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.