Joy Dunstan (born 20 July 1951) is a retired Australian film and television actress. In 1976 the then 25-year-old former schoolteacher and part-time cabaret dancer had been working in a musical comedy act at Melbourne's Flying Trapeze Cafe when she was discovered by director Chris Löfvén. Löfvén's 1976 film 'Oz - A Rock'N'Roll Road Movie 'was a modern-day remake of the 1939 film
The Wizard of Oz, with Graham Matters, Bruce Spence, Gary Waddell, and Robin Ramsay. In offering the part to Dunstan, he said to her
"Come with me and I'll make you a star". Dunstan replied,
"I don't believe it but yes". She had no prior experience in film or photographic modeling prior to the film. ''Warm Tender Love' from the soundtrack was her only recording. For the single the band comprised Gary Young, John Power, Jeff Burstin, Wayne Burt and Peter Jones, with Ross Wilson on backing vocals. In Australia it was LP-only but the US release, re-named '20th Century Oz', issued this song as a single on Celestial Records.
According to a Film Buffs Podcast interview on 21 November 2006, Dunstan currently lives in the United Kingdom. During that interview songwriter and musician Gary Young discussed his memories of working with Dunstan on the film. Young also claimed that following the film, his band the Rockin' Emus released their sole album with one of the songs he had written, ''Beautiful Joy'', having been about the actress.
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