Hazel Julia Phillips () (born 17 November 1929)
[National Library of Australia record]
is a British-Australian singer, actress and television talk show personality with a notable career in Australia.
She is also a playwright, composer and lyricist who has written numerously for the stage, and compere of radio shows and a newspaper columnist and briefly operated a dinner cabaret restaurant.
Phillips worked as an interviewer in
Hollywood
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* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
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Places United States
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, where she interviewed numerous such stars as
Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, musician and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a ...
,
Paul Newman
Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, race car driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, three ...
and
Omar Shariff and
Fess Parker
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.
Phillips has the distinction of apparently playing the world's first lesbian character on TV, on the serial ''
Number 96
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In mathematics
96 is:
* an octagonal number.
* a refactorable number.
* an untouchable number.
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'', as Marie Crowther.
Phillips has appeared in numerous films including the Australian film ''
The Set'' in 1970 and more recently in 2021, the Netflix film ''
Love and Monsters Love & Monsters may refer to:
* "Love & Monsters" (''Doctor Who''), an episode of ''Doctor Who''
* ''Love and Monsters'' (film), a 2020 American post-apocalyptic monster adventure film
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'', and scheduled in a Paramount film starring