Logie Awards of 1960
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The 2nd Annual TV Week
Logie Award
s were presented in January 1960 at the Savoy Private Hotel in Melbourne
. It was not televised. The awards were only for Melbourne
television. All major cities had different stations. Hugh O'Brian
was the guest host and presented some awards on IMT
. This article lists the winners of Logie Award
s (Australia
n television
) for 1960:
TV Highlight Of 1959
TV WEEK Special Award
Best Female Personality
Best Program
Best Female Personality
Best Program
Best Female Personality
Best Program
TV Week
TV Week is a weekly television magazine in Australia, first published as a Melbourne-only publication in December 1957 , and bearing a strong affiliation to television station GTV.The publication is still publishing weekly...
Logie Award
Logie Award
The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy in 1960 after he won the first 'Star Of The Year' award, the name 'Logie' awards honours John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who invented the television as a...
s were presented in January 1960 at the Savoy Private Hotel in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
. It was not televised. The awards were only for Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
television. All major cities had different stations. Hugh O'Brian
Hugh O'Brian
Hugh O'Brian is an American actor, known for his starring role in the ABC television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp .-Early years and career:...
was the guest host and presented some awards on IMT
IMT
IMT may refer to the following:Science and technology:* Internet media type, a two-part identifier for file formats on the Internet* Intima-media thickness, a measurement of the thickness of artery walls...
. This article lists the winners of Logie Award
Logie Award
The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy in 1960 after he won the first 'Star Of The Year' award, the name 'Logie' awards honours John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who invented the television as a...
s (Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
) for 1960:
Other Awards
Program Of The Year- Winner:
- 77 Sunset Strip77 Sunset Strip77 Sunset Strip is an hour-length American television private detective series created by Roy Huggins and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Roger Smith, and Edd Byrnes....
, GTV9
- 77 Sunset Strip
TV Highlight Of 1959
- Winner:
- Shell Presents Series, GTV9
TV WEEK Special Award
- Winner:
- GTV9/ATN7 Interstate TV Link for Test Cricket
Australian Broadcast Commission
Best Male Personality- Winner:
- John Royle
Best Female Personality
- Winner:
- Ruth NyeRuth NyeRuth Nye MBE, is a pianist and teacher of Australian origin.Ruth Nye, born Ruth Farren-Price, grew up in Australia. She was invited to New York to be a pupil of the Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau by Arrau himself after he heard her play in Australia...
- Ruth Nye
Best Program
- Winner:
- The Phil Silvers ShowThe Phil Silvers ShowThe Phil Silvers Show is a comedy television series which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 for 142 episodes, plus a 1959 special. The series starred Phil Silvers as Master Sergeant Ernest G...
- The Phil Silvers Show
Seven Network
Best Male Personality- Winner:
- Don Bennetts
Best Female Personality
- Winner:
- Brenda MarshallBrenda MarshallBrenda Marshall was an American film actress.Born Ardis Ankerson in Negros, Philippines, Marshall made her first film appearance in the 1939 Espionage Agent. The following year, she played the leading lady to Errol Flynn in The Sea Hawk...
- Brenda Marshall
Best Program
- Winner:
- Father Knows BestFather Knows BestFather Knows Best is an American radio and television comedy series which portrayed a middle class family life in the Midwest. It was created by writer Ed James in the 1940s.-Radio:...
- Father Knows Best
Nine Network
Best Male Personality- Winner:
- Graham KennedyGraham KennedyGraham Cyril Kennedy, AO was an Australian radio, television and film performer, often called Gra Gra and The King of Australian television.-Childhood:...
- Graham Kennedy
Best Female Personality
- Winner:
- Panda Lisner
Best Program
- Winner:
- In Melbourne TonightIn Melbourne TonightIn Melbourne Tonight, also known as "IMT", was a highly popular nightly variety television show produced at GTV-9 Melbourne from 6 May 1957 to 1970....
- In Melbourne Tonight