Toni Lamond:

Magnormos credits: 'OzMade Musicals 2007'.


Toni's career began at age 10, singing on radio, touring with her parents' variety shows and has since encompassed vaudeville, musical comedy, straight plays, recordings and films.

She appeared in variety at the Tivoli, went on to star in the musicals 'Pajama Game', 'Gypsy', 'Wildcat', 'Annie Get Your Gun', 'Anything Goes', and 'Better Known as Bee'.

In 1985 she toured in 'Madonna and Child' a show specially written by and co-starring her son Tony Sheldon.

In television she was a regular on Graham Kennedy's 'In Melbourne Tonight' (IMT) ultimately compering her own IMT, the first woman in the world to do so. She also featured regularly on 'The Don Lane Show', 'The Mike Walsh Show', and the series 'Homicide', and 'No. 96'.

In England she appeared in night clubs, revues, BBC TV and BBC Radio. She recorded 2 singles for Phillips, London.

In the U.S.A. her theatre credits include: 'Mame', 'Oliver!', 'Annie', 'Cabaret', 'Hello Dolly', 'Nunsense', 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood', 'Sherlock's Last Case', and '42nd Street'.  In television: 'Starsky and Hutch', 'The Bob Newhart Show', 'Eight is Enough', 'You Can't Take it With You', 'Starman', 'The Tortelli's', 'Three's Company', 'Punky Brewster', 'Murder She Wrote', 'Love Boat', 'The Last Frontier', and 'Highway to Heaven'.

Her most recent Australian credits include '42nd Street', 'The Pirates of Penzance' and 'My Fair Lady', in Brisbane with Anthony Warlow.  She has just completed an episode of Gary McDonald’s new ABC series 'Fallen Angels' and performing in Disney’s 'Beauty and the Beast'.

Her Australian films are 'Spotswood', 'How Wonderful', and 'Running From the Guns'.

Toni has won 2 Logies, a Variety Club Award and a Mo Award.

Her autobiography FIRST HALF entered the Best Seller List at No.1 only eight days after it's release.

Toni's C.D. TONI AT THE SCHOOL OF ARTS CAFE is now available in record stores.

Toni is currently working on her next book “ALONG THE WAY”, which chronicles her years in the United States.