton Midday Show'', ''

The Pack of Women ''The Pack of Woman'' was a cabaret devised by Australian performer and director Robyn Archer, first performed in London in 1981. Although funny and entertaining, the work also set out to shock audiences into examining the role of women in Wester ...

'', ''COPP This!'', ''Waterfront'' (a miniseries), ''Dead Gorgeous'' and TVC's for Sussan, Myer and Pfizer. Harvey was a weekly co-host on the

Derek Guille Derek Guille (born 1951) is an Australian radio presenter. He presented the ''Evenings'' program on 774 ABC Melbourne and ABC Victoria from 2003 to 2011. Career Before beginning his radio career, Guille worked for the Nine Network and Batman ...

program on

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. Harvey was a member of the

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breakfast panel radio show Punter to Punter with

Trevor Marmalade Trevor Marmalade (born Jason van de Velde, 26 April 1962) is an Australian comedian and radio and television presenter. Marmalade is of Dutch people, Dutch descent and grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Surrey Hills, Victoria, Surrey Hills. C ...

and Dr Turf. The show was aired on 3XY and

3RRR 3RRR (pronounced "Three Triple R", or simply "Triple R") is an Australian community radio station, based in Melbourne. 3RRR first commenced broadcasting in 1976 from the studios of 3ST, the student radio station of the Royal Melbourne Institut ...

on Saturday mornings after the

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during the 1980s. Harvey played Tammy in The Whittle Family, touring nationally and at Melbourne's Last Laugh Theatre Restaurant. Harvey has written, 'Dear Mum, I'm on the Telly' published by

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. Harvey wrote and appeared in PRICK the Musical and Call Girl the Musical In 2006 she appeared in the panel discussion "Are women funny?" along with Denise Scott and Shaun Micallief as part of the Williamstown Literary Festival. In 2015, Harvey composed and directed ''Out of the Blue'', a swimming musical. She also played Lois Pickett in '' The Dressmaker'', directed by

Jocelyn Moorhouse Jocelyn Denise Moorhouse (born 4 September 1960) is an Australian screenwriter and film director. She has directed films such as ''Proof (1991 film), Proof'', ''How to Make an American Quilt'', ''A Thousand Acres (film), A Thousand Acres'' and ...

the same year. In 2019, Harvey composed and directed ''Galapagos'', a musical that attempted to discuss the discovery of evolution on the island of Galapagos. The show opened at the Melba Spiegeltent, Collingwood as part of the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/filipino/en/audiotrack/filipino-actor-villain-galapagos-musical, Retrieved 2019

References

External links

Tracy on the Derek Guille Program
Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Comedians from Melbourne Australian television presenters Australian women comedians Australian women television presenters {{Australia-comedian-stub