Mary Parker (Australian actress), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mary Parker (Australian actress)

British-Australian actress and television personality

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1930

Place of Birth: Bitton, England, United Kingdom

Profession: actor, television presenter, film actor

Nationality: United Kingdom, Australia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Mary Parker (born 1930) is notable for being the first woman to appear on Melbourne television. She was one of three persons to host HSV Channel 7's test broadcasts prior to their official opening night; the other two test broadscasters being Eric Pearce (later Sir Eric Pearce) and Danny Webb.
On HSV-7's opening night, 4 November 1956, Parker presented the news with Pearce.
Prior to this she had worked in England, where she became a well-known stage, screen and television actress."Everybody in England knew Mary Parker", said her husband, Paul Fitzgerald.
"In England she did several films with Sir Douglas Fairbanks Jr – I've seen her name in lights on Shaftsbury Avenue and then she worked on TV as an announcer.
They also brought her out to Australia in 1956 to open the (television coverage of the) Olympic Games – she was the first woman on television in (Melbourne)."