Tracy Bartram
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Tracy Bartram (born 1959, London, UK) is an Australian comedian, radio personality and jazz singer. Although born in the UK, she grew up and resides in Melbourne, Australia.
She began performing stand-up comedy in the mid-1980’s while working in sales and marketing. Her first gig was a ten minute stand-up comedy stint at the Hilton Hotel.
Career
Radio
In 1994, Bartram joined Perth station 94.5FM and, together with Fred Botica, became part of one of the city’s greatest radio double acts. After three years she caught the attention of Melbourne’s Fox FM and co-hosted with Matt Tilley, the breakfast programme, leading the show to number one in the state, a position that was consistently held. Tracy and Matt in the Morning out-rated all other Melbourne FM radio stations for more than six years and was used as the benchmark for Austereo’s and other radio networks throughout Australia. In 2003, she left the breakfast show for a break.Her success has proved her to be one of the most powerful voices in Australian radio. She was granted the only Australian radio interview with Susan Sarandon and other famous celebrities interviewed by Bartram include Kristen Davies, Anastacia, Ronan Keating, Matt Damon, Sophie Ellis Bextor to name a few.
She is currently back on radio, joining the MIX 101.1FM team in March 2006 with the Tracy and Tim for Breakfast show (with Tim Smith).
Television
Bartram has also dabbled into television. First spotted in 1993 by producers of Perth's daytime TV show, Jenny Seaton Live and Mad About Movies, she was given regular comic reporting spots on those shows. She was also, more recently, a regular panellist on Beauty and the Beast, and has proved to be a favourite on popular TV shows including Good Morning Australia and Rove Live.Live shows
Bartram has written and produced her own shows and is highly praised for her live performances. In 1990 she launched "My Life Through the Eyes of a 60’s Child", followed in 1992 by "Lipstick on the Wattle" and in 1993 by "Tracy Bartram After Dark". Hugely successful shows continued, with sell outs in Perth and Melbourne. "Six Foot Silly and Sexy" (Adelaide, Melbourne & Perth), "Six Foot Silly and Six Months Pregnant" (Edinburgh Fringe sell out) and "Discovering My Roots", a musical performance backed by a seven piece band, was also a big hit."Raw Hide", launched for the first time in 1998, played to full houses and became one of Bartram’s biggest hits, playing three return seasons. Radio commitments prevented her from extending her stage delight "Tracy Bartram Live" in 2002, but the limited tour revealed her diversity as a performer – singer, dancer, actor and comedian. In 2003 after leaving Fox FM, she spent the next two years playing the World Premier season of "Minefields and Miniskirts", wrote her latest show, "Illegally Blonde", which went to Edinburgh in 2004, and has been active in the Corporate Speaking arena. "Illegally Blonde", premiered at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and is now booked for a 13 venue tour of Regional Victoria in June 2006.
Bartram also performs jazz shows with a live band, singing assorted cover versions of jazz and contemporary classics.
Personal life
Bartram runs a successful business named Serious Laughter – the mission of which is to change people’s lives through laughter. She is also a campaigner for animal and children’s rights – she is a patron for [The Australian Childhood Foundation] and, now in its 6th year, organises the very successful "Celebrity Garage Sale" each year.In June 2005, in light of the "not guilty" verdict handed to Michael Jackson on charges of sexual abuse of children, Bartram wrote an article in the Sunday Herald Sun, revealing that as a young girl, she had been sexually abused by a man whom she trusted.
Bartram is married with one son.
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