Lorrae Desmond

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Lorrae Desmond

Born

Beryl Hunt
2 October 1932 (age 75)
Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia

Occupation

Television Actress

Years active

1956 – 1999

Awards won
Other Awards
Logie 1984 - Best Supporting Actress in a Series for: A Country Practice (1981) Gold Logie 1962

Lorrae Desmond MBE (born Beryl Hunt on 2 October 1932 in Mittagong, New South Wales) is an Australian actress.

She remains best known for her role as Shirley Gilroy in the television series A Country Practice, which she played from 1981-1992. Lorrae travelled to Britain in the 1950s and became a celebrity there. She even featured in her own comedy series Trouble for Two in 1958, was in the cast of several Terry-Thomas TV specials, and competed to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1957.

In a quote about the industry she said:

What I really wanted to do was write lyrics for songs. I did do a few weeks in Home And Away after ACP, but I’m a bit sick of performing - after you’ve been doing it for 50 years you’re just going around in circles! The thing I liked most about being a performer was putting the act together, which is why I’ve come back to writing. It’s still pleasant to be recognised as Shirley because people are always nice to me. And with those ACP repeats on Hallmark, it goes from generation to generation.^{[citation needed]}

She won the 1962 Gold Logie.

Other television appearances include Number 96 in 1973 and Arcade (1980).

The Australian Government invited her to tour Vietnam, to entertain the troops……after 5 tours Lorrae was awarded an M.B.E. for Welfare of Australian Troops serving overseas and for Contribution to Australian Show Business.^[1]