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Helen Reddy
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Australian and American singer and actress (1941–2020)
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Helen Reddy (1941–2020) was an Australian and American singer, composer, and actor. Born in Melbourne, she began her professional career in 1966 and performed primarily in the pop music genre. Her recorded works include *All Time Greatest Hits of Helen Reddy* and *The woman I am*. Reddy was a member of the United States Democratic Party and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
She held citizenship in both the United States and Australia. Reddy spoke English and used her voice as her primary instrument. She was affiliated with Fontana Records. The artist had two children and passed away in Los Angeles on September 29, 2020.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- All Time Greatest Hits of Helen Reddy
- The woman I am
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Melbourne, Australia
Helen Maxine Reddy (25 October 1941 – 29 September 2020) was an Australian-American singer, songwriter, author, actress, and activist. Born in Melbourne, Victoria, to a show-business family, Reddy started her career as an entertainer at age four. She sang on radio and television and won a talent contest on the television program, Bandstand in 1966; her prize was a ticket to New York City and a…
Known for
- Senior Entourage — Helen2021
- The Perfect Host — Cathy Knight2010
- Kenny Rogers and Friends — Self2010
- The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Flashback to 1974 — Self (archive footage)2007
- Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest — Herself (voice)2007
- Helen Reddy - Greatest Hits2005
- Family Guy — Helen Reddy (voice)1999
- BeastMaster — The Seer1999
- Family Guy — Channel 5 Jingle Singer (voice)1999
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies — Self1995
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Australia
- Active from
- 1941
- Active to
- 2020
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 180,195
- Total plays
- 1,109,369
Tags
Helen Reddy (born Helen Maxine Reddy in Melbourne on October 25, 1941; died 29 September 2020) was an Australian-American singer, actor and activist. An immensely successful singer in the 1970s with numerous hit records including three U.S. #1 singles, she has sold more than 15 million albums and 10 million singles, and was the first Australian-born performer to win a Grammy award. In 1974, she became a naturalized citizen of the United States. As an actor, Reddy appeared on Broadway and in feat
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,455x
- Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
· 2015 · cited 23,733x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 23,422x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,955x
- Dermatologist-level classification of skin cancer with deep neural networks
· 2017 · cited 12,181x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Helen Maxine Reddy , ( 1941-10-25 ) 25 October 1941, Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
- Died
- 29 September 2020 (2020-09-29) (aged 78), Los Angeles, California, US
- Citizenship
- Australia United States
- Occupations
- Singer actress activist television host
- Years active
- 1965–2002, 2011–2017
- Known for
- I Am Woman
- Political party
- Democratic
- Spouses
- Claude Weate ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1961 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1966 ) Jeff Wald ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1968 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1983 ) Milton Ruth ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1995 )
- Relatives
- Toni Lamond (half-sister), Tony Sheldon (nephew) , Patsy Reddy (cousin)
- Genres
- Pop easy listening
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Labels
- Fontana / PolyGram Capitol / EMI MCA Helen Reddy Inc. Varèse Sarabande
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Helen Maxine Reddy (25 October 1941 – 29 September 2020) was an Australian-American singer, actress, television host, and activist. Born in Melbourne to a show business family, Reddy started her career as an entertainer at age four. She sang on radio and television and won a talent contest on the television program Bandstand in 1966; her prize was a ticket to New York City and a record audition, which was unsuccessful. After a short and unsuccessful singing career in New York, she eventually moved to Chicago, and subsequently, Los Angeles, where she made her debut singles "One Way Ticket" and "I Believe in Music" in 1968 and 1970, respectively. The B-side of the latter single, "I Don't Know How to Love Him", reached number eight on the pop chart of the Canadian magazine RPM. She was signed to Capitol Records a year later.
During the 1970s, Reddy enjoyed international success, especially in the United States, where she placed 15 singles on the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. Six made the top 10 and three reached number one, including her signature hit "I Am Woman". She placed 25 songs on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart; 15 made the top 10 and eight reached number one, six consecutively. In 1974, at the inaugural American Music Awards, she won the award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist. On television, she was the first Australian to host a one-hour weekly primetime variety show on an American network, along with specials that were seen in more than 40 countries.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Helen Reddy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.