Dropping the Mask
The long-awaited inspiring new memoir from the legendary Australian screen icon beloved by all
Noni Hazlehurst
- An
- icon.
- A
- household
- name.
- One
- of
- our
- best-loved
- actors.
- Noni
- Hazlehurst
- is
- finally
- telling
- a
- story
- of
- her
- own.A
- fourth-generation
- performer,
- Noni
- Hazlehurst
- has
- storytelling
- in
- her
- blood.
- She
- has
- graced
- our
- screens,
- stages
- and
- airwaves
- for
- fifty
- years
- -
- and
- won
- our
- hearts
- and
- respect
- in
- the
- process.
- She's
- had
- a
- remarkably
- diverse
- career.
- From
- presenting
- Play
- School
- for
- more
- than
- two
- decades,
- acting
- in
- films
- such
- as
- June
- Again,
- Ladies
- in
- Black,
- Candy,
- Little
- Fish
- and
- Monkey
- Grip,
- and
- ten
- years
- hosting
- and
- writing
- for
- Better
- Homes
- and
- Gardens
- to
- playing
- lead
- roles
- in
- series
- like
- A
- Place
- to
- Call
- Home,
- Nancy
- Wake
- and
- The
- Shiralee,
- recently
- presenting
- the
- SBS
- documentary
- series
- Every
- Family
- Has
- a
- Secret,
- and
- of
- course
- her
- numerous
- theatre
- roles,
- including
- her
- award-winning
- one-woman
- play
- Mother,
- Noni
- continues
- to
- display
- her
- incredible
- versatility,
- range
- and
- incisive
- ability
- to
- get
- to
- the
- core
- of
- a
- character
- and
- script.Noni
- is
- more
- than
- an
- actor,
- though.
- She
- is
- also
- a
- director,
- writer,
- teacher
- and
- public
- speaker,
- and
- her
- time
- on
- Play
- School
- has
- led
- to
- decades
- of
- committed
- advocacy
- for
- children.
- Offscreen,
- she
- has
- served
- on
- several
- film
- and
- television
- industry
- boards
- and
- acted
- as
- a
- patron
- and
- ambassador
- for
- numerous
- children's
- welfare
- organisations.Brave,
- open
- and
- unafraid
- to
- be
- vulnerable,
- Noni
- is
- in
- many
- ways
- an
- ordinary
- woman
- -
- a
- single
- mother
- of
- two
- boys,
- and
- a
- freelance
- worker,
- she
- knows
- about
- the
- challenges
- of
- constant
- juggling
- and
- being
- stretched
- to
- the
- limit.
- Yet
- she
- is
- also
- an
- extraordinary
- woman
- and
- a
- trailblazer
- -
- she
- was
- only
- the
- second
- woman
- to
- be
- inducted
- into
- the
- Logie
- Hall
- of
- Fame
- in
- thirty-two
- years.
- And
- despite
- opportunities
- to
- live
- and
- work
- overseas,
- she
- ultimately
- chose
- to
- pursue
- her
- career
- in
- Australia.This
- is
- no
- ordinary
- memoir.
- Noni
- Hazlehurst
- is
- funny,
- fierce,
- thoughtful
- and
- clear-eyed
- about
- the
- world.
- Her
- story
- is
- full,
- rich,
- lively,
- opinionated
- -
- and
- a
- testament
- to
- her
- grit,
- willpower
- and
- talent.
- She
- has
- always
- been
- committed
- to
- telling
- Australian
- stories
- -
- and
- this
- memoir
- is
- an
- impressive
- addition
- to
- her
- remarkable
- opus.'There
- is
- no
- denying
- the
- cosiness
- and
- charm
- of
- Hazlehurst's
- writing,
- the
- intimate
- sense
- that
- these
- are
- anecdotes
- she
- is
- sharing
- with
- you
- over
- a
- glass
- of
- wine
- ...
- Hazlehurst,
- as
- both
- performer
- and
- advocate,
- has
- always
- been
- consummately
- honest
- with
- her
- audience.
- Her
- prodigious
- body
- of
- work
- is
- its
- own
- proof
- that
- she
- is
- driven,
- as
- she
- says,
- not
- by
- money
- and
- fame,
- but
- by
- the
- urge
- to
- tell
- stories
- and,
- without
- exception,
- to
- tell
- them
- truthfully.'
- Australian
- Book Review
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