Nancy Knudsen

Nancy Knudsen
Born1940 (age 84–85)
Mareeba, Queensland, Australia
Occupation(s)TV announcer, actress, businesswoman, and journalist

Nancy Knudsen (born 1940) is an Australian retired TV announcer, actress, businesswoman, and journalist. She was named Miss Queensland in 1959 and received the Logie award for the most popular female personality in Queensland in 1961.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Knudsen was born in Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.[2] She then completed her Master of Arts in Writing and Literature at Deakin University.[4]

Career

Knudsen started her career after receiving the title of Miss Queensland in 1959 as a TV announcer and producer at the BTQ Channel 7 in Brisbane.[5][6]

In 1963, she left the position and started acting, and her acting credits include Homicide (1964), Skippy (1969), Color me Dead (1969), and Wake in Fright (1971).[7][8]

In 1976, she started a travel company called Sydney Express, the first of several travel agencies and later sold.[7][9][10] In 1984, Nancy founded Air cruising Australia and Bill Peach Tours, and became the only living female chair of a public company in Australia.[11]

In 2003, Knudsen started sailing around the world with her husband, Ted Nobbs, on a 46ft yacht, returning to Australia in 2008.[12][13]

In 2011, she became a councillor of Dungog Shire and later became Mayor in 2017.[14][15][16]

Recognition

Knudsen became Miss Queensland in 1959 and received the Logie award for the most popular female personality in Queensland in 1961.[1][2][8] Knudsen was one of the finalists for Miss Australia in 1959.[17] Knudsen received the Telstra Business Owner of the Year award for developing and branding her company, Knudsen Enterprises, in 1998.[8] In 2007, she received a Seamanship Award from the Ocean Cruising Club of Australia and won a Cruising Trophy for the 2011 Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.[18]

Publications

  • 2013: Accidentally Istanbul.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b "Meet multi-million Nancy". smharchives.smedia.com.au. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Nancy Knudsen". smharchives.smedia.com.au. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Australian Television: 1959-1961 Logie Awards". www.australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  4. ^ Austlit. "Nancy Knudsen | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  5. ^ "MISS AUSTRALIA FINALISTS ON PARADE". Canberra Times. 22 August 1959. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Television comes to South East Queensland (1959) | State Library Of Queensland". www.slq.qld.gov.au. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  7. ^ a b "TV star Nancy Knudsen releases new book Accidentally Istanbul".
  8. ^ a b c "Love affair leads to Turkish delight". PerthNow. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Nancy Knudsen ยป HerBusiness". HerBusiness. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  10. ^ "See-it-all outback tours by private air charter". Canberra Times. 20 February 1984. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  11. ^ "A DIFFERENT TACK" (PDF).
  12. ^ "Sydney International Boat Show opens in nine days". www.sail-world.com. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  13. ^ "Cruising". Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  14. ^ Mexon, Michelle (20 June 2017). "New mayor calmly getting on with the job". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  15. ^ Mexon, Michelle (20 June 2017). "New mayor calmly getting on with the job". Dungog Chronicle. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  16. ^ Mexon, Michelle (1 May 2017). "Dungog votes "No" to a merger". The Advertiser - Cessnock. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  17. ^ "Miss Australia Finalists To Arrive To-day". Canberra Times. 21 August 1959. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  18. ^ "Sail-World Journalist Wins Seamanship Award". www.sail-world.com. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  19. ^ Knudsen, Nancy (2011). Shooting stars and flying fish: swapping the boardroom for the seven seas. Crows Nest, N.S.W: Arena. ISBN 978-1-74237-665-3. OCLC 710044148.
  20. ^ "Search results for Allen - Brisbane City Council Library Services - OverDrive". Brisbane City Council Library Services. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  21. ^ "Deakin University / All Locations". library2.deakin.edu.au. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  22. ^ Knudsen, Nancy; Giese, Diana (2016). Accidentally Istanbul. Barracks Street, Sydney: Tamejin Publishing Australia. ISBN 978-0-9945093-0-7. OCLC 936082066.