Di Smith

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Di Smith
OccupationActress
Notable work

Di Smith, also credited as Diane Smith, is an Australian actress. She played Jenny Harper on The Restless Years for over two years [1] and Dr Alex Fraser on A Country Practice for three years. [2] For the latter she was nominated for the 1989 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress. She was a presenter on The Great Outdoors for ten years until 2006. [3] [4]

Smith graduated from NIDA in 1978 and has appeared in Kingswood Country , Cop Shop , Home Sweet Home , Skyways and Emoh Ruo . [2] On stage she appeared in Trafford Tanzi [5] [6] and Steaming (Comedy Theatre, 1990) [2] and was part of comedy group The Disposable Faces from 1989 [7] with the group joining 2DAY-FMs breakfast lineup in 1990. [8]

Smith ran as a Labor candidate for Wentworth against Malcolm Turnbull in the 2013 national elections. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "A new doctor in the Valley", The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 May 1986
  2. 1 2 3 Lopez, Alex (10 May 1986), "Smith steams while 'Alex' burns", The Age
  3. ↑ Harrison, Penny (16 June 1997), "Channelling Di Smith", The Sydney Morning Herald
  4. ↑ "Seven ditches Laura and Di", The Dailt Telegraph, 29 November 2006
  5. ↑ Price, Jenna (14 May 1983), "A hard night out with the girls", The Sydney Morning Herald
  6. ↑ Kippax, H.G. (14 June 1983), "The wrestling is the message", The Sydney Morning Herald
  7. ↑ O'Neill, Helen (3 November 1989), "Stand up and pull a face", The Sydney Morning Herald
  8. ↑ Sadlier, Helen (20 May 1990), "Still more to-ing and for-ing at 2SM", The Sydney Morning Herald
  9. ↑ "Smith pleased with result, may run again", Wentworth Courier, 11 September 2013
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