{{Short description|Australian comedian}} {{BLP sources|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Tracy Harvey | birth_name = Tracy | citizenship = Australia | occupation = Comedian TV presenter Actor Writer }} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}

'''Tracy Harvey''' is a comedian, TV presenter, actor and writer from Melbourne, Australia.

==Biography == Harvey appeared in 'Movement' a web series, ''The Comedy Company'',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OYRPAH2FrfcC&q=comedian+%22tracy+harvey%22&pg=PA102|title=The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television|last1=Moran|first1=Albert|last2=Keating|first2=Chris|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2009|isbn=9780810870222|pages=102}}</ref> ''The Gillies Report'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127536417|title=INSIDE STORIES THE ALMOST MAX GILLIES SHOW|date=10 November 1985|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995)|access-date=28 August 2018|pages=48|via=Trove}}</ref> ''The Big Gig'', ''Hey Hey It's Saturday'' ''Smallest Room in the House'', ''Bert Newton Midday Show'', ''The Pack of Women'', ''COPP This!'', ''Waterfront'' (a miniseries), ''Dead Gorgeous'' and TVC's for Sussan, Myer and Pfizer.

Harvey was a weekly co-host on the Derek Guille program on 774 ABC Melbourne.

Harvey was a member of the alternative comedy breakfast panel radio show Punter to Punter with Trevor Marmalade and Dr Turf. The show was aired on 3XY and 3RRR on Saturday mornings after the Coodabeen Champions during the 1980s.

Harvey played Tammy in The Whittle Family, touring nationally and at Melbourne's Last Laugh Theatre Restaurant.<ref name="Last Laugh">{{cite news|url=http://fools.abc.net.au/essay/alternate.htm|publisher= ABC TV |author=Peter Milne|title=The Comedy Alternative -Fools' Paradise|access-date=2009-04-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132373811|title=the good times|last=Cook|first=Virginia|date=24 October 1985|work=The Canberra Times|access-date=28 August 2018|pages=1|via=Trove}}</ref>

Harvey has written, 'Dear Mum, I'm on the Telly' published by Penguin Books and a weekly column for The Age.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130553511|title=Please stop showing off, Don|last=Elliot|first=Helen|date=27 May 1995|work=The Canberra Times|access-date=28 August 2018|pages=58}}</ref>

Harvey wrote and appeared in PRICK the Musical<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2013/04/08/3731876.htm|title=Martin Hughes, Simon Munnery, Tracy Harvey, John Wood|last=Standish|first=John|date=8 April 2013|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|language=en-AU|access-date=28 August 2018}}</ref> and Call Girl the Musical<ref name="Call Girl">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/taking-time-to-answer-the-call/2008/10/23/1224351405682.html|publisher= The Age newspaper|author=Fiona Scott-Norman|title=Taking Time to answer the call|date=24 October 2008|access-date=2009-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stagewhispers.com.au/news/tracy-harvey|title=TRACY HARVEY|last=Drouyan|first=Coral|website=Stage Whispers|language=en|access-date=28 August 2018}}</ref>

In 2006 she appeared in the panel discussion "Are women funny?" along with Denise Scott and Shaun Micallief as part of the Williamstown Literary Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/money/tracy-bares-her-naked-ambition-20060516-ge2bx6.html|title=Tracy bares her naked ambition|last1=Money|first1=Lawrence|last2=Carbone|first2=Suzanne|date=16 May 2006|website=The Age|language=en|access-date=28 August 2018}}</ref>

In 2015, Harvey composed and directed ''Out of the Blue'', a swimming musical.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theatrepeople.com.au/out-of-the-blue/|title=Out of the Blue|last=Burgin|first=Ellen|date=13 December 2013|website=Theatrepeople|access-date=28 August 2018}}</ref> She also played Lois Pickett in ''The Dressmaker'', directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse the same year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba650f8f1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829072055/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba650f8f1|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 August 2018|title=Tracy Harvey|work=BFI|access-date=28 August 2018|language=en}}</ref>

In 2019, Harvey composed and directed ''Galapagos'', a musical<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/galapagos-the-musical-1 |title=Galapagos! the Musical {{!}} Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2019 |website=comedyfestival.com.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711044449/https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/galapagos-the-musical-1 |archive-date=2019-07-11}}</ref> that attempted to discuss the discovery of evolution on the island of Galapagos. The show opened at the Melba Spiegeltent,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://themelbaspiegeltent.com/whats-on/shows/article/13/galapagos.html |title=Shows – Melba Spiegeltent {{!}} Galapagos! The Musical |website=themelbaspiegeltent.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711044446/https://themelbaspiegeltent.com/whats-on/shows/article/13/galapagos.html |archive-date=2019-07-11}}</ref> Collingwood as part of the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artsreview.com.au/micf-galapagos-the-musical/|title = MICF: Galapagos! The Musical|date = 2 April 2019}}</ref><ref>https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/funny-tonne/rachel-hyland/reviews/galapagos-the-musical-1 Retrieved 2019</ref><ref>https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/filipino/en/audiotrack/filipino-actor-villain-galapagos-musical, Retrieved 2019</ref>

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==External links== * [http://blogs.abc.net.au/victoria/2009/05/derek-and-tracy.html Tracy on the Derek Guille Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217195600/http://blogs.abc.net.au/victoria/2009/05/derek-and-tracy.html |date=17 December 2009 }}

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