Gaynor Bunning

Australian singer and television personality, born 1941 in Geelong, Victoria; Australia died 8 January 2021 in Mooloolaba, Queensland. She began performing at the age of four m In Melbourne. By the time she was 11-years-old, she was a member of the radio variety show, Swallow’s Juniors. When television arrived, she was one of the performers on the request show Teenage Mailbox, appearing with Heather Horwood and Ernie Sigley. The program later became The Teenage Show, airing for an hour on Saturday afternoons. In 1962 she hosted The Gaynor Bunning Show on ABC. One of the first early TV stars to travel interstate to Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide, sometimes singing twice a week at the leading hotels and appearing on top TV programmes such as Sunnyside Up, Bandstand and The Moores Show. Gaynor was one of Adelaide's best entertainers at the time, known for her performances at The Lido and Havana night clubs. She also appeared on variety shows including On Board The Southern Cross, Fancy Free, Bandwagon, The Bobby Limb Show, In Melbourne Tonight and Penthouse Club. She then married and moved to Queensland where she ran a business with her husband. Years later, she reunited with Ernie Sigley and appeared as a guest judge on the television show Pot Luck.