Bronhill, June
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| Birthname | Gough, June | ||||
| born on | 26 June 1929 at 06:30 (= 06:30 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Broken Hill, Australia, 31s57, 141e27 | ||||
| Timezone | ASST h9e30 (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   03°46'   14°18 Asc. 24°48'
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Biography
Australian singer, a pro from the time of her debut in 1949 when she came in third at the Sydney Sun Aria contest. The following year, Bronhill (a name adopted from her place of birth) won the contest and continued her training overseas. While in London, the soprano auditioned for Sadler's Wells and sang in "Marriage of Figaro" and "Die Fledermaus." Her most famed role was in "The Merry Widow" and she made a triumphant return to Australia on 6/26/1960. Bronhill starred in "The Sound of Music" and played in "Robert and Elizabeth" for 19 months in London and 7 months in Melbourne.
She married in 1951. On 1/05/1975, Bronhill helped raise $75,000 for victims of Cyclone Tracy. In 1983, she had a successful re-run of "Sound of Music," followed by "The Pirates of Penzance" in 1984. On January 25, 2005, she died in her sleep in Sydney at age 75.
Events
- Work : New Career 1949 (First pro singing performance)
- Relationship : Marriage 1951
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 5 January 1975 (Benefit concert for cyclone victims)
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Source Notes
Dennis Sutton quotes Susan Alexander, from Peterson, given in Sutton's 50 Australian Charts, 1996 "approx. time."
Categories
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc.
- Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate (Australia to England to Australia)
- Lifestyle : Financial : Fundraiser (For cylcone victims)
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs (From 1951)
