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Helen Maxine Reddy (25 October 194129 September 2020) was an Australian-American singer, actress, television host, and activist. Born in to a show business family, Reddy started her career as an entertainer at age four. She sang on radio and television and won a talent contest on the television program Bandstand in 1966; her prize was a ticket to New York City and a record audition, which was unsuccessful. After a short and unsuccessful singing career in New York, she eventually moved to Chicago, and subsequently, Los Angeles, where she made her debut singles "One Way Ticket" and "I Believe in Music" in 1968 and 1970, respectively. The B-side of the latter single, "I Don't Know How to Love Him", reached number eight on the pop chart of the Canadian magazine RPM. She was signed to a year later.

During the 1970s, Reddy enjoyed international success, especially in the United States, where she placed 15 singles on the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. Six made the top 10 and three reached number one, including her signature hit "I Am Woman". She placed 25 songs on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart; 15 made the top 10 and eight reached number one, six consecutively. In 1974, at the inaugural American Music Awards, she won the award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist. On television, she was the first Australian to host a one-hour weekly primetime variety show on an American network, along with specials that were seen in more than 40 countries.

Between the 1980s and 1990s, as her single "I Can't Say Goodbye to You" (1981) became her last to chart in the US, Reddy acted in musicals and recorded albums such as Center Stage before retiring from live performance in 2002. She returned to university in Australia, earned a degree, and practised as a clinical and motivational speaker. In 2011, after singing "Breezin' Along with the Breeze" with her half-sister, , for Lamond's birthday, Reddy decided to return to live performing.

Reddy's song "I Am Woman" played a significant role in popular culture, becoming an anthem for second-wave feminism. She came to be known as a "feminist poster girl" or a "feminist icon". In 2011, Billboard named her the number-28 adult contemporary artist of all time (the number-9 woman). In 2013, the dubbed her the "Queen of '70s Pop".


Early years
Helen Maxine Reddy
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was born into a well-known Australian showbusiness family in . Her mother was Stella Campbell (née Lamond), an actress, singer and dancer; her father was Maxwell David Reddy (born 1914 in Melbourne, Victoria), a writer, producer and actor. Her mother performed at the Majestic Theatre in and was best-known as a regular cast member on the television programs Homicide (1964), Bellbird (1967) and (1971). During Reddy's childhood, she was educated at and later Stratherne Girls' School in Hawthorn for a short time (mostly to study drama). Her half-sister and her nephew Tony Sheldon are actor-singers.

Reddy had Irish, Scottish and English ancestry. Her great-great-grandfather, Edward Reddy, was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1855. Her Scottish great-grandfather, Thomas Lamond, was a one-time mayor of Waterloo, New South Wales, whose patron was Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead. , a former New Zealand governor-general, is a distant cousin.

Reddy was born during World War II. Her father was a sergeant in the with a unit of entertainers, serving in with one of his actor friends, , at the time of Reddy's birth. Her father returned to service during the .

At age four, Reddy joined her parents on the Australian circuit, singing and dancing; she recalled: "It was instilled in me: 'You will be a star'. So between the ages of 12 and 17, I got rebellious and decided this was not for me. I was going to be a housewife and mother." At age 12, owing to her parents' constant touring nationwide and their arguing, Reddy went to live with her paternal aunt, Helen "Nell" Reddy, "who was her role model"; as her aunt, "she gave her niece stability, a sense of morality, and strength" for her future career as a singer who motivated women. The younger Helen's teenaged rebellion in favour of domesticity manifested as marriage to Kenneth Claude Weate, a considerably older musician and family friend; divorce ensued, and to support herself as a single mother to daughter Traci, she resumed her performing career, concentrating on singing, since health problems precluded dancing (she had a kidney removed at 17). She sang on radio and television, eventually winning a talent contest on the Australian pop music TV show Bandstand, the prize ostensibly being a trip to New York City to cut a single for . After arriving in New York in 1966, she was informed by Mercury that her prize was only the chance to "audition" for the label and that Mercury considered the Bandstand footage to constitute her audition, which was deemed unsuccessful. Despite having only and a return ticket to Australia, she decided to remain in the United States with three-year-old Traci and pursue a singing career.


Music career

1966–1968: Early career
Reddy recalled her 1966 appearance at the Three Rivers Inn in Syracuse, New York—"There were like twelve people in the audience"—as being typical of her early US performing career. Her lack of a made it difficult to obtain singing jobs and she was forced to make trips to Canada which did not require work permits for citizens of Commonwealth countries. In 1968, Martin St James, an Australian she had met in New York City, threw Reddy a party with an admission price of to enable Reddy—then down to her last —to pay her rent. On this occasion, Reddy met her future manager and husband, Jeff Wald, a 22-year-old secretary at the William Morris Agency who crashed the party. Reddy told People in 1975, "Wald didn't pay the five dollars, but it was love at first sight."

Wald recalled that Reddy and he married three days after meeting and, along with daughter Traci, the couple took up residence at the Hotel Albert in Greenwich Village. Reddy later stated that she married Wald "out of desperation over her right to work and live in the United States". According to New York Magazine, Wald was fired from William Morris soon after having met Reddy and "Helen supported them for six months doing $35-a-night hospital and charity benefits. They were so broke that they snuck out of a hotel room carrying their clothes in paper bags." Reddy recalled: "When we did eat, it was , and we spent what little money we had on cockroach spray." They left New York City for Chicago, where Wald landed a job as talent coordinator at Mister Kelly's. While in Chicago, Reddy gained a reputation singing in local lounges, including Mister Kelly's, and in 1968 she landed a deal with , a division of major-label Chicago-based . Her first single, "One Way Ticket", on Fontana was not an American hit but it did give Reddy her first appearance on any chart as it peaked at number 83 in her native Australia.


1969–1975: "I Am Woman" era and stardom
Within a year, Wald moved Reddy and Traci to Los Angeles, where he was hired at , the label under which Reddy was to attain stardom; however, Wald was hired and fired the same day. At the same time, in 1969, Reddy enrolled at the University of California Los Angeles to study psychology and philosophy part-time.

Reddy became frustrated as Wald found success managing acts such as and Tiny Tim without making any evident effort to promote her; after 18 months of career inactivity, Reddy gave Wald an ultimatum: "he must either revitalise her career or get out... Jeff threw himself into his new career as Mr. Helen Reddy. Five months of phone calls to Capitol Records executive Artie Mogull finally paid off; Mogull agreed to let Helen cut one single if Jeff promised not to call for a month. She did "I Believe in Music" penned by backed with "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar. The A-side fell flat, but then some Canadian DJs flipped the record over and it became a hit – number 13 in June 1971 – and Helen Reddy was on her way."

Reddy's stardom was solidified when her single "I Am Woman" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1972. The song was co-written by Reddy with Ray Burton; Reddy attributed the impetus for writing "I Am Woman" and her early awareness of the women's movement to expatriate Australian rock critic and pioneer feminist . Reddy is quoted in 's The Billboard Book of Number One Hits as having said that she was looking for songs to record which reflected the positive self-image she had gained from joining the women's movement but could not find any, so "I realised that the song I was looking for didn't exist, and I was going to have to write it myself." "I Am Woman" first appeared on her debut album I Don't Know How to Love Him, released in May 1971. A new recording of the song was released as a single in May 1972 but barely dented the charts. Female listeners soon adopted the song as an anthem and began requesting it from their local radio stations in droves, resulting in its September chart re-entry and eventual number-one peak. "I Am Woman" earned Reddy a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. At the awards ceremony, Reddy concluded her acceptance speech by famously thanking God "because She makes everything possible". The success of "I Am Woman" made Reddy the first Australian singer to top the US charts. In 2025, the Library of Congress selected "I Am Woman" for inclusion as a single in the National Recording Registry.

Three decades after her Grammy, Reddy discussed the song's iconic status: "I think it came along at the right time. I'd gotten involved in the women's movement, and there were a lot of songs on the radio about being weak and being dainty and all those sort of things. All the women in my family, they were strong women. They worked. They lived through the Depression and a world war, and they were just strong women. I certainly didn't see myself as being dainty", she said.

Over the next five years following her first success, Reddy had more than a dozen US top-40 hits, including two more number-one hits. These tracks included 's "Peaceful" (number 12), the Alex Harvey ballad "" (number one), 's "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" (number three), Danny Janssen & Bobby Hart's "Keep on Singing" (number 15), Paul Williams' "You and Me Against the World" (featuring daughter Traci reciting the spoken bookends) (number 9), Alan O'Day's "" (number one), Véronique Sanson and 's "Emotion" (number 22), 's "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady" (number eight) and the Richard Kerr/-penned "Somewhere in the Night" (number 19). She also had two Australian number-one singles, while "Angie Baby" was her only UK top-40 hit.

On 23 July 1974, Reddy received a star, located at 1750 Vine Street, on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work in the music industry.

In August–September 1974, Reddy, along with and many other entertainers and performers, to perform at Expo '74 in Spokane, Washington. On Tuesday 24 September Australia held a "national day", with Reddy singing the national anthem.

In late 1975, Reddy toured East Asia, Australia and New Zealand and collected 16 gold records, including 6 gold records in Australia and 6 gold records in New Zealand.

At the height of her fame in the mid 1970s, Reddy was a headliner, with a full chorus of backup singers and dancers to standing-room-only crowds on the Las Vegas Strip. Among her opening acts were , , and . In 1976, Reddy recorded ' song "The Fool on the Hill" for the musical documentary All This and World War II.

Reddy was also instrumental in supporting the career of friend Olivia Newton-John, encouraging her to move from England to the United States in the early 1970s, giving her professional opportunities that did not exist in the UK. At a dinner party at Reddy's house, Newton-John met producer , who offered her the starring role in the hit film version of the musical Grease.


1976–1990: Career decline
Reddy was most successful on the Easy Listening chart, scoring eight number-one hits there over a three-year span, from "Delta Dawn" in 1973 to "I Can't Hear You No More" in 1976. However, the latter track evidenced a sharp drop in popularity for Reddy, with a number-29 peak on the Billboard Hot 100. Reddy's 1977 remake of 's 1964 hit "You're My World" indicated comeback potential, with a number-18 peak, but this track – co-produced by – would prove to be Reddy's last top-40 hit. Its source album, Ear Candy, Reddy's 10th album, became her first album to not attain at least gold status since her second full-length release, 1972's Helen Reddy.

In 1978, Reddy sang as a backup singer on 's solo album on the song "True Confessions". That year also saw the release of Reddy's only live album, Live in London, recorded at the .

Of Reddy's eight subsequent single releases on Capitol, five reached the Easy Listening top 50 – including "Candle on the Water", from the 1977 Disney film Pete's Dragon (which starred Reddy). Only three ranked on the Billboard Hot 100: "The Happy Girls" (number 57) – the follow-up to "You're My World", and besides "I Am Woman", Reddy's only chart item that she co-wrote – and the disco tracks "Ready or Not" (number 73) and "Make Love to Me" (number 60), the latter a cover of an Australian hit by , which gave Reddy a lone R&B chart ranking at number 59. Reddy also made it to number 98 on the Country chart with " Laissez les bon Temps Rouler", the B-side to "The Happy Girls".

Without the impetus of any major hits, Reddy's four Capitol album releases subsequent to Ear Candy failed to chart. In 1981, she said: "I signed with ten years ago ... And when you are with a company so long you tend to be taken for granted. For the last three years, I didn't feel I was getting the support from them."

May 1981 had the release of Play Me Out, Reddy's debut album for , which she said had "made me a deal we Reddy couldn't refuse"; "we shopped around and felt the most enthusiasm at MCA". Reddy's new label affiliation would result in only one minor success; her remake of 's 1979 country hit "I Can't Say Goodbye to You" returned her for the last time to the Billboard Hot 100 at number 88; it also returned Reddy to the charts in the UK and Ireland (her sole previous hit in both was "Angie Baby"). Her 14 November 1981 Top of the Pops performance brought "I Can't Say Goodbye to You" into the UK top 50; the track would rise there no higher than number 43, but in Ireland reached number 16, giving Reddy her final high placing on a major national chart. MCA released one further Reddy album, Imagination, in 1983; it would prove to be Reddy's final release as a career recording artist.

The unsuccessful Imagination was released just after the finalisation of Reddy's divorce from Wald, whose alleged subsequent interference in her career she blamed for the decline of her career profile in the mid-1980s: "Several of my performing contracts were cancelled, and one promoter told me he couldn't book me in case a certain someone 'came after him with a shotgun'." Reddy states that she was effectively being blacklisted from her established performance areas, which led to her pursuing a career in theatre where Wald had no significant influence.


1990s–2000: Later recordings
In 1990, Reddy issued Feel So Young on her own labelan album that includes remakes of her repertoire favourites. Meanwhile, her one recording in the interim had been the 1987 dance maxisingle "Mysterious Kind", on which Reddy had vocally supported Jessica Williams. The 1997 release of Center Stage was an album of show tunes which Reddy recorded for Varèse Sarabande; the track "Surrender"originating in Sunset Boulevardwas remixed for release as a dance maxisingle. Reddy's final album was the 2000 seasonal release The Best Christmas Ever. In April 2015, Reddy released a cover of the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love" for the album Keep Calm and Salute The Beatles on the label.


2002–2010: Retirement
Reddy announced her retirement from performing in 2002, giving her farewell performance with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. The same year, she moved from her longtime residence in Santa Monica, California, back to her native Australia to spend time with her family, living first on before taking up residence in .

Reddy also earned a degree in clinical and neuro-linguistic programming. She was a practising clinical hypnotherapist and patron of the Australian Society of Clinical Hypnotherapists.

At a ceremony in August 2006, Reddy was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame by actress singer, , who described her song, "I Am Woman", as "timeless". The song was performed by fellow Australian, .

In April 2008, Reddy was reported to be living "simply and frugally off song royalties, pension funds, and social security ... renting a 13th-floor apartment with a 180° view of ". Her apartment had been recently appraised, causing Reddy concern over its future affordability; however, the New York-based landlord learned his tenant's identity and wrote her: "I had no idea it was the Helen Reddy who was living in my unit. Because of what you have done for millions of women all over the world, I will not sell or raise your rent. I hope you'll be very happy living there for years to come."

For several years, Reddy maintained that she would not return to the stage. In 2008, she stated, "It's not going to happen. I've moved on", and explained that her voice had deepened to a lower key and she was not sure if she would be able to sing some of her hits. She also said that she had simply lost interest in performing, saying that "I have very wide-ranging interests". In 2011 she was interviewed by Australian television and said she was very happy to be retired from show business.


2011–2020: Brief comeback to concerts
In 2011, Reddy decided to return to performing after being buoyed by the warm reception she received when she sang at her sister's 80th birthday party. "I hadn't heard my voice in 10 years, and when I heard it coming over the speaker, it was like: 'Oh, that's not bad. Maybe I should do that again,'" Reddy explained in 2013.

Being more in control of her performances also appealed to Reddy, who said, "I have more leeway in the songs that I choose to sing. I'm not locked into what the record company wants." She explained, "One of the reasons that I'm coming back to singing is because I'm not doing the greatest hits. I'm doing the songs that I always loved. So many are album cuts that never got any airplay, and they're gorgeous songs." She also performed many of her best-known songs, including, "", "You and Me Against the World", a medley of ""/"Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady", and "I Am Woman", reasoning on the latter that the audience "comes to hear" it.

She said she refused to sing "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" because she disliked the monotony of the repeated chorus. "They used to have a contest on the radio that you could get two free tickets to Helen Reddy's show if you could tell us how many times she sang "leave me alone". I think it was like 42 times," she said.

Reddy appeared in downtown Los Angeles at the 2017 Women's March on 21 January. The march for women's rights and unity following the inauguration of Donald Trump brought out 750,000 people. Reddy was introduced by actress Jamie Lee Curtis and sang an version of "I Am Woman". "Protesters Pour Into Downtown LA For Women's March", , 21 January 2017.

In August 2015, unnamed sources revealed that Reddy was diagnosed with and had moved into the Motion Picture and Television Fund's Samuel Goldwyn Center, where she was cared for by family and friends.


Film, theatre and television
A frequent guest on talk shows and variety programs of the 1970s and early 1980s – with credits including , The Carol Burnett Show and The Muppet Show – Reddy helmed the 1973 summer replacement series for The Flip Wilson Show (Reddy had become friends with when she worked the Chicago club circuit early in her career); the series, The Helen Reddy Show, provided early national exposure for and the Pointer Sisters. She also served as the semiregular host of the late-night variety show The Midnight Special in 1975 and 1976.

Reddy's film career included a starring role in 's Pete's Dragon, introducing the -nominated song "Candle on the Water" and the role of a nun in Airport 1975, singing her own composition "Best Friend". For her part in Airport 1975, Reddy was nominated for a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer – Female. Reddy was one of many musical stars featured in the all-star chorale in the film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978). She later played cameo roles in the films (1987) and The Perfect Host (2010).

Despite her late 1970s decline on the music charts, Reddy still had sufficient star power in 1979 to host The Helen Reddy Special, broadcast that May on ABC-TV, of which Jeff Wald was the producer. In September 1981, Reddy announced she would be shooting the pilot for her own TV sitcom, in which she would play a single mother working as a lounge singer in , but the project was abandoned. She was an occasional television guest star as an actress, appearing on the television programs The Love Boat, , (as herself), and BeastMaster.

In the mid-1980s, Reddy embarked on a new career in the theatre. She mostly worked in musicals, including , Call Me Madam, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and – both on and the West End – Blood Brothers. She also appeared in four productions of the one-woman show Shirley Valentine.

Reddy's notable stage roles included:

  • Shirley Valentine – as Shirley, which she performed in numerous venues across the US in 1997.
  • Blood Brothers – as Mrs Johnstone – Broadway (1995), West End and Liverpool.
  • Love, Julie – as Gail Sinclair.
  • The Mystery of Edwin Drood – as Edwin Drood/Miss Alice Nutting – Sacramento Music Circus.
  • Call Me Madam – as Mrs Sally Adams – Sacramento Music Circus (August 1986).
  • – as Reno Sweeney
    • Long Beach Civic Light Opera (July 1987).
    • Sacramento Music Circus (July 1985).
  • Senior Entourage – as Helen – (May 2021).

In 2007, Reddy had a voice cameo as herself in the television show's Star Wars parody, "Blue Harvest". In 2011, she guest-starred on Family Guy again, singing the opening theme song for the show's fictional Channel 5 News telecast.


Personal life

Political service, citizenship
Reddy became a naturalised American citizen in 1974, saying after the ceremony, "I feel like I'd like to have a cup of tea and a good cry." She resumed her Australian citizenship subsequently, when the opportunity to maintain dual American–Australian citizenship became available.

Reddy was active in community affairs:

  • In the 1970s, she helped raise millions of dollars for Democratic political candidates.
  • In July 1977, Californian governor appointed Reddy to the nine-member commission overseeing the California Department of Parks and Recreation. Her nomination was unanimously approved. She served on the commission until 1980.


Family
Three of Reddy's forebears left Ireland and went to Canada, Australia and New Zealand. A distant cousin, former New Zealand governor-general , is descended from their mutual New Zealand forebear.

Reddy was an enthusiastic ; she researched her family's history extensively and founded the Tasmanian Genealogical Society. "Genealogy is addictive; it begins as an interest, becomes a hobby, then a passion, and finally an obsession. Not only with each generation uncovered does the number of people to investigate double, but so too does the desire to understand the forces that shaped them," she wrote in her autobiography. She was asked in an interview whether her name had any connection to the from India. Her response was: "I have done some research on my father's side; most of my research has been done on my mother's side. His father was born in Ireland, but his great-grandfather served with an Irish regiment stationed in India, so it is possible that I have Indian ancestry. But it has not yet been established."

At age 20, Reddy married Kenneth Claude Weate, an older musician and family friend whom she says she wed to defy her parents, who wished her to follow them into show business. The couple separated not long after the birth of their daughter, Traci.

In 1968, she married Jeff Wald, a native of . She converted to Judaism before marrying Wald, – "Although Helen Reddy is Jewish, she has just released an album titled 'The Best Christmas Ever.' When an Internet interviewer cocked an eyebrow, Reddy said she had stuck to her religious beliefs by making sure that no song mentioned Jesus." with whom she had a son, Jordan, born in 1972.

A tribute on the back cover of her 1974 album Love Song for Jeffrey reads: "In memory of my mother, Stella Lamond Reddy, July 1973, my father, Max Reddy, September 1973, and my beloved aunt, Helen Reddy Sr., January 1974."

In a 1975 People interview, Reddy admitted that her relationship with then-husband and manager Wald was volatile, with the couple having "huge, healthy fights", but that she owed her success (she was then the world's biggest-selling female vocalist for two consecutive years) to Wald: "He runs it all. Naturally, when the moment of performance comes I have to deliver – but everything else is him. It's not my career; it's our career."Robert Windeler: "Helen Reddy - Queen of Housewife Rock", , December 1976. p. 92

By 2 January 1981, Reddy and Wald had separated and he had moved into a treatment facility to overcome an eight-year addiction, a US$100,000-per-year habit (US$ in ). Reddy subsequently filed for divorce, yet withdrew her petition the day after filing it, stating: "After 13 years of marriage, a separation of one month is too short to make a decision." In 1982, after finding evidence of Wald's continued substance abuse, Reddy again separated from him and initiated divorce proceedings, which this time went through in January 1983. They agreed to shared custody of their son Jordan, but later became embroiled in a court battle after both filed for sole custody. Her son later changed his surname to Sommers and became her assistant.

In June 1983, she married Milton Ruth, a drummer in her band; the couple divorced in 1995.


Death
Reddy died at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Los Angeles on 29 September 2020, at the age of 78. She suffered from Addison's disease and in her later years. No cause of death was given.

Reddy's second husband and former manager, Jeff Wald, died on November 12, 2021, at the age of 77.


Portrayals
A biographical film about Reddy titled I Am Woman was released in 2019, in which Reddy is played by Tilda Cobham-Hervey.


Awards

American Music Awards
The American Music Awards (AMAs) is an annual American music awards show that commenced in 1974. Reddy won one award from four nominations.

|- | 1974 | Helen Reddy | Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist | |- | 1975 | Helen Reddy | Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist | |- | 1976 | Helen Reddy | Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist | |- | 1977 | Helen Reddy | Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist |


APRA Awards
The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters".

|- | 2021 || Helen Reddy || Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music ||


ARIA Music Awards
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony since 1987 that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of .

|- | 2006 | Helen Reddy | ARIA Hall of Fame |


Australian Women in Music Awards
The Australian Women in Music Awards is an annual event that celebrates outstanding women in the Australian Music Industry who have made significant and lasting contributions in their chosen field. It commenced in 2018.

|- | 2018 | Helen Reddy | AWMA Honour Roll |


Grammy Awards
The is an award presented annually by the Recording Academy since 1959 to recognise achievements in the . Reddy has won one award from two nominations.

|- | 1973 | "I Am Woman" | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | |- | 1976 | "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady" | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance |


People's Choice Awards
The People's Choice Awards is an American awards show, recognising people in entertainment, voted online by the general public and fans. The show has been held annually since 1975.

|- | 1975 | Helen Reddy | Favorite Female Performer | |-


Recognition
In December 2020, Reddy was listed at number 35 in Rolling Stone Australia's "50 Greatest Australian Artists of All Time" issue. "50 Greatest Australian Artists of All Time – #35: Helen Reddy", Deborah Conway, Rolling Stone Australia, 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.


Filmography

Film
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Television
1962In Melbourne TonightHerself / SingerTV series, Australia
1962Herself / SingerTV series Australia, 1 episode
1965–1966BandstandHerself / SingerTV series Australia, 4 episodes
1968–1979The Mike Douglas ShowHerself - Co-host / Herself - SingerTV series US, 13 episodes
1970–1981The Tonight Show with Johnny CarsonHerself / Herself - Musical Guest / Herself - Host / Herself - Guest Hostess / Herself - GuestTV series US, 31 episodes
1970The Sound of MusicHerself/PerformerTV series, 1 episode, Australia
1971The Virginia Graham ShowHerself - GuestTV series US, 1 episode
1971–1980Dick Clark's American BandstandHerself / Guest / Musical GuestTV series US, 5 episodes
1971Make Your Own Kind Of Music!Herself - GuestTV series US, 1 episode
1971The David Frost ShowHerself - GuestTV series US, 2 episodes
1972–1977The Carol Burnett ShowHerself - Guest / Various characters / HerselfTV series US, 6 episodes
1972–1973The Merv Griffin ShowHerself - GuestTV series US, 5 episodes
1972Love! Love! Love!HerselfTV special, US
1972The Glen Campbell Goodtime HourHerself - GuestTV series US, 1 episode
1972The Talk of the TownHerself - GuestTV series US, 1 episode
1972The John Byner Comedy HourHerself - GuestTV series US, 1 episode
1972Rollin' On The RiverHerself - GuestTV series US, 1 episode
1973The Bobby Darin ShowHerself - GuestTV series US, 1 episode
1973–1977The Midnight SpecialHerself - Host / Herself - Hostess / Herself - SingerTV series US, 17 episodes
1973Morecombe and WiseHerself - GuestTV series UK, 1 episode
1973The New Bill Cosby ShowHerself - GuestTV series US, 1 episode
1973The 15th Annual Grammy AwardsHerself - Winner song of the year "I Am Woman"TV special, US
1973The Helen Reddy ShowHerself - HostessTV series US, 8 episodes
1973Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day TelethonHerselfTV series US, 1 episode
1973FlipHerselfTV series US, 2 episodes
1974American Music AwardsHerself - HostTV special, US
1974GTKHerselfABC TV series Australia, 1 episode
1974The 16th Annual Grammy AwardsHerselfTV special, US
1974–1975The Mac Davis ShowHerself - GuestTV series US, 2 episodes
1975American Guild Of Variety Artists 5th Annual Entertainer Of The Year AwardsHerself - Honoree Female VocalistTV special, US
1975The Don Rickles Show - Mr. WarmthHerselfTV special, US
1975The Flip Wilson SpecialHerselfTV special, US
1975The 47th Annual Academy AwardsHerself - Audience memberTV special, US
1975The Glen Campbell Music ShowHerself - GuestTV series US, 1 episode
1975Sammy And CompanyHerselfTV series US, 1 episode
1975HerselfTV series US, 1 episode
1975–1976Dinah!HerselfTV series US, 3 episodes
1975Herself & Jeff WaldTV series US, 5 episodes
1975–1985Top of the PopsHerself - SingerTV series UK, 5 episodes
1975Adesso musicaHerselfTV series Italy/Germany, 1 episode
1975Helen Reddy In ConcertHerself - SingerTV special, UK
1975Some Of My Best Friends Are MenHerselfTV series US, 1 episode
1975Helen Reddy ConcertHerselfTV Concert special, AUSTRALIA
1976Friars Club Tribute To Gene KellyHerself - PerformerTV special, US
1976Celebration: The American SpiritHerselfTV special, US
1976The Tonight Show With Johnny CarsonHerself - Host / Singer with Olivia Newton-John "Never Fall In Love Again"TV series US, 1 episode
1976The 18th Annual Grammy AwardsHerselfTV special, US
1977The American Music AwardsHerself - HostTV special, US
1977Herself (uncredited)TV special, US
1977All You Need Is Love: The Story Of Popular MusicHerselfTV series US, 1 episode
1977Good Morning AmericaHerself - GuestTV series US, 2 episodes
1977The National Tribute To Hubert H. HumphreyHerselfTV special
1977Willesee At SevenHerselfTV series Australia, 1 episode
1978All-Star Salute To Women's SportsHerselfTV special, US
1978Thank You, Rock 'N' Roll: A Tribute To Alan FreedHerselfTV special, US
1978The Muppet ShowHerself - Special Guest Star sings "Blue" / "We'll Sing In The Sunshine"TV series US, 1 episode
1978Live WednesdayHerselfTV series US, 1 episode
1978Herself sings "Grow"TV series US, 1 episode
1978Australian Music To The WorldHerselfTV special, Australia
1979The 6th Annual American Music AwardsHerselfTV special, US
1979George Burns' 100th Birthday PartyHerselfTV special, US
1979The Helen Reddy SpecialHerself - HostessTV special, US
197960 MinutesHerselfTV series, 1 episode Australia
1980The American SportsmanHerself - NarratorTV series US, 1 episode
1980The 52nd Annual Academy AwardsHerself - Performer "It's Easy to Say" (from '10') with Dudley MooreTV special, US
1980The Tim Conway ShowHerselfTV series US, 1 episode
1980The Love BoatElinor GreenTV series US, 1 episode
1980The Royal Charity Gala ConcertHerself - PerformerTV special, Australia
1980The Val Doonican ShowHerselfTV series UK, 1 episode
1980Horas doradasHerselfTV series Spain, 1 episode
1980John Newcombe's Australian Stars In The StatesHerself at Her homeTV special, Australia
1981The American Music AwardsHerselfTV special, US
1981The John Davidson ShowHerselfTV series, 1 episode
1981Channel Nine Celebrates: 25 Years Of TelevisionHerself - archive clip 'Bandstand'TV special, AUSTRALIA
1981Solid GoldHerself - Co-hostTV series, 2 episodes
1981Television: Inside And OutHerselfTV series US, 1 episode
1982Grace KennedyHerselfTV series US, 1 episode
1982Suzi SwannTV series US, 1 episode
1982Australian Music Stars Of The 60sHerself - Archive clipsTV special, Australia
1982I Love LibertyHerselfTV special, US
1983The American Music AwardsHerselfTV special, US
1983The Mike Walsh ShowGuest - HerselfTV series, 1 episode
1983Ladies Night OutHerselfTV series UK, 1 episode
1983Herself - GuestTV series UK, 1 episode
1983Paul Squire EsqHerself - GuestTV series UK, 1 episode
1983The 25th Annual Grammy AwardsHerselfTV special, US
1983Salute!HerselfTV series US, 1 episode
1984Match Game/Hollywood Squares HourHerself - PanelistTV series US, 5 episodes
1984Celebrity ChefsHerself - GuestTV series US
1985Puttin' On The HitsHerself - JudgeTV series US, 1 episode
1985American Bandstand's 33 1/3 CelebrationHerselfTV special, US
1985Helen ReddyTV series US, 1 episode
1986HerselfTV special, Australia
1987–1988Hour MagazineHerselfTV series, 2 episodes
1988Lou Rawls Parade Of StarsHerselfTV series US, 1 episode
1990Home For EasterHerself - HostessTV movie
1990The Martha Warfield ShowHerself - GuestTV series US, 1 episode
1991Voices That CareHerself - Choir memberTV special, US
1992Hollywood Fantasy ChristmasHerselfTV special, US
1993Vicki!Herself - GuestTV series US, 1 episode
1993Herself - GuestTV series US, 1 episode
1995The First 100 Years Of CinemaHerselfTV special, US
1997The Rosie O'Donnell ShowHerselfTV series US, 1 episode
1997; 2003This Is Your Life? Judith DurhamHerselfTV series Australia, 1 episode
1997When Rock Was Young: The 70sHerself - Archive clip "I Am Woman"TV special, Australia
1998Intimate PortraitHerselfTV series US, 1 episode
1998DeniseHerself - GuestTV series Australia, 1 episode
1998; 1999Good Morning AustraliaHerself - GuestTV series Australia, 2 episodes
1999M.U.G.E.NHerself - VoiceVideo Game
1999Good Morning AustraliaHerself & sister Toni Lamond sing "Breezin Along With The Breeze"TV series Australia, 1 episode
2000BeastMasterThe SeerTV series US/Australia/Canada, 1 episode
2000Danielle MarshTV series US, 1 episode
2001Burke's BackyardHerself - Celebrity GardenerTV series Australia, 1 episode
2003This Is Your Life? Helen ReddyHerselfTV series Australia, 1 episode
2003Love Is In The AirHerselfABC TV series Australia, 1 episode "She's Leaving Home"
2003; 2011Today TonightHerself - GuestTV series Australia, 1 episode
2005TodayHerself - GuestTV series Australia, 1 episode
2005SunriseHerself - GuestTV series Australia, 1 episode
2005Mornings With Kerri-AnneHerself - GuestTV series Australia, 1 episode
2006The Aria Hall Of FameHerself - InducteeTV special, Australia
2007; 2011Channel 5 Jingle Singer / Helen ReddyTV series US, 2 episodes
2010Mother Of Rock Lillian RoxonHerselfFilm documentary, Australia
2010Talking HeadsHerself - GuestABC TV series Australia, 1 episode
2011Today TonightHerselfTV series Australia, 1 episode
2012A Carol Burnett ChristmasHerselfVideo
2013MarieHerself - GuestTV series US, 1 episode
2013Studio 10Herself - GuestTV series Australia, 1 episode
2013Time Of My LifeHerselfTV Special, Australia
2014The Morning ShowHerself - GuestTV series Australia, 1 episode
2014The Daily EditionHerself - GuestTV series Australia, 1 episode
2015Studio 10Herself - Health ReportTV series Australia, 1 episode
2016The Beatles And World War IIHerselfFilm documentary, UK
2017; 2018Studio 10HerselfTV series, 1 episode
2018Studio 10Herself - Archive clipsTV series Australia, 1 episode
2019SunriseHerself (G'Day USA Gala)TV series Australia, 1 episode
2019TodayHerself (G'Day USA Gala)TV series Australia, 1 episode
2019The Morning ShowHerself (G'Day USA Gala)TV series Australia, 1 episode
2019Studio 10Herself & Melinda Schneider (G'Day USA Gala)TV series Australia, 1 episode
2019; 202010 News FirstHerself & Melinda Schneider (G'Day USA Gala)TV series Australia, 1 episode
2019; 2020Nine NewsHerself (G'Day USA Gala)TV series Australia, 1 episode
2019; 2020Seven NewsHerself (G'Day USA Gala)TV series Australia, 1 episode
2019; 2020Sky NewsHerself (G'Day USA Gala)TV series Australia, 1 episode
2019; 2020ABC NewsHerself (G'Day USA Gala)TV series Australia, 1 episode


Discography
  • I Don't Know How to Love Him (1971)
  • Helen Reddy (1971)
  • I Am Woman (1972)
  • Long Hard Climb (1973)
  • Love Song for Jeffrey (1974)
  • Free and Easy (1974)
  • No Way to Treat a Lady (1975)
  • Music, Music (1976)
  • Ear Candy (1977)
  • We'll Sing in the Sunshine (1978)
  • Reddy (1979)
  • Take What You Find (1980)
  • Play Me Out (1981)
  • Imagination (1983)
  • Feel So Young (1990)
  • Center Stage (1998)
  • The Best Christmas Ever (2000)


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