Jeanne Little

Australian television and stage entertainer, perennially outrageous, who epitomizes camp, known for her screeching whiney voice and trademark line, "helloooOOO dahhhlings!!" Little made her television debut on the Mike Walsh Show in September 1974, eight and a half months pregnant in gaudy clothes and with a distinctive off-beat sense of humor. Mistaken for a drag queen, the normally gaunt Little was an instant success and soon became a regular performer on the show, her big voice and crazy antics wowing audiences so much that she received three Logie television awards in two years including the Gold in 1976. She spent 15 years on this highly-rated daytime show. In the UK, her appearance on the BBC's Michael Parkinson Show so startled London critics she had the London Evening News saying: "What a woman! With her in the house you wouldn't want a TV." Among overseas guests she has appeared with Phyllis Diller, George Burns and Danny LaRue. Little performed in Sydney in 1988 at the Royal Command Bicentennial Concert before the Prince and Princess of Wales. Her stage career took off with "Jerry's Girls" in 1991 when American director, John Frost, teamed Little with Marcia Hines, Debra Byrne and Judi Connelli. Then came "Legends" with Kerrie Biddell, Toni Lamond and Nanceye Hayes at the Sydney Opera House. Her autobiographical one-woman cabaret shows include, "Hello Daahling" 1992 and "Marlene: A Tribute to Dietrich" 1995 which toured Australia and the US to critical acclaim. "More of a Little" followed in 1998. In her live recording CD, "Jeanne Little - At The School Of Arts Cafe" she talks about her life as a television star and musical theatre performer and sings favorite tunes from her shows. Little currently appears as a panelist on television's "Beauty & the Beast". She has empathized with her many gay fans by saying that she knows how it feels to be an outcast because she was a stutterer at school. Married to interior decorator, Barrie Little, she has a daughter, Katie, who runs her own graphic arts studio. Link to Wikipedia biography