Helen Reddy
Australian-American singer and actress born on 25 October 1941 in Melbourne, Australia; died 29 September 2020 in Los Angeles, USA. Reddy moved to the USA in 1966 after winning a talent contest on Australian Bandstand and found success in 1971 under management with Jeff Wald, her former husband from 1968 to 1983. She was naturalized in December 1974 as an American citizen.
By 2001 Reddy wanted to start working in the help professions. She retired from live performance in 2002, returned to live in Australia and got a degree in clinical hypnotherapy and neuro-linguistic programming. She also became a motivational speaker. In 2011, after singing Breezin' Along With The Breeze with her half-sister Toni Lamond, for Toni's birthday, she returned to live performing. albeit on a few occasions only. Around 2015 she returned to live in Los Angeles, where she would die aged 78.
Reddy published her autobiography in 2006, titled The Woman I Am (A Memoir), In 2019 an Australian biopic about her was released titled I Am Woman (dir. Unjoo Moon) in which Reddy was played by Chelsea Cullen. The accompanying soundtrack (rel. 2020-08-21) was sung by Cullen but also features one song by Reddy's granddaughter Lily Donat.