Anne Wills
{{Short description|Australian television and radio presenter}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1944|10|3}}
| birth_place = Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
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| nationality = Australian
| occupation = Television personality/presenter, weather presenter, radio presenter
| years_active = 1964–present
| employer = Nine Network
| nickname = Willsy
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- {{marriage|Graham Smith|c.1970|c.1974|end=divorced}}
- {{marriage|Michael Fenwick |1976|1980|end=died}}
- {{marriage|Peter Robinson|1988|c. 1995|end=divorced}}
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Anne Shirley Wills {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 3 October 1944) is an Australian television and radio personality based in Adelaide. Wills holds the record for the most number of Logies won by a person in the history of the awards, winning 19 Most Popular State Personality Logies, and one as producer of Clapperboard.
Background
Wills was born in Wangaratta, Victoria in October 1944. When she was three years old, her family moved to Ocean Island in the Pacific Ocean, now known as Banaba Island and part of Kiribati, and lived there until the family moved to Adelaide in 1963.{{cite news |last1=Penberthy |first1=David |title=Anne Wills reflects on her remarkable life |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/anne-wills-reflects-on-her-remarkable-life/news-story/4b2d09e4ef46dc9eb0680caad79b4850 |accessdate=11 June 2018 |work=The Advertiser|location=Adelaide |date=28 July 2012}}
Career
Wills was spotted by Channel 9 executives during the 1964 Telethon Quest, and was offered the job of weather girl on NWS9, beginning in July 1965.
As well as appearing on a number of national television programs such as In Melbourne Tonight,{{fact|date=April 2018}} Beauty and the Beast, The Bert Newton Show and Good Morning Australia, Wills has presented and appeared on many Adelaide based TV programs, including Adelaide Tonight, The Penthouse Club, AM Adelaide, Movie Scene, Christmas Telethon, Pot Luck and Close Up with Willsy. She was also the weather presenter for SAS for a number of years and, as of November 2013, has a regular weekly afternoon segment on Adelaide AM radio station FiveAA, featuring celebrity gossip.
Wills is known for her love of over-the-top earrings. Wills also commonly appears in pub quiz nights
Recordings
Wills recorded an album Colour My World which was released on Graham Morphett's Adelaide-based Raven label (cat. RNLP 084) which was a subsidiary of the Nationwide label in 1972.NFSA - [https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-04/Australian%20Vinyl%20Record%20Catalogue_Part4_U-Z.pdf Page 97 Collection guide: U-Z, Anne WILLS LP "Colour My World" 1972 Raven RNLP 084]Australian Record labels - [https://australianrecordlabels.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Indie-labels-2-1.pdf Page 53 NATIONWIDE / RAVEN / E.M.S.] It didn't get a great amount of attention.SALIFE, 17 June 2021 - [https://www.indailysa.com.au/salife/people-and-places/2021/06/18/anne-wills-sas-favourite-television-icon-on-life-love-and-that-bikini Anne Wills: SA’s favourite television icon on life, love and that bikini]
= Awards and recognition =
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2485946}}
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Category:Australian television presenters
Category:Australian women television presenters
Category:People from Victoria (state)