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Denise Drysdale began her career at GTV-9 when she was 10 years old, performing in the\\xa0Tarax Happy Show. She has worked in and around television ever since, providing a host of magical moments through the live medium. The longevity and brilliance of her career in television confirms she is one of the best and few have replicated her golden talent.\\xa0
Her life has paralleled the growth of television. In the 1960\\u2019s Denise appeared regularly on Graham Kennedy\\u2019s\\xa0In Melbourne Tonight\\xa0as a dancer, and performed many comedy sketches on that popular late night show.\\xa0
Denise worked on\\xa0The Ernie Sigley Show\\xa0in the 1970\\u2019s and won Gold Logies in 1974 and 1975 for the Most Popular Female Personality on Australian television. She is affectionately known as \\u2018Ding Dong\\u2019, a moniker given to her by Sigley. \\xa0As well as appearing on\\xa0The Ernie Sigley Show\\xa0twice weekly throughout 1975, Denise also appeared on\\xa0Celebrity Squares, Young Talent Time, Countdown, the Norman Gunston Show.
Denise has worked all over Australia in radio, commercials and television, as well as various club work. From 1983-84 she worked in Sydney, appearing on\\xa0Weekend Magazine\\xa0and\\xa0Beauty and the Beast.\\xa0\\xa0In 1989 she teamed up once more with long-time friend Ernie Sigley, hosting a top rating national morning television show.
She has also worked in regional television in Victoria with guest appearances on BTV-6 Ballarat and hosting a morning magazine show on GLV-8. Denise joined the cast of\\xa0Hey Hey it\\u2019s Saturday\\xa0for a season and presented her own show,\\xa0Denise,\\xa0for channel seven. She was seen on\\xa0The Circle\\xa0for channel ten and can be seen as a guest host on\\xa0Studio 10.
She has also had extensive experience as an actress, appearing in the television stalwarts\\xa0Division Four, Homicide\\xa0and\\xa0Bellbird.\\xa0Most recently, she was seen as Ginger in Josh Thomas\\u2019\\xa0\\xa0Please Like Me\\xa0and the iconic soap,\\xa0Neighbours.\\xa0Her film work includes\\xa0The Last of the Knucklemen, Snapshot\\xa0and\\xa0Blowing Hot and Cold.
Her professional life began in the theatre with credits that include\\xa0Dimboola, Grease\\xa0(for Harry M. Miller),\\xa0\\xa0A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum\\xa0(JCW),\\xa0Two Gentlemen of Verona\\xa0(Aztec productions),\\xa0Salad Days\\xa0(St Martin\\u2019s Youth Theatre) and\\xa0Hello Dolly!\\xa0(GFO).
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