Dina Browne

Dina Browne (born Dina Heslop)[1] is an Australian television personality, well known as the host of the BTQ7's children's program Dina And Percy.[2]

Browne was raised in South Africa[3] and Swaziland,[1] and attended the University of Natal. She taught in Africa before moving to Australia.[3]

Theatre and television career

She was a founding member of the Australian Community Theatre, which toured South East Queensland in the early 70s.[4] Browne worked as a reporter and "weather girl" for BTQ7, although she was prevented from becoming a newsreader at a time when only men read the news.[3]

She was also a contributor to the national This Week Has Seven Days before becoming a producer for later shows like the Logie Award-winning Wombat.[2]

Browne won a Logie Award for Most Popular Female (Queensland) three times – in 1972, 1973, and 1974.[5]

Later work

She was Commissioner on the Queensland Criminal Justice Commission for six years and later a Commissioner for Police Service Reviews. Browne has served on a number of boards and advisory panels including the Board of the Australian Children's Television Foundation as the Queensland Government representative, Queensland Museum Board of Trustees, and was National chairman and a director of The Order of Australia Association. Since 2012, she has worked as a marriage celebrant.[3]

Awards

Browne won a United Nations Media Peace Award in 1989. She was made an Officer in the Order of Australia in 1993 for her services to children's television.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Film Commission (1999). "Shared Vision, Women in Television".
  2. 1 2 "50 Years of BTQ7". Retrieved 2013-05-11.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "About Dina Browne".
  4. ↑ "Kurt's Theatre". Retrieved 2013-05-11.
  5. ↑ "THE TV WEEK "LOGIE" AWARDS". Retrieved 2013-05-16.


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