''Wild Life and Christmas Belles'' is a 1958 Australian television revue. It was shown on New Year's Eve, running from 10:55pm until a few minutes before midnight. It was filmed in ABC's Melbourne studios but was shown in Sydney and Melbourne simultaneously. The cast included Barry Humphries, who played
Mrs Norma Everage. The sketch had Mrs Everage enter a special model school for the "Lovely Mother" quest.
Cast
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Syd Conabere
Sydney Leicester Conabere (8 July 191815 July 2008) was an Australian actor. He was notable for his work in theatre, film and television drama in a career spanning more than fifty years. In 1962 Conabere won the Logie award for Best Actor, for ...
*Jennifer Eddy
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Barry Humphries
John Barry Humphries (born 17 February 1934) is an Australian comedian, actor, author and satirist. He is best known for writing and playing his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He is also a film pr ...
*Bettine Kauffman
*Mary Hardy
*Patricia Kennedy
*Peggy Marks
*Bambi Smith
Reception
''The Age'' called it "sensational".
Response was positive enough to lead to another revue, ''
Trip-Tease and High C's''.
References
External links
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Australian television films
Christmas television films
Films directed by William Sterling (director)
1950s Australian television revues
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