Born: Established: Perth, Western Australia, ;
Gender:
Female
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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2023 recipient Order of Australia — Member of the Order of Australia (AM) For significant service to the performing arts as an entertainer.
- 2015 winner Helpmann Awards for Performing Arts in Australia — Comedy Performer
- 2015 joint winner Melbourne Comedy Festival — People's Choice Award
Awards for Works
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Turns Out, I'm Fine
Cammeray
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Simon and Schuster Australia
,
2021
20981370
2021
single work
autobiography
'When the relationship Judith Lucy thought was The One broke down, her world fell apart. Not only was she single again and about to turn fifty but now that she didn’t have a partner to buy gourmet sausages with at Farmers' Markets, she realised how much her relationship had enabled her to avoid dealing with: everything from her brother’s death to her doubts about doing comedy in an increasingly serious world situation.' (Publication summary)
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The Lucy Family Alphabet
Camberwell
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Viking
,
2008
Z1495862
2008
single work
autobiography
'Judith Lucy has been cracking jokes about her parents for years. But when a birth relative's casual comment implied that she despised them, Judith was shocked. Sure, she had been talking about Ann and Tony Lucy like they were one-dimensional Irish nutbags who'd ruined her life for years, but there was always more to them and her own feelings than that.
'So Judith decided it was time to write the full story of her parents and her childhood. And here it is, a reference book on all things Lucy from:
'A is for Adoption (she is) to C is for Cleaning (they didn't) and for Counselling (you'll find out why she had a lot of it) to D is for Diets (she was put on one at eight) to H is for Heart Attack (her father's) to M is for Make Up (her father's) to N is for Nuts (there was a falling out over testicles) to R is for Review (to do with Nuts) to T is for Tanscendental Meditation (it didn't work) to X is for Xmas (when a lot of this started) and beyond...
'In amongst the gags Judith explores the people her parents were and the impact of finding out - at twenty-five - that she was adopted. We meet Judith's birth mother by learn that ultimately it was her very unusual parents who made her who she is today.' (Publisher's blurb)
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