Toni Lamond

Toni Lamond AM (born as Patricia Lamond Lawman; 29 March 1932), is an Australian vaudevillian, cabaret performer, singer, actress, dancer, comedian, writer and television and radio personality/presenter. She has had a successful career spanning some 80 years, both locally and internationally, including in the United Kingdom and United StatesLamond, whose comes from a family involved in the performing arts, started her career as a child actor vaudeville/variety entertainment at only ten and was the first woman in the world to host a midday show. The second was her younger half-sister Helen ReddyAlongside her showbiz contemporaries Jill Perryman and Nancye Hayes, Lamond has been called one of the three grand dames of Australian musical theatre, and in her prime a talent that could rival Doris Day.