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The #1 Grammy-winning "I Am Woman" became not only THE anthem of the feminist movement during the radical 1970s, but also the signature song for its lovely, crop-haired, reddish-haired composer and singer Helen Reddy. Many decades later this is the hit people still remember her for, despite the fact she had a host of other "top ten" records over the course of her long career.
Helen Maxine Lamond Reddy was born in Melbourne, Australia, to showbiz parents, comedy actor/producer/writer Max Reddy and singer/soap opera actress Stella Lamond, and is the half sister to singer/actress Toni Lamond. Of English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh ancestry, Helen began performing at the age of four at the Tivoli Theatre in Perth, Australia, touring much of her native country with her parents. She left boarding school at age 15 to work on the road singing and acting. Her musical style is best described as a light amalgam of rhythm and blues, easy rock and jazz. Her soothing, quivery vocals and equally warm appeal was instantly embraced, eventually earning her own Australian radio show. "Helen Reddy Sings" aired twice weekly on the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
In 1966 Helen won a trip to New York in an Australian Bandstand International contest and, though she met with little success during this excursion, did meet and marry second husband Jeff Wald, a manager and an agent with the William Morris talent agency. They married the following year and went to Los Angeles. Helen converted to Judaism before the marriage.
Wald worked Helen into a few performances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), fifteen appearances total, and the resulting attention earned her her first hit with a top version of "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from the Broadway rock musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" in February 1972, peaking at #13 on the Billboard hit list. Signed by Capitol Records, she enjoyed hit after hit throughout the early 1970s, with "Delta Dawn" (1973) and "Angie Baby" (1974) reaching #1.
In 1973, Helen had her own summer-replacement variety show and was a popular hostess for a time on NBC's late-night variety show The Midnight Special (1972). She tried to parlay her singing success into a film career starting with a featured role as a nun in the disaster film Airport 1975 (1974). This led to a wholesome starring role in the promising Disney children's film Pete's Dragon (1977), but it was only mildly received. . During this time, she also appeared on TV in episodes of "The Love Boat," "Fantasy Island," "The Jeffersons" (as herself), "Beast Master," "Diagnosis Murder" and a guest voice on "Family Guy." She appeared in only two more films -- a cameo in the raucous "Fat Boys" comedy Disorderlies (1987) and a featured role in the comedy crime chiller The Perfect Host (2010). A third film, a comedy "mockumentary" entitled Senior Entourage (2021), has yet been released.
In 1982, she divorced Wald and married a third time the following year to drummer Milton Ruth. Helen has ventured on into the concert and symphony orchestra forums as well as becoming a popular cabaret and nightclub attraction. In recent years she has graced a number of musical theater productions both on Broadway and in London's West End.
Over the years she was considered a primary interpreter of English playwright Willy Russell, having appeared in four productions of his one-woman show "Shirley Valentine." Other live musical productions have included "Anything Goes," "Call Me Madam," "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" and Russell's "Blood Brothers," in which she made her Broadway debut.
In 2002 she retired from the business, and moved to her native Australia to work as a practicing hypnotherapist and motivational speaker, but returned from time to time before the camera both here and abroad. In 2017, Helen was diagnosed with dementia, and then resided at the Motion Picture and Television Fund's Samuel Goldwyn Center for Behavioral Health in Woodland Hills, California. She died on September 29, 2020, in Los Angeles.- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Mac Davis was born on 21 January 1942 in Lubbock, Texas, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for North Dallas Forty (1979), Next (2007) and Passengers (2016). He was married to Lise Gerard, Sarah Jane Barg and Fran Cook. He died on 29 September 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.- Stunts
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Noby Arden was born on 1 December 1965 in the USA. She was an actress, known for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) and Batman Forever (1995). She died on 29 September 2020.- Patricia Brandkamp was born on 20 February 1944 in Columbus, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for A Soldier's Story (1984) and Man Outside (1987). She died on 29 September 2020 in Springdale, Arkansas, USA.
- Angelita Castagni was born on 13 March 1934 in Cuba. She was an actress, known for Por mis pistolas (1968), El futbolista fenómeno (1979) and El matrimonio es como el demonio (1969). She was married to Cesar Portaluppi, ??? and Javier López. She died on 29 September 2020 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Mirza Shahi was an actor, known for Haqeeqat (1974), Dushman (1974) and Do Sathi (1975). He died on 29 September 2020 in Karachi, Pakistan.
- Production Manager
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Location Management
Michael P. Petrone was born on 21 May 1940 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a production manager and assistant director, known for Badge 373 (1973), Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) and Backstreet Dreams (1990). He died on 29 September 2020 in Simi Valley, California, USA.- Composer
- Music Department
Isidora Zebeljan was born on 27 September 1967 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She was a composer, known for How I Was Stolen by the Germans (2011), Ne znam ni gde ni kad ni kako (1994) and Velika mala matura (1991). She died on 29 September 2020 in Belgrade, Serbia.- Director
- Writer
Viktor Makarov was born on 24 December 1937 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. Viktor was a director and writer, known for Beregite zhenshchin! (1981), Zolotye roga (1973) and Smert v pryamom efire (1995). Viktor died on 29 September 2020.- Timothy Ray Brown was born on 11 March 1966 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He died on 29 September 2020 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
- Philipp Hotzenköcherle was born on 6 October 1949 in Zürich, Switzerland. He died on 29 September 2020 in Zürich, Switzerland.
- Actor
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Patrick Allebaugh was born on 15 August 1977 in Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Smokey Barrero (2008), Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014) and Monsters of the Night (2015). He died on 29 September 2020 in Richmond, Virginia, USA.- Walter Machado da Silva was born on 2 January 1940 in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. He died on 29 September 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Joanna Cortes was born on 29 March 1952 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. She was an actress, known for The Tower (2016), Na dobre i na zle (1999) and Lowcy cieni. Pod presja (2019). She died on 29 September 2020.
- Janet Haufler was born on 15 March 1931 in Basel, Kanton Basel Stadt, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for Grauzone (1979), La lune avec les dents (1967) and Kleine frieren auch im Sommer (1978). She died on 29 September 2020 in Bern, Kanton Bern, Switzerland.
- Sarada Nair was an actress, known for Kanmadam (1998) and Pattabhishekam (1999). She died on 29 September 2020 in Palakkad, Kerala, India.
- Rocco Prestia was born on 7 March 1951 in Sonora, California. He died on 29 September 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- Aster Berkhof was born on 18 June 1920 in Rijkevorsel, Belgium. He was a writer and actor, known for Veel geluk, professor! (2001), De kat op de koord (1963) and Huwelijksadvertentie (1960). He was married to Nora Steyaert. He died on 29 September 2020 in Brasschaat, Flanders, Belgium.