Sue McIntosh

{{Short description|Australian actress}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Sue McIntosh

| birth_name = Sue Menlove

| occupation = Actress, television presenter, journalist

| spouse = {{plainlist|

  • {{marriage|Terence Donovan|1965|1973|end=div}}
  • {{marriage|John McIntosh|1974}}

}}

| children = 4, including Jason Donovan and Stephanie McIntosh

| awards = Logie Award Most Popular Female for Victoria (1971)

| other_names = Sue Donovan

}}

Sue McIntosh (née Menlove) is an Australian television actress, presenter and journalist.

Career

During the 1960s and 1970s, McIntosh was an actress who worked in British and Australian television. Her early credits include a 1965 episode of The Benny Hill Show from its run on BBC Television, Where the Bullets Fly (1966) and hosting the children's show Adventure Island from 1969 to 1972.

In the 1970s she also featured on The Paul Hogan Show,[http://blog.televisionau.com/2009/04/1979-april-28-may-4.html TV Times 28 April 1979] at TelevisionAU The Graham Kennedy Show, The Ernie Sigley Show, The Don Lane Show, The Mike Walsh Show and The Ted Hamilton Show.[http://www.theage.com.au/news/carbone--money/who-just-made-an-extra-million-bucks/2007/06/21/1182019284393.html?page=2 Hinch re: Ted Hamilton] The Age - Carbone & Money Later she was the host of Take 5 and You Me and Education.

Her acting credits include Matlock Police, Division 4, Homicide and Prisoner.

McIntosh was also a news presenter on ABC News Victoria.

During the early 2000 period McIntosh made a much long-awaited return to TV with her own community TV based show from Melbourne titled Sue McIntosh Presents (2001-2002) where she interviewed a number of showbiz friends whom she has been friends with over the years, her most noted guest being Olivia Newton-John during 2001.

Filmography

Film

class="wikitable"
Title

! Year

! Role

! Type

1966Where the Bullets FlyCelia (as Sue Donovan)Feature film, UK

Television

class="wikitable"
Title

! Year

! Role

! Type

1956

| ABC News

| Herself – Newsreader

| TV series

1965

| The Benny Hill Show

| Various roles (as Sue Donovan)

| TV series UK, 1 episode

1966

| The Baron

| Pia Vallachio (as Sue Donovan)

| TV series UK, 1 episode

1969

| The Cheerful Cuckold

| Sybil Morton (as Sue Donovan)

| ABC Teleplay

1969–1972

| Adventure Island

| Herself – Host

| ABC TV series, 876 episodes

1970
1972

| Homicide

| Susan Blake / Karen (as Sue Donovan)

| TV series, 2 episodes

1970
1973

| Division 4

| Margaret Fraser / Patty (as Sue Donovan)

| TV series, 2 episodes

1970

| Sounds Like Us

| Herself (as Sue Donovan)

| TV series, 1 episode

1970

| The Mike Walsh Show

| Herself (as Sue Donovan)

| TV series, 9 episodes

1971

| The 13th Annual TV Week Logie Awards

| Herself (as Sue Donovan)

| TV special

1972

| Matlock Police

| unknown role (as Sue Donovan)

| TV series

1973

| The Graham Kennedy Show

| Herself (as Sue Donovan)

| TV series, 85 episodes

1974

| This Love Affair

| unknown role (as Sue Donovan)

| TV series, 1 episode

1974

| And the Big Men Fly

| Hostess (as Sue Donovan)

| ABC TV series, 6 episodes

1974–1976

| The Ernie Sigley Show

| Herself (as Sue Donovan)

| TV series, 129 episodes

1975–1983

| The Don Lane Show

| Herself (as Sue Donovan)

| TV series

1976

| Ernie

| Herself (as Sue Donovan)

| TV series

1977–1984

| The Paul Hogan Show

| Herself / Various characters (as Sue Donovan)

| TV series

1978; 1980

| The Mike Walsh Show

| Guest - Herself

| TV series, 1 episode

1979

| Prisoner

| TV Interviewer (as Sue Donovan)

| TV series, 2 episodes

1980; 1983

| The Mike Walsh Show

| Guest - Herself

| TV series, 1 episode

1980

| The Prophersies of Hoges

| Herself in Various characters

| TV Special

1980

| The Ted Hamilton Show

| Herself (as Sue Donovan)

| TV series, 4 episodes

1981

| Channel Nine Celebrates: 25 Years Of Television

| Herself in audience

| TV special

1981

| Six Tonight

| Presenter

| TV series, 1 episode

1983

| The Mike Walsh Show

| Guest - Herself with Liz Harris

| TV series, 1 episode

1984

| The Paul Hogan Show

| Herself (as Sue Donovan / McIntosh)

| TV series, 1 episode

2001–2002

| Sue McIntosh Presents

| Herself - Presenter / Interviewer (as Sue McIntosh)

| TV series

2001

| An Audience with John Farnham

| Herself as audience member with Olivia Newton-John

| TV Special

2002

| Today

| Herself as 'Hair' audience member

| TV series, 1 episode

2009

| Lights! Camera! Party! Television City Celebrates

| Herself - Audience Guest (as Sue McIntosh)

| TV special

2022

| The Morning Show

| Herself – Voice over on her friend Olivia Newton-John (as Sue McIntosh)

| TV series, 1 episode

Awards

As Sue Donovan, she received the Victorian Most Popular Female Logie Award for 1971.

Personal life

McIntosh was known prior to the mid-1970s as Sue Donovan, from her marriage to actor Terence Donovan, which started in 1965 and ended in divorce in 1973. Their son is Australian actor/singer Jason Donovan, from whom she is estranged. Her maiden name was Menlove, as confirmed in the BBC1 program Who Do You Think You Are?, broadcast on 30 August 2010. She has been married to John McIntosh since 1974. They have three daughters: Katherine, Olivia and actress Stephanie McIntosh.{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/jason-donovan-sold-his-family-out-for-cash/story-e6frfmqi-1226005657298 |title=Jason Donovan 'sold his family out for cash', claims mum Sue McIntosh |date=14 February 2011 |publisher=News.com.au |access-date=20 June 2014}}

References

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