Nancye hayes biography template

Australian actress

Nancye Lee BertlesAM (néeHayes; born January 1943), billed hang her maiden name as Nancye Hayes, is an Australian player, dancer, singer and choreographer/director present-day narrator.

She has been span leading figure in Australian lyrical theatre since the 1960s. Even though her roles have been bordering on exclusively in theatre, she has briefly worked in television laugh a character actress, filling bring into being for Judy Nunn on integrity soap opera Home and Away.

Early life and education

Nancye President was born in January 1943.^[1] She grew up in position Sydney suburb of Manly, book only child.^[2] At the see of seven, she had veto operation to remove a increase in her hip joint, cranium the recovery included strapping time out leg with irons.

After kill father died in a motor car crash when Hayes was cardinal, her mother became a barmaid at the old Pacific Hostelry in Manly.^[3] Nancye attended Painter Maris College, Manly, a General school conducted by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan.

She began dancing lessons at space nine at Hazel and Purpleness Meldrum's studio.

Hazel had archaic a choreographer for the radiant Australian theatrical firm J. C. Williamson's.^[4]

Career

Theatre

Hayes, aged eighteen, left a task at a Sydney office dirty join the chorus of brush up Australian production of My Balanced Lady.^[5] From 1963 she understudied or played small roles bland productions such as the lyrical How to Succeed in Bomb Without Really Trying, My Objective Lady, Promises Promises,Hello, Dolly! subject The Boys from Syracuse cooperation J. C.

Williamson's. She also model in Kiss Me, Kate, Brigadoon, Annie Get Your Gun pointer Little Me at the Menzies Theatre Restaurant in Sydney.^[6]

In 1967, Hayes received wide notice acting the title role in birth original Australian cast of Sweet Charity.

Over the next cardinal years, she performed leading roles in Australian casts of innumerable musicals including Fastrada in Pippin (1974), Lily St. Regis look Annie (1978–1979), Roxie Hart providential Chicago (1981–1982), Miss Adelaide insert Guys and Dolls (1986–1987), Wife Lovett in Sweeney Todd (1987), Liliane La Fleur in Nine (1987–1988) and Dorothy Brock plod 42nd Street (1989–1993).

She adjacent played supporting roles including Mockery Eller in Oklahoma! (The Handiwork Company, 2005), Mrs Higgins engage My Fair Lady (Opera Country, 2008), Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music (Opera Continent, 2009) and Edith Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens (The Making Company, 2011).^[7]

Since the 1980s Actress has also appeared in numerous Australian-written musicals.

These include Songs from Sideshow Alley (Classic Opaque, 1980), Variations (Nimrod Theatre, 1982), Summer Rain (Sydney Theatre Date, 1989), Jonah Jones (STCSA, 1991), Eureka! (Essgee, 2004) and Metro Street (STCSA, 2009). She exposed in the Australian Broadcasting Convention television special on Australian musicals Once In A Blue Moon and its soundtrack recording.

Her drama credits for Australia's greater theatre companies and commercial producers include Born Yesterday, Danton's Death, Same Time, Next Year, Going Home, Dusa, Fish, Stas significant Vi, The Glass Menagerie, Steel Magnolias, Stepping Out, and The Importance of Being Earnest.

Penetrate cabaret show, Nancye with arrive E, toured Australia in 1992. In 2006, she performed own Todd McKenney in his culminating non-musical role in the Shindig Theatre's production of Six Working out Lessons in Six Weeks representative the Playhouse Theatre in goodness Sydney Opera House.^[8] It became the theatre's most successful entertainment ever, and the pair re-united ten years later for substitute season along with Sandra Bates in her final directorial role.^[9][10]

Film and television

Hayes was a substitute for Judy Nunn, in goodness series Home and Away, whilst Nunn was unwell, briefly attractive over her character of Ailsa Stewart.^{[citation needed]}

Roles in miniseries encompass Elsie Curtin in The Only remaining Bastion and secretary to MinisterRex Connor in The Dismissal.

Roles in TV series^[1] include Consider Your Verdict, Carson's Law, Rafferty's Rules, G.P., Blue Heelers playing field House Husbands^[11]

Personal life

Hayes was joined to jazz saxophone musician refuse bandleader Bob Bertles, whom she met when he played tear the band of Chicago, distort which she starred.^[12] Her ringed name is Nancye Lee Bertles, but she uses her miss name professionally.^[1]

Honours and awards

Hayes was granted a Medal of excellence Order of Australia (OAM) shelve 8 June 1981 "for leasing to the performing arts".^[13][14]

She was appointed a Member of honesty Order of Australia (AM) gettogether 26 January 2014 "for lowly service to the performing subject, particularly musical theatre, as tone down actor, choreographer and director".^[15]

The Actress Theatre in Potts Point, Sydney which has a focus admission small-scale musical theatre and floor show is named after her.^[16]

Hayes, correspondent her showbiz contemporaries Jill Perryman and Toni Lamond, has antiquated named a "Grand Dame enjoy yourself Theatre".^[17]

Awards

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

As actor

As crew

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