Gabrielle Hartley started out as a fashion model before briefly trying her hand at folk singing in the mid-Sixties, appearing on Bandstand and Boomeride with Olivia Newton-John and Tony Cole. An album of the same name was released in 1965 on the Pakktel label. Gabrielle sang six songs on the album: ''Poor Fred'', ''Turn The Other Cheek'', ''Jump Up On The Wool Press'', ''Seeds Of Grass'', ''All Of Me For All Of You'', ''Magdalena'' and ''Bag O' Prawns''. She was a talented singer with the potential for a big career, but acting ultimately became her true calling. In 1970, she toured Vietnam with the ABC Showband alongside Linda George to entertain the troops. Her first major dramatic role, and perhaps her most memorable, was playing Maggie Emerson, the wife of local landowner Col. Jim Emerson (Carl Bleazby) in ABC-TV’s Bellbird. She later reprised the role in the film version, Country Town (1971). Her other TV appearances included Hunter (1968), Delta (1969), Ryan (1973), Division 4, Matlock Police, Bobby Dazzler, and several episodes of Prisoner. She also appeared in the 1979 film Dawn!.
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