Also on the podium are veteran Logies host and popular Channel Nine TV personality, Bert Newton; fellow 1974 Gold Logie recipient, Pat McDonald; and Logie assistant, Rosemary Margan. Pat McDonald was the first soap opera actress to win the award, for her role as gossip Dorrie Evans in Network 10’s Number 96 (1972-78).
Australia’s TV Week Logie awards celebrate achievements on Australian television voted by viewers through the TV Week magazine. The 16th TV Week Logie awards were held at Melbourne’s Southern Cross Hotel on 8 March 1974 and were telecast by Channel 9.
Notes by Helen Tully