Vikki Hammond

Vikki Hammond
Born	England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	late 1950s-?

Vikki Hammond is an Australian former actress and TV host.

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)

Title	Year	Role
Mostly Maynard (TV series)	1957
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's	1957	Jane Osbourne
Musical Playhouse (TV series)	1959	Powder room girl
Ryan (TV series)	1973	Chick 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)	1971-1975	Rita Thornton - Gail Parkes - Rita Williamson
Tandarra (TV mini-series)	1976	Delia Drummond
Bluey	1976	Susie Billings
The Sullivans	1976-1982	Maggie Heyward Baker
Carson's Law (TV series)	1983-1984	Ruth Lyons
The Fast Lane (TV series)	1985	O'Rourke
The Flying Doctors	1985	Beth Drever

References

1. Berkeley, Margaret (24 November 1963), "Vikki's 39 gowns", The Australian Women's Weekly
2. 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

External links

• Vikki Hammond at IMDb
• Vikki Hammond at AusStage