Rhonda Burchmore


























Rhonda Burchmore

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Burchmore at the 2015 Helpmann Awards

Born
(1960-05-15) May 15, 1960 (age 58)
Sydney, Australia
Nationality Australian
Occupation Entertainer, actor
Website rhondaburchmore.com

Rhonda Suzanne Burchmore OAM (born 15 May 1960) is an Australian entertainer.




Contents






  • 1 Career


  • 2 Honours


  • 3 Personal life


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Career


Burchmore appeared as Kate in the 1982 film, The Pirate Movie. Burchmore gave her first Australian theatre in the 1988 production of Sugar Babies opposite Garry McDonald and Broadway theatre performer Eddie Bracken. Later that year, she had a role opposite Mickey Rooney and Ann Miller in London's West End theatre production. Whilst in the U.K., she was in the revival of Stop the World – I Want to Get Off and a role in Hot Shoe Shuffle.


In 1997, Burchmore gave the Crown Casino in Melbourne Burchmore opened with Red Hot & Rhonda. Burchmore had a role of Nadine Hale in Tommy Tune's stage version of Irving Berlin's Easter Parade, slated for Broadway[1] but eventually the project stalled.[2] Burchmore later appeared in another show, Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods with the Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC).


Burchmore released her first album in 1998, self-titled Rhonda Burchmore. Further albums include Midnight Rendezvous, Live At The Melbourne Concert Hall, Pure Imagination, and a recording of her stage show, Cry Me a River – The World of Julie London.


In 1999, Burchmore played the lead role in The Production Company's first show, Mame. She also played the title role in Annie Get Your Gun for The Production Company, and later returned in a new production of Mame in 2008.


Further roles followed, including Adelaide in an Australian revival of Guys and Dolls, Tanya in the successful Mamma Mia!, Urinetown The Musical, Tom Foolery, Respect: A Musical Journey of Women, and her own productions; Rhonda Burchmore Sings 'n Swings, My Funny Valentines and Fever.


In 2013, she performed in Trevor Ashley's musical comedy Little Orphan trAshley with Gary Sweet.[3]


Other Australian stage credits include The Drowsy Chaperone in 2010 with Geoffrey Rush for the MTC, Song and Dance, They're Playing Our Song – as one of the alter egos, and Diana in Lend Me a Tenor. With the Victorian Opera Burchmore performed as Queen of the Fairies in Iolanthe, as Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus with Joan Carden, in Ruddigore and An Evening with Sondheim.


Burchmore's television credits include regular appearances on Carols by Candlelight, in the variety show Hey Hey It's Saturday, the quiz show Spicks and Specks and also guest roles in the sitcom Kath & Kim and on the TV series Love Child.



Honours


In the January 2014 Australia Day Honours List Burchmore was awarded a medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) "For service to the performing arts, and to the community."[4]



Personal life


Born in Sydney, and attended Beverly Hills Girls High School, and gained a scholarship to the University of New England where she majored in Theatre Arts.Burchmore and her husband, Nick, a psychologist,[5] have one daughter, Lexie. In 2010 she published her autobiography, Legs 11: The Rhonda Birchmore Story.[6]



References




  1. ^ "Tune's Easter May Parade Through Australia" by David Lefkowitz, Playbill, 18 August 1997


  2. ^ "Tommy Tune's Easter Parade Now Targeting Fall '99 For B'way" by Peter Szatmary and David Lefkowitz, Playbill, 27 June 1998


  3. ^ Bochenski, Natalie (11 July 2013). "Adults-only panto too funny for Sweet to miss out" Brisbane Times


  4. ^ "Australia Day honours list 2014: in full". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  5. ^ Bannister, Brooke (31 May 2011). "Rhonda Burchmore's Legs 11", 720 ABC Perth. Retrieved 22 August 2015.


  6. ^ Burchmore, Rhonda (2010). Legs 11: The Rhonda Burchmore Story. New Holland Publishers. ISBN 9781742570112.



External links



  • Official website


  • Rhonda Burchmore on IMDb








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