JeanneLittle*Biography
 
Jeanne Little  

When an unknown JEANNE LITTLE made her first appearance on Australia's highest rating national daytime television show THE MIKE WALSH SHOW she caused a sensation. Her distinctive voice, her unique sense of style and her off beat humour established her immediately as one of the country's best known stars. Within three years she won three Logie awards including the coveted Gold Logie for the most popular personality on television.

For the next fifteen years she entertained millions of viewers with her regular appearances on the Mike Walsh Show. During that time and since she also appeared on a variety of other TV shows with many local and overseas personalities including Paul Hogan, George Burns, Jean Rivers, Elton John, Tom Selleck, Phyllis Diller, Florence Henderson and Sir David Frost. She also starred in her own situation comedy series and took part as one of the stars in the Australia Day Royal Command Bicentennial Concert in the presence of HRH Prince Charles and Diana, the Princess of Wales.

During her many years on THE MIKE WALSH SHOW Jeanne became famous for her elegant high fashion clothes many of which were created from household products. There were garments made from plastic,food, industrial waste - even a dress made from two thousand newly-minted two dollar coins!

While under contract to NATIONAL PAK AUSTRALIA she designed and made a series of stunning garments from the company's products GLADBAGS and CHUX SUPERWIPES which were used to promote several highly successful advertising campaigns through national press, radio and television. The famous DESIGN A DRESS from GLADBAGS and CHUX SUPERWIPES COMPETITIONS elicited almost thirty thousand entries from home dressmakers all over the country.

The JEANNE LITTLE COMMONWEALTH GAMES COMPETITION took her to Canada and scooped the pool in the 1994 International Promotions Awards at Disney World in the United States winning the best Program Usage of a Product Award Worldwide with a unanimous judges' decision.

In 1987 Jeanne made her stage debut in Jerry Herman's smash hit musical JERRY'S GIRLS when the show's New York director and co-creator Larry Alford cast her as one of the four leading ladies. Audiences and critics alike agreed that "the biggest and most thrilling surprise of the production is JEANNE LITTLE. This lady can sing! She demonstrates superb comic talents as well as drawing the audience into the palm of her hand. Yet her talents are not limited to comedy. One of the most poignant moments of the show is when she removes her wig and sits in a single spotlight to sing 'I'll Be Here Tomorrow'." JERRY'S GIRLS broke box office records and ran for four years. For her role Jeanne was nominated for a Mo Award.

Following JERRY'S GIRLS Jeanne was asked to devise a one woman show based on her best selling autobiography. The result was HELLO DAHLING! which opened to rave reviews -"the lady is a star!" and played to capacity houses in theatres and cabaret venues from Sydney to Broome.

Encouraged by the overwhelming public response to HELLO DAHLING! Jeanne decided to present a second one woman show based on the life and songs of the legendary Marlene Dietrich. MARLENE opened in Sydney for a six week season and was an instant success. "Jeanne Little is a knockout! She has a great sense of style, show business sparkle and panache. Her singing voice is a revelation, and her stage presence has real warmth and truth." The Melbourne Sun Herald acclaimed Jeanne's MARLENE "one of the great performances". Jeanne was nominated for MARLENE for best female performer in musical theatre in Australia.

At the conclusion of her first national tour of MARLENE Jeanne was invited to the United States to perform the show on Australia Day to an audience of five hundred guests including the Australian consul and many other dignitaries. A week later she opened the West Coast Cabaret Convention in the Venetian Room of the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, playing to an enthusiastic audience and sharing the bill with such international stars as Julie Wilson, Margaret Whiting and Michael Feinstein.

At present Jeanne is contracted to Foxtel where she is a regular on the panel show "BEAUTY & THE BEAST" She is also performing her new cabaret show M.M - A TRIBUTE TO MARILYN MONROE throughout Australia. She is a patron of The Australian Stuttering Research foundation, the a Luekemia Foundation, Cystic Fibrosis and The Salvation Army. Last year she was honoured with the Order of Australia for her Contribution to the entertainment industry and her charity work.

 
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