Julie McGregor

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Julie McGregor
Born
Julie Anne McGregor

(1948-11-26) 26 November 1948 (age 75)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation(s)Film and television actress
Years active1977–present
PartnerAdam McFarlane

Julie Anne McGregor (born 26 November 1948) is an Australian television actress and comedian, noted for her roles in comedy.

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Career

In the 1970s, McGregor appeared in the Australian sketch comedy The Naked Vicar Show . [1] In the 1980s McGregor appeared in television soap operas including A Country Practice , Punishment and Sons and Daughters .

McGregor is best known to Australian audiences for her role as Betty Wilson, the red-haired dim-witted and ditsy secretary from Walgett in the Australian television comedy series, Hey Dad..! . She continued in the role for the program's entire 1987–1994 run, and also appeared in its short-lived spinoff Hampton Court . In 1992 McGregor was nominated in the Australian Logie Awards in the 'Most Popular Light Entertainment/Comedy Female Performer' category for Hey Dad...!.

In the 2010s she was the reader for audiobooks of Blinky Bill. [2]

Personal life

She is the sister of opera soprano Jennifer McGregor.

After living in Paddington, New South Wales for most of her life, in 2007 McGregor moved to the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. She lives with her husband, a poet and sculptor, on 0.4 hectares of land in an 1860 sandstone home. [3]

Filmography

TELEVISION

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
AUS
[4]
Live from The Madge Burrows Room! / The Naked Vicar Show
(with Ross Higgins, Kev Golsby and Colin McEwan)
  • Released: 1978
  • Format: LP
  • Label: EMI (EMC-2671)
84
Farmhouse
(as part of Farmhouse)
  • Released: November 1991
  • Format: CD, Cassette
  • Label: RCA (VPCD 0845)
95
Martin Vs Betty - The Best of "Hey Dad..!"
(with Robert Hughes)
  • Released: 1991
  • Format: CD, Cassette
  • Label: 7 Records (HDR 1991)
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References

  1. "It's Julie McGregor~and his time she's serious". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 48, no. 20. Australia, Australia. 15 October 1980. p. 52 (FREE Your TV Magazine). Retrieved 15 June 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  2. Wall, Dorothy; Wall, Dorothy, 1894-1942. Blinky Bill. 1939; Wall, Dorothy, 1894-1942. Blinky Bill grows up. 1939; Wall, Dorothy, 1894-1942. Blinky Bill and Nutsy. 1939 (1968), The complete adventures of Blinky Bill : containing Blinky Bill, Blinky Bill grows up, Blinky Bill and Nutsy, Angus & Robertson, ISBN   978-0-207-94700-1 {{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. "Food, friends and frosts" 19 May 2009 Retrieved 24 March 2010
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 282. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.