Graeme Blundell

Blundell was born on 7 April 1945 in Melbourne; he grew up in the suburb of Clifton Hill. He was educated at Merrilands College and Coburg High School, where he served as a Prefect. He then studied arts at the University of Melbourne, where he resided at Ormond College and became involved in student theatre. He has a younger brother, Dennis, and two younger sisters, Margaret and Kathryn.{{cite web|title=Graeme Blundell|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/talkingheads/txt/s2605233.htm|website=Talking Heads|access-date=26 November 2015|date=29 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403132831/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/talkingheads/txt/s2605233.htm|archive-date=3 April 2015}}

In his early years, Blundell worked at La Mama Theatre, the Pram Factory, Hoopla, the Playbox Theatre Company, and the Melbourne Theatre Company. He directed and acted in the premiere performance of Jack Hibberd's play Dimboola at La Mama. His first television appearance was as an uncredited extra in the debut episode of Homicide (1964). He is best known as playing the title character in the 1973 sex-comedy film Alvin Purple and its 1974 sequel, Alvin Rides Again.{{cite news|last1=Buckmaster|first1=Luke|title=Alvin Purple rewatched – the raunchy heart of 1970s Ozploitation films|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/australia-culture-blog/2014/oct/24/alvin-purple-rewatching-classic-australian-films|access-date=26 November 2015|work=The Guardian|date=24 October 2014}}{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/australian-movie-stars/|title=Australian Movie Stars|date=August 18, 2019}}

He has written extensively in The Australian newspaper as well as writing biographies of Brett Whiteley (Brett Whiteley: An Unauthorised Life, 1996, with his then wife Margot Hilton), and Graham Kennedy.{{Cite book | title=Whiteley: An Unauthorised Life | author1=Hilton, Margot| author2=Blundell, Graeme | year=1996 | publisher=Macmillan }}

From March 2011, Blundell hosted Sunday Night at the Movies with Graeme Blundell on Foxtel's Fox Classics channel.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

On 29 January 2015, Margaret Pomeranz signed with Foxtel to present a new film and television program on Foxtel Arts, along with Graeme Blundell, a series called Screen.{{Cite news|url = http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/margaret-pomeranz-to-join-foxtel-20150128-130cb3.html|title = Margaret Pomeranz to join Foxtel|date = 29 January 2015|access-date = 25 August 2015|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|last = Koziol|first = Michael}}{{cite magazine|title=Foxtel signs Margaret Pomeranz |magazine=IF Magazine| date=28 January 2015 | url=https://www.if.com.au/foxtel-signs-margaret-pomeranz/ | access-date=17 February 2021}} The series was renewed in 2018.{{cite web | title=Screen returns to Foxtel Arts in March | website=Ryno's TV | date=15 February 2018 | url=https://rynostv.com/screen-returns-to-foxtel-arts-in-march/ | access-date=17 February 2021}} {{as of|2021}}, Blundell continues to appear in Screen, and past episodes are uploaded to YouTube.{{YouTube|custom=ScreenonFoxtelArts|title=Screen on Foxtel Arts}} He is also TV writer for The Australian newspaper.{{cite news|work=The Australian|date=5 February 2021|title=Aftertaste: big fish bombs in a small pond|first=Graeme|last=Blundell|series=Review|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review}}

Blundell has been married to playwright Kerry Dwyer,{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/the-naked-truth-a-life-in-paris-20081011-gdsyc2.html|title = The Naked Truth: A Life in Paris|date = 10 October 2008}} author Margot Hilton, and journalist Susan Kurosawa.{{cite news|last1=Sullivan|first1=Jane|title=Across a crowded room ...|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/18/1192300951370.html?page=fullpage|access-date=26 November 2015|work=The Age|date=20 October 2007}}

• Brett Whiteley: An Unauthorised Life, with Margot Hilton (Macmillan, 1996)
• King: The Life and Comedy of Graham Kennedy (Pan Macmillan, 2003)
• Australian Theatre: Backstage with Graeme Blundell (edited) (Oxford University Press, 1997)
• The Naked Truth: A Life in Parts (Hachette Australia, 2008)
• The Australian newspaper - TV writer

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