# Tracy Harvey
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{{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](/source/Melbourne), Australia.
==Biography ==
Harvey appeared in 'Movement' a web series, ''[The Comedy Company](/source/The_Comedy_Company)'',[{{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}}] ''[The Gillies Report](/source/The_Gillies_Report)'',[{{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}}] ''[The Big Gig](/source/The_Big_Gig)'', ''[Hey Hey It's Saturday](/source/Hey_Hey_It's_Saturday)'' ''Smallest Room in the House'', ''Bert Newton Midday Show'', ''[The Pack of Women](/source/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](/source/Derek_Guille) program on [774 ABC Melbourne](/source/774_ABC_Melbourne).
Harvey was a member of the [alternative comedy](/source/alternative_comedy) breakfast panel radio show [Punter to Punter](/source/Punter_to_Punter) with [Trevor Marmalade](/source/Trevor_Marmalade) and Dr Turf. The show was aired on 3XY and [3RRR](/source/3RRR) on Saturday mornings after the [Coodabeen Champions](/source/Coodabeen_Champions) during the 1980s.
Harvey played Tammy in The Whittle Family, touring nationally and at Melbourne's Last Laugh Theatre Restaurant.[{{cite news|url=http://fools.abc.net.au/essay/alternate.htm|publisher= [ABC TV](/source/ABC_Television_(Australian_TV_network)) |author=Peter Milne|title=The Comedy Alternative -Fools' Paradise|access-date=2009-04-20}}][{{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}}]
Harvey has written, 'Dear Mum, I'm on the Telly' published by [Penguin Books](/source/Penguin_Books) and a weekly column for [The Age](/source/The_Age).[{{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}}]
Harvey wrote and appeared in PRICK the Musical[{{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}}] and [Call Girl the Musical](/source/Call_Girl_the_Musical)[{{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](/source/The_Age) newspaper|author=Fiona Scott-Norman|title=Taking Time to answer the call|date=24 October 2008|access-date=2009-04-09}}][{{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}}]
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.[{{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}}]
In 2015, Harvey composed and directed ''Out of the Blue'', a swimming musical.[{{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}}] She also played Lois Pickett in ''[The Dressmaker](/source/The_Dressmaker_(2015_film))'', directed by [Jocelyn Moorhouse](/source/Jocelyn_Moorhouse) the same year.[{{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}}]
In 2019, Harvey composed and directed ''Galapagos'', a musical[{{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}}] that attempted to discuss the discovery of evolution on the island of Galapagos. The show opened at the Melba Spiegeltent,[{{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}}] Collingwood as part of the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.[{{Cite web|url=https://artsreview.com.au/micf-galapagos-the-musical/|title = MICF: Galapagos! The Musical|date = 2 April 2019}}][https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/funny-tonne/rachel-hyland/reviews/galapagos-the-musical-1 Retrieved 2019][https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/filipino/en/audiotrack/filipino-actor-villain-galapagos-musical, Retrieved 2019]
==References==
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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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