1. Christine Joy Amphlett was an Australian singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the frontwoman of the rock band Divinyls.
15 Facts About Chrissy Amphlett
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Christine Joy Chrissy Amphlett was born on 25 October 1959 in Geelong, Victoria.
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Chrissy Amphlett's mother was from a well-off Hawthorn family, while her father was a World War II veteran whose mother was a German immigrant and his father a Melbourne chef.
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Chrissy Amphlett was a first cousin of Australian singer Little Pattie.
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Chrissy Amphlett worked as a child model from the age of three until 12, and later said, "I didn't come from a very wealthy family so that actually clothed me and allowed me to have things".
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Chrissy Amphlett met Mark McEntee at a concert at the Sydney Opera House in 1980 and they formed Divinyls with Jeremy Paul.
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Chrissy Amphlett performed Divinyls' and other songs with a 30-piece orchestra for the Australian Rock Symphony in January 2010.
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At the age of 17 in 1976, Chrissy Amphlett was part of the original cast of the Australian production of the Earl Wilson Jr.
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Chrissy Amphlett made her film debut in Monkey Grip in a supporting role as Angela, the temperamental lead singer of a rock band.
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Chrissy Amphlett played Judy Garland in the original touring production of The Boy from Oz, with Todd McKenney playing the role of Peter Allen.
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On its return to Australia as an arena spectacular, Chrissy Amphlett resumed playing the role.
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On 27 July 1999, Chrissy Amphlett married American drummer Charley Drayton, who played drums on the Divinyls' eponymous album and was the drummer in the reformed group.
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Chrissy Amphlett said that her sister was a breast cancer survivor.
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Chrissy Amphlett died, aged 53, on 21 April 2013, at her home in Manhattan, after a long battle with breast cancer.
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In November 2018, Chrissy Amphlett was posthumously inducted into the Music Victoria Hall of Fame.