Vikki Hammond

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Vikki Hammond
Born
England
OccupationActress
Years activelate 1950s-?

Vikki Hammond is an Australian former actress and TV host.

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Biography

Early life

Hammond was born in England [1] she trained in dance and won a beauty contest in Southwark, she appeared in a pantomime in Glasgow, before moving to Australia in 1959, to work as a dancer and soubrette with the Tivoli circuit. [2]

Career

Hammond appeared on TV in variety shows such as Personally Yours , Top of the Town, Merry-Go-Round , My Fair Lady , Daly at Night [1] The Delo and Daly Show , [3] BP Super Shows, Revue 61 [2] She hosted the variety series Vikki on the ABC in 1963. [4] [1] After taking a break from show business she returned and played Maggie Hayword in The Sullivans . [2] [5]

Hammond's role in The Sullivans won her the 1982 Logie Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series. [6]

Other TV appearances include on What's It Worth?, [7] Division 4 , Homicide, Afraid of the Dark, [8] The Flying Doctors [9] and the opening of ATV-0. [10]

Filmography (selected)

TitleYearRole
Mostly Maynard (TV series)1957
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's1957Jane Osbourne
Musical Playhouse (TV series)1959Powder room girl
Ryan (TV series)1973Chick at Party
Homicide (TV series)1972-1975 (3 guest roles)Marion - Joyce Browning - Barbara Reid
Matlock Police (TV series)1973-1975 (3 guest roles)Joan Cope - Elizabeth Degan - Lillian Davis
Division 4 . (TV series)1971-1975Rita Thornton - Gail Parkes - Rita Williamson
Tandarra (TV mini-series)1976Delia Drummond
Bluey1976Susie Billings
The Sullivans 1976-1982Maggie Baker Howard
Carson's Law (TV series)1983-1984Ruth Lyons
The Fast Lane (TV series)1985O'Rourke
The Flying Doctors 1985Beth Drever

References

  1. 1 2 3 Berkeley, Margaret (24 November 1963), "Vikki's 39 gowns", The Australian Women's Weekly
  2. 1 2 3 Murphy, Jim (4 February 1981), "Vikki sets up shop", The Australian Women's Weekly
  3. "Vikki Hammond as Delo-Daly hostess", The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 November 1963
  4. "no title", The Age, 14 March 1963{{citation}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  5. Eisenhuth, Susie (10 April 1976), "Meet the Sullivans", The Australian Women's Weekly
  6. "1982 – The Logie Awards". Yahoo!7. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015.
  7. "no title", The Age, 1 March 1971{{citation}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  8. "Vikki plays a snob", The Age, 1 March 1973
  9. "A uniquely Australian series and setting", The Canberra Times, 24 June 1985
  10. Howard, John (15 August 1964), "Channel 0's opening was a damp squid", The Canberra Times