Dropping the Mask: The long-awaited inspiring new memoir from the legendary Australian screen icon beloved by all by Noni Hazlehurst ISBN:9781460759042

Dropping the Mask by Noni Hazlehurst

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One of the most iconic Australians – one who has graced our screen and theatres for over forty years – Noni Hazlehurst is finally telling her story.

Noni Hazlehurst is an icon. A household name, our best-loved actor, she’s graced our screens and theatres with her presence for over forty years – and won our hearts and our respect in the process. From hosting Playschool for more than two decades to acting in films such as Ladies in Black, June Again, Monkey Grip, Candy and Little Fish Better Homes and Gardens, a starring role in fan favourite A Place to Call HomeEvery Family Has a Secret; all that of course in addition to her theatre work.

In some ways, she is an ordinary woman – a single mother to two boys, she knows about sacrifice, stretching thin and juggling. Yet she is clearly also an extraordinary woman – only the second woman to be inducted into the Logies Hall of Fame in 32 years.

She is ordinary, she is extraordinary. She is all class.

And like Noni herself, this is no ordinary memoir. A natural-born storyteller, Noni Hazlehurst is funny, fierce, truthful. She’s thoughtful and clear-eyed about the world. This memoir is full, rich, funny, lively, opinionated – and a testament to the power of storytelling.


About the Author: Actor, presenter and broadcaster Noni Hazlehurst AM studied drama at Flinders University in South Australia, and after graduating gained roles in television shows Division 4, Homicide, Matlock Police and The Sullivans. From 1978 to 2001 she was a regular presenter on Playschool. She has won an AFI for Best Actress twice, in 1982 for Monkey Grip, the film adaptation of Helen Garner’s novel, and in 1985 for Fran, a harrowing story of a self-destructive single mother. In 2005 she was named Best Supporting Actress for Little Fish. Her performance in Waiting at the Royal (2000) won her the AFI for Best Actress in a television mini-series. Her other films include Candy (2006); Bruce Beresford’s adaptation of Henry Handel Richardson’s The Getting of Wisdom (1977); and his Ladies in Black (2018), for which Hazlehurst received an AACTA nomination and was named Best Supporting Actress at the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards. Hazlehurst was the anchor of the Seven Network’s Better Homes and Gardens from 1995 to 2004, and for SBS she has presented three seasons of Every Family Has a Secret. She had a lead role in all six seasons of A Place to Call Home (2013-2018). In 1995 she was named a Member of the Order of Australia.

02 Oct 2024
 

Additional information

Format

Hardback

Genre

Memoirs

Readership Level

General (US: Trade)

ISBN

9781460759042

Publication Date

02 Oct 2024

Dropping the Mask: The long-awaited inspiring new memoir from the legendary Australian screen icon beloved by all by Noni Hazlehurst ISBN 9781460759042

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