Trisha Noble Explained

Trisha Noble
Birth Name:Patricia Ann Ruth Noble
Birth Date:1944 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia
Othername:Patsy Ann Noble
Occupation:Singer, actress
Yearsactive:1950–2007
Spouse:
    Children:1

    Patricia Ann Ruth Noble (3 February 1944 – 23 January 2021) was an Australian singer and actress. Initially performing as Patsy Ann Noble, she was a teenage pop singer in the early 1960s, with regular appearances on the Australian music and variety television series Bandstand. In November 1961, she released her biggest hit single, "Good Looking Boy", which reached the Top 10 in Melbourne and Top 20 in Sydney. At the 1961 Logie Awards, she won the Best Female Singer of the Year award from TV Week. By 1962, she had transferred to the United Kingdom and continued her singing career by releasing singles there.

    In 1965, Noble started her television acting career, and by 1967, she was using Trisha Noble as her stage name. By the 1970s, she had relocated to the United States and had guest roles on various television series including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Columbo, Baretta, McMillan & Wife, The Rockford Files, and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. In 1983, Noble returned to Australia where she expanded into a career as a theatrical actress.

    In 2005, Noble had a minor role in as Jobal Naberrie, the mother of lead character Padmé Amidala, and thus the maternal grandmother of characters Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa.

    Early life and family

    Patricia "Trisha" Ann Ruth Noble was born on 3 February 1944 in Marrickville and grew up in Sydney, Australia.[1] Her father was Clarence Lancelot "Buster" Noble (1 March 1913 – 15 July 1990),[2] a comedian and singer; her mother was Helen De Paul (born Helen McGoulrick, 1921–2007), an entertainer, singer, dancer, and comedian on the Tivoli circuit.[3] During World War II, Buster served as a sergeant in the Waratahs Entertainment Unit in the AIF from November 1942 to January 1946.[1] [4] Noble has a younger sister, Amanda.[3] In 1950, Noble appeared onstage with her parents and had her own radio programme.[5] By age 14, she was qualified to teach ballet.[5]

    Music career

    Noble rose to fame as a teenage singing star in the 1960s under the name Patsy Ann Noble.[5] [6] Her singing career was encouraged by Brian Henderson, the compere of the Australian version of Bandstand, where she made regular appearances.[5] [6] She was signed to the Australian HMV Records and released her first single "Like I'm in Love" / "I Love You So Much It Hurts" in November 1960.[6] She became good friends with a young Peter Allen, who had formed the successful Allen Brothers with Chris Bell, and released one of his compositions "Busy Lips" in January 1961.[6] However, it was not until Johnny Devlin, a New Zealand singer-songwriter, handed her the lyrics of "Good Looking Boy" in November 1961 that she had her first Top 10 hit in Melbourne.[6] "Good Looking Boy" was also top 20 in Sydney, but did not chart internationally.[6] It was released in the United Kingdom, but did not reach the Top 100.

    Noble won the 'Best Female Singer of the Year' Logie Award for 1961, presented by TV Week.[5] [6] By December 1962, Patsy Ann had scored herself two No. 1 and four Top 10 singles in Australia. In 1962, she travelled to London where she was given a two-year contract with Columbia Records.[6] There, she released many "girl group"-sounding pop songs including "Sour Grapes" (February 1963), "I'm Nobody's Baby" (1963), and "Accidents Will Happen" (1963), but received little commercial success – although she continued to score hits between 1963 and 1965 in Australia. In 1963, she appeared in the British musical film Live It Up! (with music produced by Joe Meek), although only in a singing role. In June 1965, Noble released "He Who Rides a Tiger" which peaked at No. 21 on the British Top 30, and No. 15 on Australia's Top 40.

    During the 1960s, Noble released six albums in Australia and one in England, the most popular being The Blonde Bombshell (1961) which received an award for most outstanding vocal performance on an album.

    Acting career

    In the second half of the 1960s, she turned to acting and made her dramatic screen debut in a 1965 BBC television production entitled The Snowball, and soon found herself appearing on other television series, including the 1966 Danger Man episode "Not So Jolly Roger" (in which her recording "He Who Rides a Tiger" was featured), Callan (1970, "The Same Trick Twice") with Edward Woodward, and films such as Death Is a Woman (1966), in which Noble had a lead role as the femme fatale),[6] and Carry On Camping (1969).

    After 1967, Noble had changed her name to Trisha Noble in order to distance herself from her years as a teen singer.[6] She relocated to the United States beginning in 1971 and appeared in films and television series. She guest-starred on Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Sabrina, a superhuman thief in the episode "Cruise Ship to the Stars". In a guest appearance on The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1976, she played a female reporter who tries to seduce Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) during the episode "Ted's Temptation". She also appeared in Up Pompeii! (series 1) as high priestess of the Vestal Virgins.

    In 1975, Noble appeared in the Columbo episode "Playback", in which she meets the murderer (played by Oskar Werner) in an art gallery wearing a low-cut dress. She was cast by the director who had spotted her in a party wearing the same dress. In 1976–77, she had the ongoing role of Yvonne Holland on the soap opera Executive Suite,[6] and appeared in the 1977 television miniseries The Rhinemann Exchange and Testimony of Two Men. In 1979, she featured on The Rockford Files as Odette Lependieu in the two-part episode "Never Send a Boy King To Do a Man's Job".

    In 1980, Noble played the role of heiress Phyllis Morley in the mystery comedy film The Private Eyes starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts. Another ongoing role was as Detective Rosie Johnson on the police drama Strike Force (starring Robert Stack) on ABC in 1981–82.[7] She also appeared in Season 4 of Hart to Hart as Laela.

    Soon after Strike Force was cancelled, Noble returned to Australia in 1983 with her son Patrick because her father, Buster, was seriously ill.[3] She re-established a career there as a theatrical actress. In 1986, she appeared in the television miniseries Body Business.[6] In 2002, Noble filmed a small role as Padmé Amidala's mother (and thus the maternal grandmother of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa), Jobal Naberrie, in which was cut from the final film – but included on the DVD release. Noble briefly reprised the role in in 2005. She continued to perform on the live stage and, as of 2007, appeared with the new National Music Theatre Company, Kookaburra, in their premiere season of Pippin as Berthe at the Sydney Theatre.[3]

    Death

    Noble died on 23 January 2021, at the age of 76, after what was described as an 18-month battle with mesothelioma.[8]

    Filmography

    Film

    - denotes credited as Patsy Ann Noble
    YearTitleRoleNotes
    1963 Live It Up! Herself Musical film
    1964 Reels Within Reels Herself Short film
    1964 A Dream Singing Performer TV movie
    1966 Funny Girl Happened to Me on the Way to the Piano Herself TV movie
    1966 Death Is a Woman Francesca Feature film
    1968 Iolanthe Iolanthe TV movie
    1969 Carry On Camping Sally Feature film
    1975 One of Our Own Sabrina Rogoff TV movie
    1978 The Courage and the Passion Lt. Lisa Rydell TV movie
    1979 The Wild Wild West Revisited Penelope TV movie
    1980 Willow B: Women In Prison Chris Bricker TV movie
    1980 The Private Eyes Mistress Phyllis Morley Feature film
    1981 ..Deadline... Gillian Boles TV movie
    2002 Jobal Naberrie (uncredited) Feature film
    2005 Jobal Nabarrie Feature film

    Television

    - denotes credited as Patsy Ann Noble
    YearTitleRoleNotes
    1959The Bobby Limb ShowGuest SingerTV series, 1 episode
    1960The Golden RockHerself - SingerTV special
    1961 Revue '61Herself1 episode
    1961–1962, 1965, 1967BandstandHerself - SingerTV series
    1963The Arthur Haynes ShowHerself - Singer 1 episode
    1963Pops and LennyHerself1 episode
    1963Ready, Steady, Go!Herself1 episode
    1963–1964Discs a Go-GoHerself5 episodes
    1963Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London PalladiumHerself1 episode
    1963–1966Thank Your Lucky StarsGuest host9 episodes
    1964Hi There! It's Rolf HarrisHerself1 episode
    1964Big Night OutHerself1 episode
    1964Two of a KindHerself1 episode
    1964The Andy Stewart ShowHerself1 episode
    1964Blackpool Night OutHerself1 episode
    1964Club NightHerself1 episode
    1964The Eamonn Andrews ShowHerself1 episode
    1964, 1965Comedy BandboxHerself2 episodes
    1965With AndyHerself1 episode
    1965Ni figue ni raisinHerself2 episodes
    1965, 1966Five O'Clock ClubHerself2 episode
    1966Juke Box JuryPanellist2 episode
    1966The Benny Hill ShowGuest performer1 episode
    1966Danger ManSusan Wade1 episode
    1966The Wednesday PlayFrancoise Clouet1 episode
    1967The Blackpool ShowHerself1 episode
    1967The Charlie Drake ShowHerself1 episode
    1967The Nixon LineHerself1 episode
    1967, 1968The Dick Emery ShowHerself2 episodes
    1967Mickey DunneJanie Jenkins1 episode
    1968International CabaretHerself1 episode
    1968BBC Show of the WeekHerself1 episode
    1968We Have Ways of Making You LaughVariousTV series
    1969Out of the UnknownGladia1 episode
    1969The Liberace ShowHerself1 episode
    1969The Dave King ShowHerself1 episode
    1969Who-Dun-ItDolores Vail1 episode
    1969The Engelbert Humperdinck ShowHerself1 episode
    1969Z-CarsBetty Jordan2 episodes
    1970It's Tommy CooperHerself1 episode
    1970CallanJean Price1 episode
    1970Fraud SquadLiz Paterson1 episode
    1970Crowther's Back In TownHerself1 episode
    1970Up Pompeii!Luscia / High Priestess of the Vestal Virgins2 episodes
    1970The Benny Hill ShowVarious roles1 episode
    1971The Merv Griffin ShowHerself1 episode
    1971Night GallerySherry1 episode
    1972I'm a FanHerselfTV special
    1972The Courtship of Eddie's FatherDr. Liz Park1 episode
    1975BarettaGirl1 episode
    1975ColumboMarcy Hubbard1 episode
    1975The Bob Crane ShowStudent1 episode
    1975Matt HelmMillicent1 episode
    1976The Mary Tyler Moore ShowWhitney Lewis1 episode
    1976–1977Executive SuiteYvonne Holland7 episodes
    1977The Rhinemann ExchangeIreneMiniseries, 1 episode
    1977McMillan & WifeBeulah Harrington1 episode
    1977Testimony of Two MenEdna BeamishMiniseries, 3 episodes
    1978James at 15Call girl1 episode
    1978How the West Was WonValerie3 episodes
    1978Husbands, Wives & LoversCarol1 episode
    1978Fantasy IslandDenise Carlson1 episode
    1978; 1984The Mike Walsh ShowGuest - Herself via satellite USTV series, 1 episode
    1979The Rockford FilesOdette Lependieu2 episodes
    1979Mrs. ColumboPatty1 episode
    1979EischiedJeanne1 episode
    1979Buck Rogers in the 25th CenturySabrina1 episode
    1980StoneLynette1 episode
    1980John Newcombe's Australian Stars In The StatesHerself at homeTV special
    1981Flamingo RoadVanessa Curtis1 episode
    1981The Love BoatGertrude Turner1 episode
    1981–82Strike ForceSergeant Rosie Johnson20 episodes
    1982Hart to HartLaela1 episode
    1983CasablancaCelia1 episode
    1983T. J. HookerLorraine Daggett1 episode
    1983Oh MadelineJulie1 episode
    1983Matt HoustonMelinda1 episode
    1984; 1985The Mike Walsh ShowGuest - HerselfTV series, 1 episode
    1985The Mike Walsh ShowGuest - Herself with Carmen DuncanTV series, 1 episode
    1986Body BusinessElizabethMiniseries, 2 episodes
    1992Tonight Live with Steve VizardGuest1 episode
    1996The South Bank ShowHerself1 episode
    2000, 2004All SaintsSister O'Reilly, Mrs. Summers2 episodes
    2000Water RatsMrs. Clarke1 episode
    2001BlondeDr. MittelstadtMiniseries
    2001This Is Your LifeHerself1 episode: Trisha Noble
    2002Burke's BackyardHerself - Celebrity Gardener1 episode
    2002

    Deleted Scenes

    		Jobal NabarrieVideo
    2003Good Morning AustraliaHerself1 episode
    2017The Daily EditionHerself1 episode

    Discography

    Note that all recordings are credited to Patsy Ann Noble, the name she used from start of her singing career.

    Albums

    EP

    Il Est Là Le Garçon[9]
    Label: Columbia – ESRF 1506, Présence Mondiale – ESRF 1506
    Format: Vinyl, 7", EP
    Country: France
    Released: 1964
    Tracklist

    Singles

    Notes and References

    1. News: Family Notices. . . 8 February 1944 . 5 October 2013 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
    2. Web site: buster noble july 1990 - Google Search. Google.com.au. 7 February 2021.
    3. News: Veitch . Harriet . The Song and Dance Act that Led to the Vegemite Ad: Helen De Paul, (1921–2007) . 8 May 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131115073237/http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/the-song-and-dance-act-that-led-to-the-vegemite-ad/2007/05/07/1178390220780.html . The Sydney Morning Herald . 7 February 2012 . 15 November 2013 . dead.
    4. Web site: WW2 Nominal Roll – Service Record – Name:Noble, Clarence Lancelot . . 2002 . 7 February 2012 .
    5. Web site: [{{Allmusic |pure_url=yes |class=artist |id= p543847 |tab=biography}} Patsy Ann Noble ]. Bruce . Eder . AllMusic. 7 February 2012.
    6. Encyclopedia: McFarlane . Ian . Ian McFarlane . . Encyclopedia entry for 'Patsy Ann Noble' . https://web.archive.org/web/20040806231454/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=538 . 7 February 2012 . 6 August 2004 . 1999 . . . 1-86508-072-1 .
    7. Stephen. Vagg. Filmink. Australian Singers Turned Actors. 14 July 2019.
    8. https://nypost.com/2021/02/04/trisha-noble-star-wars-actress-dead-at-76/ "Trisha Noble, ‘Star Wars’ actress and singer, reportedly dead at 76", New York Times, February 4, 2021
    9. Web site: Patsy Ann Noble – Il Est Là Le Garçon. Discogs. 8 February 2015.
    10. Noel McGrath's Australian Encyclopedia of Rock Outback Press, Victoria, Australia 1978

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