Caroline "Tottie" Goldsmith (born 27 August 1962) is an Australian actress and singer, known for her roles as Trixie Sheldon in '' Starting Out'', Toni Sheffield in '' The Young Doctors'', Marilyn "Tex" Perez in ''

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'', and Cassandra Freedman in ''

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''. She hosted the

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program ''Sex/Life'' in 1996, and was a contestant on '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' in 2022. In addition to her film and television work, Goldsmith is a founding member of the

Chantoozies The Chantoozies are an Australian pop group, formed in 1986. The group featured four female vocalists: Eve von Bibra, Angie La Bozzetta, Ally Fowler and Tottie Goldsmith, and four male musicians: Brett Goldsmith (bass guitars, keyboards, progr ...

, a pop group formed in 1986.

Career

Television

In the early 1980s, Goldsmith acted in the Australian television series '' The Young Doctors'', '' Starting Out'', ''

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'', '' Saturdee'', and '' The Henderson Kids ''. She made a guest appearance on a 1989 episode of '' Mission: Impossible'', which was filmed in Australia. She also guested in '' G.P.'' and ''

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''. During 1996, Goldsmith starred as Marilyn "Tex" Perez in the second season of drama series ''

''. She also hosted ''Sex/Life'', a

program about sexual health, and appeared in '' Twisted Tales'' and soap spoof '' Shark Bay''. She was also a panellist on such programs as '' Beauty and the Beast'' and '' All-Star Squares''. Goldsmith made various guest appearances on Australian TV shows in the 2000s, including '' The Secret Life of Us'', '' Bert's Family Feud'', '' Big Questions'', '' Surprise Surprise Gotcha'', ''

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'' and '' Celebrity Singing Bee'', and had a three episode run on '' Blue Heelers''. In 2009, Goldsmith appeared on ''

'' for three months as Cassandra Freedman. She acted in two episodes of the Australian television show '' Swift and Shift Couriers''. She appeared in the 2010 Australian film, ''Ricky! The Movie'', as the ex-girlfriend of Ricky T, and as a gangster's girlfriend in the 2011 television film '' Underbelly Files: Infiltration''. She also had a supporting role in the 2012 '' Jack Irish'' telefilm ''Bad Debts''. In 2022, Goldsmith appeared on the 8th season of the Australian version of ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''

Music

From 1986 Goldsmith was one of four female lead vocalists of the Australian band the

. They released four singles: " Witch Queen", " He's Gonna Step On You Again", " Wanna Be Up", "Kiss and Tell", and an album, ''

''. Goldsmith left the Chantoozies to pursue a solo singing career before the band released their second album, '' Gild the Lily'' in 1991. She later rejoined when the group temporarily reformed in 2006 for the

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concert series, and more permanently in 2012. She again left the band in 2020. With Chantoozies member Eve von Bibra, Goldsmith also performed in the duo the Toozies. The Toozies performed the opening act at the 2010 Antenna Awards. On 8 January 2023, Goldsmith returned to music after a 3-year break, performing in St. Kilda with the "3XY Allstars". 30 July that year would also see her invite former Chantoozies bandmate

Ally Fowler Alexandra Fowler (born 6 December 1961) is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Angela Hamilton in ''Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series), Sons and Daughters'' (1982–1984), Zoe Davis in ''Neighbours'' (1986) an ...

to the stage to cover her aunt

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's " You're the One That I Want", her first performance with a Chantoozie since leaving the band.

Other work

In the late 1990s, Goldsmith co-hosted a breakfast program on Melbourne radio station TTFM, replacing Nicky Buckley. She played Janet in a season of the '' New Rocky Horror Show'', and participated in an arena version of the musical '' Grease''. Goldsmith works as a marriage celebrant and has released two meditation and relaxation albums, ''Unwind Your Mind'' (2004) and ''Falling Asleep'' (2005). After having a bout of

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and struggling for years with sleep issues, Goldsmith used her meditation skills in partnership with sleep specialist Chris Bunney to record ''Falling Asleep'', which has since been prescribed by doctors. In 2007, she collaborated with a child psychologist on ''A Sleep Story'', which is aimed at children. She was known as a sex symbol early in her career, and posed nude for art magazine '' Black+White'' in August 1996.

Personal life

Goldsmith is the daughter of Melbourne restaurateur and nightclub owner Brian Goldsmith and British-born actress Rona Newton-John (1941–2013). Her great-grandfather, the father of her grandmother Irene, was German-British physicist, mathematician and Nobel Prize winner

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was her maternal aunt, while bassist Brett Goldsmith is her elder brother and racecar driver Emerson Newton-John her half brother. She has six other siblings. Goldsmith was married to skier Steven Lee and they have one child together, a daughter. She became engaged to businessman James Mayo in January 2008.

Honours

In the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, Goldsmith was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for "service to the community, and to the performing arts".

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldsmith, Tottie 1962 births Living people Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Australian women singers Australian musical theatre actresses Australian people of German-Jewish descent Australian television actresses Chantoozies members People with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome