- Tottie Goldsmith
Tottie Goldsmith (born Caroline Goldsmith on
August 27 ,1962 ) is anAustralian actress andsinger .Biography
Early years
Goldsmith is the daughter of Melbourne restaurateur and nightclub owner Brian Goldsmith and English actress Rhona Newton-John. Her great grandfather was German physicist and Nobel Prize winner Max Born. Her aunt is
Olivia Newton-John , and the bass guitarist Brett Goldsmith is her elder brother. [cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/16/1095221723753.html |title=Mr Nightlife |last=Wilmoth |first=Peter |publisher="The Age " |date=2004-09-19 |accessdate=2008-03-23 ]Television roles
Goldsmith played various roles in Australian
soap opera s such as "The Young Doctors ", "Starting Out " and "Prisoner", and was a panelist on such programs as "All Star Squares ". She was the host ofSex/Life (aNetwork Ten program in the mid-1990s) and has more recently acted in drama series "Fire", inpolice drama series "Blue Heelers ", and in "The Secret Life of Us ".cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0326135/ |title=Internet Movie Database entry on Tottie Goldsmith |publisher=IMDb |accessdate=2008-03-22 ] . She will be playing Donna Freedman's mother on "Neighbours " in 2008.Chantoozies
From 1986 Goldsmith was one of four female lead vocalists in Australian band
Chantoozies , her brother Brett Goldsmith was their bass guitarist, songwriter and programmer.cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Chantoozies |title=Discogs entry on Chantoozies |publisher=www.discogs.com |author=Sarah (aka Princess.vinyl) |accessdate=2008-03-22 ] They released three singles "Witch Queen", "He's Gonna Step On You Again " and "Wanna Be Up" and an album "Chantoozies" by 1988. [cite web |url=http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the_chantoozies |title=Rate Your Music entry on Chantoozies |publisher=rateyourmusic.com |accessdate=2008-03-22 ] Goldsmith left to pursue a solo singing career before Chantoozies released a second album, "Gild the Lily" in 1991.Later career
She was known as a sex symbol early in her career, and posed nude for art magazine
Black+White in the early 1990s. In the late 1990s she was co-host of the breakfast program onMelbourne radio station TTFM replacingNicky Buckley .Goldsmith released two meditation and relaxation CDs called "Unwind Your Mind" and "Falling Asleep". In 2005, she appeared in a 15-second television commercial for
Hyundai , and currently does charity work. She was also a performer at the annual "Starry Starry Night " Gala in Melbourne in November.Goldsmith appeared on
Bert's Family Feud on Monday 20th August 2006,Big Questions on Thursday 26th October 2006 and "ABBAmania" on Sunday 12th November 2006. She also appeared on Channel 9's "Surprise Surprise Gotcha " on 23rd October, 2007. On17 July 2008 she was a contestant on the struggling Channel9's "Celebrity Singing Bee " where she performed admirably and clearly showed she still has plenty of sex appeal, fueling speculation that she may pose for further men's magazines.Personal life
Goldsmith was married to skier Steven Lee and they have a daughter; she became engaged to business man James Mayo in January 2008. [cite news |title=Goldsmith's diamond is engaging |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23187353-27258,00.html |publisher="
Herald Sun " |date=2008-02-10 |accessdate=2008-03-23 ]References
External links
* [http://www.tottiegoldsmith.com/ Personal site]
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