# Judy Banks

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{{Short description|Australian television presenter (1935–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}}
{{sources|biography|date=January 2022}}
{{infobox person
| name= Judy Banks
| birth_place= [Melbourne, Victoria](/source/Melbourne%2C_Victoria), Australia
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|6|19|df=y}}
| death_place= Australia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|1|22|1935|6|19|df=y}}
| occupation = Actress, TV presenter
}}

'''Judy Banks''' (19 June 1935 – 22 January 2022<ref name="TVAU">{{cite web|url=https://televisionau.com/2022/01/obituary-judy-banks.html|title=Obituary: Judy Banks|date=23 January 2022 }}</ref>) was an Australian television presenter and actress of stage and screen, singer and pioneering children's TV host. She started her career in musical theatre from the early 1950s and was an early star on Melbourne television.

==Life and career==
Banks was born in [Melbourne, Victoria](/source/Melbourne%2C_Victoria). She started her career as a stage actress, playing the juvenile leads in many musicals in the early 1950s, including ''[Salad Days](/source/Salad_Days_(musical))'', ''[Lock Up Your Daughters](/source/Lock_Up_Your_Daughters_(musical))'' and ''[Free As Air](/source/Free_as_Air)''. She moved to television with guest roles in ''[In Melbourne Tonight](/source/In_Melbourne_Tonight)'', ''[Saturday Party](/source/Saturday_Party)'', ''[Personally Yours](/source/Personally_Yours)'', ''[Be My Guest](/source/Be_My_Guest_(Australian_TV_series))'' and ''Musical Cash Box'' before hosting her own series, ''Four for the Show'', for four years. She was the co-director of TV World, the Australian Museum of Modern Media, alongside her husband.<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/TV--Radio/History-of-the-box/2005/04/26/1114462032868.html "History of the box repeated", ''The Age''.]</ref> 

Banks was best known as co-presenter of the children's variety program ''[Fredd Bear's Breakfast-A-Go-Go](/source/Fredd_Bear's_Breakfast-A-Go-Go)'' (1969-71) and, later, an afternoon show called ''Fredd Bear's Super Cartoon Show'' in 1972. She briefly worked as a presentation announcer for radio. She also had guest starring acting roles in many series, including ''[Homicide](/source/Homicide_(Australian_TV_series))'', ''[The Flying Doctors](/source/The_Flying_Doctors)'' and ''[City Homicide](/source/City_Homicide)''. She ran her own talent and media school and also presented a radio program called ''Sugar and Spice''.

==Family==
Banks was married to TV producer Bob Phillips and was the mother of Australian international relations academic Andrew Phillips.<ref name="tvtonight">{{cite web |title=Vale: Judy Banks |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/01/vale-judy-banks.html |website=TV Tonight |date=23 January 2022 |access-date=23 January 2022 |language=en-AU}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{|class="wikitable"
| Title
| Year
| Role
|-
| ''Peters Club'' (TV series)
| 1958
| Self
|-
| ''[Saturday Party](/source/Saturday_Party)''
| 1959
| Self
|-
| ''Don't Argue'' (TV series)
| 1959
| Self
|-
| ''Two's Company'' (TV series)
| 1959
| Self
|-
| ''[Be My Guest](/source/Be_My_Guest_(Australian_TV_series))''
| 1961
| Self
|-
| ''[Personally Yours](/source/Personally_Yours)'' (TV series)
| 1962
| Self (The Judy Banks Show)
|-
| ''Four for the Show'' (TV series)
| 1963
|- 
|  ''Australian Playhouse''
| 1967
| Theatre role
|-
| ''[In Melbourne Tonight](/source/In_Melbourne_Tonight)''
| 1969
| Self (3 episodes)
|-
| ''Musical Cashbox''
| 1969
| Billed as herself
|-
| ''[Fredd Bear's Breakfast-A-Go-Go](/source/Fredd_Bear's_Breakfast-A-Go-Go)''
| 1969-1971
| Hostess/presenter
|-
| ''Homicide'' (TV series) 
| 1973
| Girlfriend
|-
| ''[The Flying Doctors](/source/The_Flying_Doctors)''
| 1991
| Margaret MacMahon
|-
|  ''Dallkeith''
|  2001
|  Doris
|-
| ''Dreams for Life''
| 2004
| June
|-
|  ''Brigit and Benny: A Modern Faerietale'' (TV series)
| 2005
| Grandmother
|-
| ''[City Homicide](/source/City_Homicide)''
| 2007
| Doris Croker
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://judybanksschool.com  Judy Banks School of Television]
*{{IMDb name|1092504}}

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Category:1935 births
Category:2022 deaths
Category:Australian television presenters
Category:Australian women television presenters
Category:Television personalities from Melbourne

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