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Trisha Noble
Noble (as Patsy Ann Noble) and host Brian Henderson on Bandstand (1960)
Born
Patricia Ann Ruth Noble

(1944-02-03)3 February 1944
Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia
Died23 January 2021(2021-01-23) (aged 76)
Other namesPatsy Ann Noble
Occupation(s)Singer, actress
Years active1950–2007
Spouses
Alan Sharpe
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(m. 1967; div. 1974)​
Scott MacKenzie
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(m. 1976; div. 1980)​
Peter Field
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(m. 1985, divorced)​
Children1

Patricia Ann Ruth Noble (3 February 1944 – 23 January 2021) was an Australian singer and actress. Initially performing as Patsy Ann Noble, she was a teenage pop singer in the early 1960s, with regular appearances on the Australian music and variety television series Bandstand. In November 1961, she released her biggest hit single, "Good Looking Boy", which reached the Top 10 in Melbourne and Top 20 in Sydney. At the 1961 Logie Awards, she won the Best Female Singer of the Year award from TV Week. By 1962, she had transferred to the United Kingdom and continued her singing career by releasing singles there.

In 1965, Noble started her television acting career, and by 1967, she was using Trisha Noble as her stage name. By the 1970s, she had relocated to the United States and had guest roles on various television series including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Columbo, Baretta, McMillan & Wife, The Rockford Files, and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. In 1983, Noble returned to Australia where she expanded into a career as a theatrical actress.

In 2005, Noble had a minor role in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith as Jobal Naberrie, the mother of lead character Padmé Amidala, and thus the maternal grandmother of characters Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa.

Early life and family

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Patricia "Trisha" Ann Ruth Noble was born on 3 February 1944 in Marrickville and grew up in Sydney, Australia.[1] Her father was Clarence Lancelot "Buster" Noble (1 March 1913 – 15 July 1990),[2] a comedian and singer; her mother was Helen De Paul (born Helen McGoulrick, 1921–2007), an entertainer, singer, dancer, and comedian on the Tivoli circuit.[3][4] During World War II, Buster served as a sergeant in the Waratahs Entertainment Unit in the AIF from November 1942 to January 1946.[1][3] Noble has a younger sister, Amanda.[4] In 1950, Noble appeared onstage with her parents and had her own radio programme.[5] By age 14, she was qualified to teach ballet.[5]

Music career

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Noble rose to fame as a teenage singing star in the 1960s under the name Patsy Ann Noble.[5][6] Her singing career was encouraged by Brian Henderson, the compere of the Australian version of Bandstand, where she made regular appearances.[5][6] She was signed to the Australian HMV Records and released her first single "Like I'm in Love" / "I Love You So Much It Hurts" in November 1960.[6] She became good friends with a young Peter Allen, who had formed the successful Allen Brothers with Chris Bell, and released one of his compositions "Busy Lips" in January 1961.[6] However, it was not until Johnny Devlin, a New Zealand singer-songwriter, handed her the lyrics of "Good Looking Boy" in November 1961 that she had her first Top 10 hit in Melbourne.[6] "Good Looking Boy" was also top 20 in Sydney, but did not chart internationally.[6] It was released in the United Kingdom, but did not reach the Top 100.

Noble won the 'Best Female Singer of the Year' Logie Award for 1961, presented by TV Week.[5][6] By December 1962, Patsy Ann had scored herself two No. 1 and four Top 10 singles in Australia. In 1962, she travelled to London where she was given a two-year contract with Columbia Records.[6] There, she released many "girl group"-sounding pop songs including "Sour Grapes" (February 1963), "I'm Nobody's Baby" (1963), and "Accidents Will Happen" (1963), but received little commercial success – although she continued to score hits between 1963 and 1965 in Australia. In 1963, she appeared in the British musical film Live It Up! (with music produced by Joe Meek), although only in a singing role. In June 1965, Noble released "He Who Rides a Tiger" which peaked at No. 21 on the British Top 30, and No. 15 on Australia's Top 40.

During the 1960s, Noble released six albums in Australia and one in England, the most popular being The Blonde Bombshell (1961) which received an award for most outstanding vocal performance on an album.

Acting career

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In the second half of the 1960s, she turned to acting and made her dramatic screen debut in a 1965 BBC television production entitled The Snowball, and soon found herself appearing on other television series, including the 1966 Danger Man episode "Not So Jolly Roger" (in which her recording "He Who Rides a Tiger" was featured), Callan (1970, "The Same Trick Twice") with Edward Woodward, and films such as Death Is a Woman (1966), in which Noble had a lead role as the femme fatale),[6] and Carry On Camping (1969).

After 1967, Noble had changed her name to Trisha Noble in order to distance herself from her years as a teen singer.[6] She relocated to the United States beginning in 1971 and appeared in films and television series. She guest-starred on Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Sabrina, a superhuman thief in the episode "Cruise Ship to the Stars". In a guest appearance on The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1976, she played a female reporter who tries to seduce Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) during the episode "Ted's Temptation". She also appeared in Up Pompeii! (series 1) as high priestess of the Vestal Virgins.

In 1975, Noble appeared in the Columbo episode "Playback", in which she meets the murderer (played by Oskar Werner) in an art gallery wearing a low-cut dress. She was cast by the director who had spotted her in a party wearing the same dress. In 1976–77, she had the ongoing role of Yvonne Holland on the soap opera Executive Suite,[6] and appeared in the 1977 television miniseries The Rhinemann Exchange and Testimony of Two Men. In 1979, she featured on The Rockford Files as Odette Lependieu in the two-part episode "Never Send a Boy King To Do a Man's Job".

In 1980, Noble played the role of heiress Phyllis Morley in the mystery comedy film The Private Eyes starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts. Another ongoing role was as Detective Rosie Johnson on the police drama Strike Force (starring Robert Stack) on ABC in 1981–82.[7] She also appeared in Season 4 of Hart to Hart as Laela.

Soon after Strike Force was cancelled, Noble returned to Australia in 1983 with her son Patrick because her father, Buster, was seriously ill.[4] She re-established a career there as a theatrical actress. In 1986, she appeared in the television miniseries Body Business.[6] In 2002, Noble filmed a small role as Padmé Amidala's mother (and thus the maternal grandmother of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa), Jobal Naberrie, in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones which was cut from the final film – but included on the DVD release. Noble briefly reprised the role in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith in 2005. In 2003 Trisha Noble played the role of Ellie Greenwich's "Ma" to critical acclaim in "Leader of the Pack" at The Star in Sydney, showcasing both her comic onstage genius as well as her vocal range, never failing to bring the audience to tears with her stunning rendition of "Look of Love". She continued to perform on the live stage and, as of 2007, appeared with the new National Music Theatre Company, Kookaburra, in their premiere season of Pippin as Berthe at the Sydney Theatre.[4]

Death

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Noble died on 23 January 2021, at the age of 76, after what was described as an 18-month battle with mesothelioma.[8]

Filmography

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Film

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- denotes credited as Patsy Ann Noble
Year Title Role Notes
1963 Live It Up! Herself Musical film
1964 Reels Within Reels Herself Short film
1964 A Dream Singing Performer TV movie
1966 Funny Girl Happened to Me on the Way to the Piano Herself TV movie
1966 Death Is a Woman Francesca Feature film
1968 Iolanthe Iolanthe TV movie
1969 Carry On Camping Sally Feature film
1975 One of Our Own Sabrina Rogoff TV movie
1978 The Courage and the Passion Lt. Lisa Rydell TV movie
1979 The Wild Wild West Revisited Penelope TV movie
1980 Willow B: Women In Prison Chris Bricker TV movie
1980 The Private Eyes Mistress Phyllis Morley Feature film
1981 ..Deadline... Gillian Boles TV movie
2002 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Jobal Naberrie (uncredited) Feature film
2005 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Jobal Nabarrie Feature film

Television

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- denotes credited as Patsy Ann Noble
Year Title Role Notes
1959 The Bobby Limb Show Guest Singer TV series, 1 episode
1960 The Golden Rock Herself - Singer TV special
1961 Revue '61 Herself 1 episode
1961–1962, 1965, 1967 Bandstand Herself - Singer TV series
1963 The Arthur Haynes Show Herself - Singer 1 episode
1963 Pops and Lenny Herself 1 episode
1963 Ready, Steady, Go! Herself 1 episode
1963–1964 Discs a Go-Go Herself 5 episodes
1963 Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium Herself 1 episode
1963–1966 Thank Your Lucky Stars Guest host 9 episodes
1964 Hi There! It's Rolf Harris Herself 1 episode
1964 Big Night Out Herself 1 episode
1964 Two of a Kind Herself 1 episode
1964 The Andy Stewart Show Herself 1 episode
1964 Blackpool Night Out Herself 1 episode
1964 Club Night Herself 1 episode
1964 The Eamonn Andrews Show Herself 1 episode
1964, 1965 Comedy Bandbox Herself 2 episodes
1965 With Andy Herself 1 episode
1965 Ni figue ni raisin Herself 2 episodes
1965, 1966 Five O'Clock Club Herself 2 episode
1966 Juke Box Jury Panellist 2 episode
1966 The Benny Hill Show Guest performer 1 episode
1966 Danger Man Susan Wade 1 episode
1966 The Wednesday Play Francoise Clouet 1 episode
1967 The Blackpool Show Herself 1 episode
1967 The Charlie Drake Show Herself 1 episode
1967 The Nixon Line Herself 1 episode
1967, 1968 The Dick Emery Show Herself 2 episodes
1967 Mickey Dunne Janie Jenkins 1 episode
1968 International Cabaret Herself 1 episode
1968 BBC Show of the Week Herself 1 episode
1968 We Have Ways of Making You Laugh Various TV series
1969 Out of the Unknown Gladia 1 episode
1969 The Liberace Show Herself 1 episode
1969 The Dave King Show Herself 1 episode
1969 Who-Dun-It Dolores Vail 1 episode
1969 The Engelbert Humperdinck Show Herself 1 episode
1969 Z-Cars Betty Jordan 2 episodes
1970 It's Tommy Cooper Herself 1 episode
1970 Callan Jean Price 1 episode
1970 Fraud Squad Liz Paterson 1 episode
1970 Crowther's Back In Town Herself 1 episode
1970 Up Pompeii! Luscia / High Priestess of the Vestal Virgins 2 episodes
1970 The Benny Hill Show Various roles 1 episode
1971 The Merv Griffin Show Herself 1 episode
1971 Night Gallery Sherry 1 episode
1972 I'm a Fan Herself TV special
1972 The Courtship of Eddie's Father Dr. Liz Park 1 episode
1975 Baretta Girl 1 episode
1975 Columbo Marcy Hubbard 1 episode
1975 The Bob Crane Show Student 1 episode
1975 Matt Helm Millicent 1 episode
1976 The Mary Tyler Moore Show Whitney Lewis 1 episode
1976–1977 Executive Suite Yvonne Holland 7 episodes
1977 The Rhinemann Exchange Irene Miniseries, 1 episode
1977 McMillan & Wife Beulah Harrington 1 episode
1977 Testimony of Two Men Edna Beamish Miniseries, 3 episodes
1978 James at 15 Call girl 1 episode
1978 How the West Was Won Valerie 3 episodes
1978 Husbands, Wives & Lovers Carol 1 episode
1978 Fantasy Island Denise Carlson 1 episode
1978; 1984 The Mike Walsh Show Guest - Herself via satellite US TV series, 1 episode
1979 The Rockford Files Odette Lependieu 2 episodes
1979 Mrs. Columbo Patty 1 episode
1979 Eischied Jeanne 1 episode
1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Sabrina 1 episode
1980 Stone Lynette 1 episode
1980 John Newcombe's Australian Stars In The States Herself at home TV special
1981 Flamingo Road Vanessa Curtis 1 episode
1981 The Love Boat Gertrude Turner 1 episode
1981–82 Strike Force Sergeant Rosie Johnson 20 episodes
1982 Hart to Hart Laela 1 episode
1983 Casablanca Celia 1 episode
1983 T. J. Hooker Lorraine Daggett 1 episode
1983 Oh Madeline Julie 1 episode
1983 Matt Houston Melinda 1 episode
1984; 1985 The Mike Walsh Show Guest - Herself TV series, 1 episode
1985 The Mike Walsh Show Guest - Herself with Carmen Duncan TV series, 1 episode
1986 Body Business Elizabeth Miniseries, 2 episodes
1992 Tonight Live with Steve Vizard Guest 1 episode
1996 The South Bank Show Herself 1 episode
2000, 2004 All Saints Sister O'Reilly, Mrs. Summers 2 episodes
2000 Water Rats Mrs. Clarke 1 episode
2001 Blonde Dr. Mittelstadt Miniseries
2001 This Is Your Life Herself 1 episode: Trisha Noble
2002 Burke's Backyard Herself - Celebrity Gardener 1 episode
2002 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones: Deleted Scenes Jobal Nabarrie Video
2003; 2005 Good Morning Australia Herself 1 episode
2005 Good Morning Australia Herself TV series, 1 episode
2017 The Daily Edition Herself 1 episode

Discography

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Note that all recordings are credited to Patsy Ann Noble, the name she used from start of her singing career.

Albums

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  • Just for You (1962)
  • Hits and Rarities – The Story of Patsy Ann Noble (1997)

EP

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Il Est Là Le Garçon[9]
Label: Columbia – ESRF 1506, Présence Mondiale – ESRF 1506
Format: Vinyl, 7", EP
Country: France
Released: 1964
Tracklist

  • A1 Il Est Là Le Garçon (Heartbreak Avenue)
  • A2 Tout Ce Que Je Souhaite (Accidents Will Happen)
  • B1 C'est Drôle Les Rêves (The Proud Boy)
  • B2 Ça Pourrait Changer (Don't You Ever Change Your Mind)

Singles

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  • "Like I’m in Love" (Walker & Lynn)/"I Love You So Much It Hurts" (Tillman). Recorded with orchestra under direction of Bob Young. Sydney, November 1960.
  • "Busy Lips" (Peter Allen, Chris Bell of The Allen Brothers). Recorded with The Delltones and orchestra directed by Bob Young. Sydney, January 1961.
  • "It's Always the Way" (Johnny Devlin)
  • "A Guy Who Can Mend a Broken Heart" (Lucky Starr)
  • "Good Looking Boy" (Johnny Devlin) 24 November 1961[10]
  • "I’m Not Supposed to Know" (Johnny Ashcroft, Lorna Barry, Noel Balfour). Recorded with orchestra directed by Geoff Harvey. Sydney, 1962
  • "Oh, My Little Baby Darling (I Love You)" (Joe Halford, Jay Justin)
  • "Don’t Love and Run" (Chet Clark)
  • "I’ll Be Thinking of You" (Lorna Barry, Noel Balfour)
  • "Once in a Lifetime" (Johnny Devlin)
  • "When You Find Your True Love" (Joe Halford, Ray Swinfield)
  • "Johnny One Note" (Rodgers and Hart). Recorded with accompaniments arranged & conducted by Geoff Harvey. Sydney, 1962
  • "Moon River" (Henry Mancini)
  • "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (James, Ellington, Hodges, George)
  • "I Fall to Pieces" (Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard)
  • "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen)
  • "Mama" (Cesare Andrea Bixio, Bruno Cherubini, Harold Barlow, Phil Brito)
  • "Put on a Happy Face" (Strouse, Adams)
  • "Johnny Sings a Love Song" (Joe Halford, Geoff Harvey)
  • "Hey, Look Me Over" (Leigh, Coleman)
  • "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Rodgers, Hammerstein)
  • "Misty" (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke)
  • "Don’t You Ever Change Your Mind" (Bob Barrett). Recorded with Martin Slavin & His Orchestra. London, February 1963
  • "Heartbreak Avenue" (Barratt, Dutch) April 1963
  • "Sour Grapes" (Batchelor, Roberts)
  • "I’m Nobody's Baby" – Columbia DB7008, DO4364. Recorded with Martin Slavin & His Orchestra. London, 1963
  • "Accidents Will Happen" – Columbia DB7088. b/w He Tells Me With His Eyes
  • "I Did Nothing Wrong" – Columbia DB7258, DO4475. Recorded with orchestra arranged and conducted by Ivor Raymonde. London, 1963
  • "I Was Only Foolin' Myself" (Bob Barratt). Recorded with orchestra arranged and conducted by Martin Slavin. London, 1963
  • "Ordinary Love" (Slavin-Gail-Rose). Recorded with orchestra arranged and conducted by Norrie Paramor. London, 1963
  • "It's Better to Cry Today"
  • "Don’t Tell Him I Told You"
  • "He Who Rides A Tiger" - Polydor BM 56054, side A, mono, 7" 45rpm vinyl. (music by Trevor Peacock / words by Gordon Waine) Musical director Peter Jeffries. England, June 1965. Used prominently in the 1960's UK television series Danger Man (known as Secret Agent in the U.S.), in the third season finale episode "Not So Jolly Roger", first aired on 7 April 1966. Therein Noble herself plays a disc jockey, Susie Wade, at a pirate radio station, interestingly located on an abandoned WWII Maunsell Fort (offshore gunnery platform) named Red Sands Fort (that actually housed pirate radio station Radio 390 at that time, from 1965-1967). "He Who Rides a Tiger" peaked at No. 21 on the British Top 30, and No. 15 on Australia's Top 40. Coupled with "City of Night".
  • "City of Night" - Polydor BM 56054, side B, mono, 7" 45rpm vinyl. (music by Peter Jeffries / words by Gordon Waine) Musical director Peter Jeffries. England, June 1965. Coupled with "He Who Rides A Tiger".
  • "Live for life" (as Trisha Noble)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 8 February 1944. p. 8. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  2. ^ "buster noble july 1990 - Google Search". Google.com.au. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b "WW2 Nominal Roll – Service Record – Name:Noble, Clarence Lancelot". Commonwealth of Australia. 2002. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d Veitch, Harriet (8 May 2007). "The Song and Dance Act that Led to the Vegemite Ad: Helen De Paul, (1921–2007)". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 15 November 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d e Eder, Bruce. "Patsy Ann Noble". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Patsy Ann Noble'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 6 August 2004. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  7. ^ Vagg, Stephen (14 July 2019). "Australian Singers Turned Actors". Filmink.
  8. ^ "Trisha Noble, ‘Star Wars’ actress and singer, reportedly dead at 76", New York Times, February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021
  9. ^ "Patsy Ann Noble – Il Est Là Le Garçon". Discogs. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  10. ^ Noel McGrath's Australian Encyclopedia of Rock Outback Press, Victoria, Australia 1978 ISBN 9780868882161
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