Anne Wills

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Anne Wills

OAM
Born (1944-10-03) 3 October 1944 (age 77)
NationalityAustralian
Other namesWillsy
OccupationTelevision personality/presenter, weather presenter, radio presenter
Years active1964–present
Employer Nine Network
Spouses
    Graham Smith
    (m. 1970;div. 1974)
      Michael Fenwick
      (m. 1976;died 1980)
        Peter Robinson
        (m. 1988;div. 1995)
        [1]

Anne Shirley Wills OAM (born 3 October 1944) is an Australian television and radio personality based in Adelaide. Wills holds the record for the most number of Logies won by a person in the history of the awards, winning 19 Most Popular State Personality Logies, and one as producer of Clapperboard.

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Biography

Wills was born in Wangaratta, Victoria in October 1944. When she was three years old, her family moved to Ocean Island in the Pacific Ocean, now known as Banaba Island and part of Kiribati, and lived there until the family moved to Adelaide in 1963. [1]

Wills was spotted by Channel 9 executives during the 1964 Telethon Quest, and was offered the job of weather girl on NWS9, beginning in July 1965.

As well as appearing on a number of national television programs such as In Melbourne Tonight,[ citation needed ] Beauty and the Beast , The Bert Newton Show and Good Morning Australia, Wills has presented and appeared on many Adelaide based TV programs, including Adelaide Tonight, The Penthouse Club, AM Adelaide, Movie Scene, Christmas Telethon, Pot Luck and Close Up with Willsy. She was also the weather presenter for SAS for a number of years and, as of November 2013, has a regular weekly afternoon segment on Adelaide AM radio station FiveAA, featuring celebrity gossip.

Wills is known for her love of over-the-top earrings. Wills also commonly appears in pub quiz nights

Awards and recognition

YearAwardCategory
1968TV Week Logie AwardSouth Australia: Best Female Personality [2]
1969TV Week Logie AwardSouth Australia: Best Female Personality [2]
1970TV Week Logie AwardSouth Australia: Best Female Personality [3]
1971TV Week Logie AwardSouth Australia: Most Popular Female [3]
1972TV Week Logie AwardSouth Australia: Most Popular Female [3]
1973TV Week Logie AwardSouth Australia: Most Popular Female [3]
1974TV Week Logie AwardSouth Australia: Most Popular Female [4]
1975TV Week Logie AwardSouth Australia: Most Popular Female [4]
1981TV Week Logie Award South Australia: Most Popular Female [5]
1981TV Week Logie Award South Australia: Most Popular Show [ failed verification ]
1982TV Week Logie Award South Australia: Most Popular Female [6]
1983TV Week Logie Award South Australia: Most Popular Female [7]
2018 Medal of the Order of Australia South Australia: For services to broadcasting (2018 Queen's Birthday Honours)

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