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This entertaining autobiography traces the early days of Australian Television and Theatre and captures the colourful and dramatic story of an amazing woman with a passionate zest for life! Hazel Phillips has appeared on television since its inception. Her many credits include the original Beauty and the Beast and The Bramston Show. Her own talk show, Girl Talk, was the first midday show on television and ran daily for four years making her the most popular female in the country, during which time she won gold and bronze Logies. Since then, she has appeared in every branch of the media - TV, films, theatre, cabaret, radio and journalism. Hazel has written, starred and appeared in three musicals of her own, as well as thirty other musicals and several movies. In the year 2000 she wrote a one-woman show that ran for two hours, tracing the life and times of Marilyn Monroe, entitled Marilyn and Me, which she performed in numerous venues. She has appeared in several plays for Queensland Theatre Company, including leads in The Circle, Pride and Prejudice, Shakespeare's Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor directed by Geoffrey Rush. Hazel was awarded the OAM in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours for her contribution to television and the entertainment industry. She continues to entertain.