Edith Bliss
{{short description|Australian singer and television presenter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Edith Bliss
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| caption = (back row l-r) Brett Clements, Edith Bliss, Malinda Rutter, Phillip Tanner (front row) Simon Townsend and a dog
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| birth_name = Eda Bliss
| alias = Edith Tanner
| birth_date = {{birth date|1959|9|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Brisbane, Australia
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|5|3|1959|9|28|df=y}}
| death_place = Sydney, Australia
| genre = Pop music
| occupations = Singer, television presenter
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Edith Bliss (28 September 1959 – 3 May 2012){{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43722115|title=Bliss is making a new record.|newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly|location=Sydney|date=2 January 1980 |accessdate=3 May 2012|page=10|publisher=National Library of Australia}} was an Australian singer and television presenter.Atterton, Margot. (Ed.) The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Australian Showbiz, Sunshine Books, 1984. {{ISBN|0-86777-057-0}}, p. 86.{{cite web|last=Mccabe |first=Kathy |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/music/aussie-pop-singer-edith-bliss-dies/story-e6frexl9-1226345777326|title=Aussie pop singer Edith Bliss dies |work=The Daily Telegraph|location=Australia|date=25 February 2010|accessdate=3 May 2012}}
Biography
She was born Eda Bliss in Brisbane and studied at the University of Queensland, she briefly worked as a kindergarten teacher before moving to Sydney in 1979. There she initially worked as manager of an upmarket shoe store in Bondi. In 1979, she reportedly accompanied a friend to provide moral support at a singing audition, and she was asked to also audition. She did, and won a contract with ATV Northern Publishing. Under the supervision of Chris Gilbey she began recording. Later that year she released her debut single, "If It's Love You Want", on the Grundy Organisation "GO" label, which peaked at #24 on the Australian chart.{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St. Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|edition=Illustrated|page=37|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} She subsequently released two more singles, "Heart of Stone" (#86 Aus) and "Two Single Beds" (#79 Aus), before releasing the album Sheer Bliss, in 1980. "If It's Love You Want", released in November 1979, was written by Allan Caswell and Brian Caswell.Bliss indeed. The Age: 2 November 1979, p. 2.
On the verge of releasing a new single, written by Steve Kilbey of The Church, Bliss opted for a career in television. She was employed as a reporter on the children's series Simon Townsend's Wonder World which began in 1979. In 1984 Bliss and another reporter, Phillip Tanner, reported from Rome for Wonder World.Watson, Bronwyn. "Young guide" column. The Sydney Morning Herald "The Guide" supplement: 17 September 1984, p. 16. In 1993 she was a panel member on TVTV.{{Cite news |last=Warneke |first= Ross |date=1993-04-01 |title= 'TVTV': lightweight, down-market turkey |work= The Age |url=}}
Bliss later married Wonder World sound mixer, Mark Tanner; they had four children, Eden, Madison, Harrison and Lawson. In 2006, she appeared (under her married name) as a contestant on the final episode of game show Wheel of Fortune, and won.
She also appeared on Where Are They Now? on the Seven Network, for a Wonder World reunion in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/hotel-booking/2006/04/15/1144521541368.html|title=Hotel booking|author=Michael Idato|accessdate=23 January 2010|date=17 April 2006|work=The Sydney Morning Herald}} During 2007 an appearance on Channel 9 retrospective series What a Year she would make her final TV appearance to chat about her brief music career. She died of lung cancer in 2012.[http://www.noise11.com/news/edith-bliss-to-be-farewelled-in-sydney-wednesday-20120508 Edith Bliss to be farewelled in Sydney], noise11.com. Retrieved 1 July 2015.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2350512/bio, IMDb. Retrieved 1 March 2017. {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}
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External links
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Category:Australian women television presenters
Category:University of Queensland alumni