Di Smith
Di Smith | |
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| Occupation | Actress |
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Di Smith, also credited as Diane Smith, is an Australian actress. She played Jenny Harper on The Restless Years for over two years[1] and Dr Alex Fraser on A Country Practice for three years.[2] For the latter she was nominated for the 1989 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress. She was a presenter on The Great Outdoors for ten years until 2006.[3][4]
Smith graduated from NIDA in 1978 and has appeared in Kingswood Country, Cop Shop, Home Sweet Home, Skyways and Emoh Ruo.[2] On stage she appeared in Trafford Tanzi[5][6] and Steaming (Comedy Theatre, 1990)[2] and was part of comedy group The Disposable Faces from 1989[7] with the group joining 2DAY-FMs breakfast lineup in 1990.[8]
Smith ran as a Labor candidate for Wentworth against Malcolm Turnbull in the 2013 national elections.[9]
References
- ^ "A new doctor in the Valley", The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 May 1986
- ^ a b c Lopez, Alex (10 May 1986), "Smith steams while 'Alex' burns", The Age
- ^ Harrison, Penny (16 June 1997), "Channelling Di Smith", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ "Seven ditches Laura and Di", The Dailt Telegraph, 29 November 2006
- ^ Price, Jenna (14 May 1983), "A hard night out with the girls", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Kippax, H.G. (14 June 1983), "The wrestling is the message", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ O'Neill, Helen (3 November 1989), "Stand up and pull a face", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Sadlier, Helen (20 May 1990), "Still more to-ing and for-ing at 2SM", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ "Smith pleased with result, may run again", Wentworth Courier, 11 September 2013