JAN CARTER

 

Jan Carter was born in the late 1930s. She states her career started when she was discovered by Jack Neary (who also managed Bobby Limb, John Laws and Barry Humphries) at an amateur show in Sydney at the tender age of 17. She reflected ''They had to put my age up when he started to produce me for pantomimes, theatre, TV and night clubs." Carter did a course at NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Arts) and later spent five years at the Academy of Music in Sydney where she learnt to sing Bel Canto (an Italian opera term). At around the same time, she did a radio show on 3AW with Bert Newton. Carter sang all over the world and did a royal command performance for Prince Philip in 1956 at the Melbourne Olympic Games. She appeared on many TV shows including Bandstand and Showcase. She recorded on the HMV label in the early 60s.