Photo:
An old newspaper clipping of Barbara and Jack Davey
Jack Davey was a superstar of
Australian radio in the 1950's and Barbara, at the age of 5 was
the winner of his Christmas talent show. Barbara was the
youngest contestant of the night and had fallen asleep because she
was left till last to perform. She yawned as she waved at
the audience and won their hearts before beginning to sing and
winning a trip for two anywhere in Australia, a fully decorated
Christmas tree and a doll almost as big as herself.
Barbara looks
so angelic in this 1950's Woman's Weekly magazine
Christmas advertisement for dairy products.
She remembers how disappointed she was to discover that all the food
was sprayed with hairspray to make it look fresher, and was most definitely
not meant to be eaten.
Barbara appeared in
the landmark Australian movie, The Sundowners with Deborah Kerr,
Robert Mitchum and Peter
Ustinov.
Ms. Kerr and a 7 year old Barbara were
captured in this photo, on the film set in Central Australia,
as Ms. Kerr taught Barbara to play
"Here is the Steeple".
June Bronhill (the much loved and
sadly missed world famous soprano) was Maria and
Barbara was Brigitta in the original Australian
production of The Sound of Music at The Tivoli
Theatre in Sydney.
Photo:
The Von Trapp children (Barbara is the one in plaits) looking over
the railing at Maria and Father.
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