Anne Wills Explained

Anne Wills
Birth Date:1944 10, df=y
Birth Place:Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
Nationality:Australian
Occupation:Television personality/presenter, weather presenter, radio presenter
Years Active:1964–present
Employer:Nine Network
Nickname:Willsy
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    Anne Shirley Wills (born 3 October 1944) is an Australian television and radio personality based in Adelaide. Wills holds the record for the most number of Logies won by a person in the history of the awards, winning 19 Most Popular State Personality Logies, and one as producer of Clapperboard.

    Biography

    Wills was born in Wangaratta, Victoria in October 1944. When she was three years old, her family moved to Ocean Island in the Pacific Ocean, now known as Banaba Island and part of Kiribati, and lived there until the family moved to Adelaide in 1963.[1]

    Wills was spotted by Channel 9 executives during the 1964 Telethon Quest, and was offered the job of weather girl on NWS9, beginning in July 1965.

    As well as appearing on a number of national television programs such as In Melbourne Tonight, Beauty and the Beast, The Bert Newton Show and Good Morning Australia, Wills has presented and appeared on many Adelaide based TV programs, including Adelaide Tonight, The Penthouse Club, AM Adelaide, Movie Scene, Christmas Telethon, Pot Luck and Close Up with Willsy. She was also the weather presenter for SAS for a number of years and, as of November 2013, has a regular weekly afternoon segment on Adelaide AM radio station FiveAA, featuring celebrity gossip.

    Wills is known for her love of over-the-top earrings. Wills also commonly appears in pub quiz nights

    Awards and recognition

    Year Award Category
    1968 TV Week Logie Award South Australia: Best Female Personality[2]
    1969 TV Week Logie Award South Australia: Best Female Personality
    1970 TV Week Logie Award South Australia: Best Female Personality[3]
    1971 TV Week Logie Award South Australia: Most Popular Female
    1972 TV Week Logie Award South Australia: Most Popular Female
    1973 TV Week Logie Award South Australia: Most Popular Female
    1974 TV Week Logie Award South Australia: Most Popular Female[4]
    1975 TV Week Logie Award South Australia: Most Popular Female
    1981 TV Week Logie Award South Australia: Most Popular Female[5]
    1981 TV Week Logie Award South Australia: Most Popular Show
    1982 TV Week Logie Award South Australia: Most Popular Female[6]
    1983 TV Week Logie Award South Australia: Most Popular Female[7]
    2018 General Division South Australia: For services to broadcasting (2018 Queen's Birthday Honours)

    Notes and References

    1. News: Penberthy . David . Anne Wills reflects on her remarkable life . 11 June 2018 . The Advertiser. Adelaide . 28 July 2012.
    2. Web site: Logie Awards . Australian Television Information Archive . 1966-1969 . 11 June 2018.
    3. Web site: Logie Awards . Australian Television Information Archive . 1970-1973 . 11 June 2018.
    4. Web site: Logie Awards . Australian Television Information Archive . 1974-1977 . 11 June 2018.
    5. Web site: 1981 – The Logie Awards . . https://web.archive.org/web/20150128195506/https://au.tv.yahoo.com/the-logie-awards/winners/article/-/5400980/1981/ . 28 January 2015 . dead .
    6. Web site: 1982 – The Logie Awards . . https://web.archive.org/web/20150128160843/https://au.tv.yahoo.com/the-logie-awards/winners/article/-/5399635/1982/ . 28 January 2015 . dead .
    7. Web site: 1983 – The Logie Awards . . https://web.archive.org/web/20150128135948/https://au.tv.yahoo.com/the-logie-awards/winners/article/-/5399282/1983/ . 28 January 2015 . dead .