Patricia Ann Ruth Noble (3 February 1944 – 23 January 2021) was an Australian singer and actress. Initially performing as Patsy Ann Noble, she was a teenage pop singer in the early 1960s, with regular appearances on the Australian music and variety television series Bandstand. In November 1961, she released her biggest hit single, "Good Looking Boy", which reached the Top 10 in Melbourne and Top 20 in Sydney. At the 1961 Logie Awards, she won the Best Female Singer of the Year award from TV Week. By 1962, she had transferred to the United Kingdom and continued her singing career by releasing singles there.
In 1965, Noble started her television acting career, and by 1967, she was using Trisha Noble as her stage name. By the 1970s, she had relocated to the United States and had guest roles on various television series including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Columbo, Baretta, McMillan & Wife, The Rockford Files, and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
Early life and family
Patricia "Trisha" Ann Ruth Noble was born on 3 February 1944 in Marrickville and grew up in Sydney, Australia. Her father was Clarence Lancelot "Buster" Noble (1 March 1913 – 15 July 1990), a comedian and singer; her mother was Helen De Paul (born Helen McGoulrick, 1921–2007), an entertainer, singer, dancer, and comedian on the Tivoli circuit. During World War II, Buster served as a sergeant in the Waratahs Entertainment Unit in the AIF from November 1942 to January 1946. Noble has a younger sister, Amanda. By age 14, she was qualified to teach ballet. Her singing career was encouraged by Brian Henderson, the compere of the Australian version of Bandstand, where she made regular appearances. She also appeared in Season 4 of Hart to Hart as Laela.
Soon after Strike Force was cancelled, Noble returned to Australia in 1983 with her son Patrick because her father, Buster, was seriously ill. Her remains were cremated.
Filmography
Film
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! Title
! Role
! Notes
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|1963 || Live It Up! || Herself || Musical film
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|1964 || Reels Within Reels || Herself || Short film
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1964 || A Dream Singing || Performer || TV movie
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1966 || Funny Girl Happened to Me on the Way to the Piano || Herself || TV movie
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|1966 || Death Is a Woman || Francesca || Feature film
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| 1968 || Iolanthe || Iolanthe || TV movie
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| 1969 || Carry On Camping || Sally || Feature film
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| 1975 || One of Our Own || Sabrina Rogoff || TV movie
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| 1978 || The Courage and the Passion || Lt. Lisa Rydell || TV movie
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| 1979 || The Wild Wild West Revisited || Penelope || TV movie
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| 1980 || Willow B: Women In Prison || Chris Bricker || TV movie
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| 1980 || The Private Eyes || Mistress Phyllis Morley || Feature film
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| 1981 || ..Deadline... || Gillian Boles || TV movie
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| 2002 || Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones || Jobal Naberrie (uncredited) || Feature film
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| 2005 || Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith || Jobal Nabarrie || Feature film
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Television
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! Title
! Role
! Notes
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1959
| The Bobby Limb Show
| Guest Singer
| TV series, 1 episode
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1960
| The Golden Rock
| Herself - Singer
| TV special
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1961
| Revue '61
| Herself
| 1 episode
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1961–1962, 1965, 1967
| Bandstand
| Herself - Singer
| TV series
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1963
| The Arthur Haynes Show
| Herself - Singer
| 1 episode
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1963
| Pops and Lenny
| Herself
| 1 episode
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1963
| Ready, Steady, Go!
| Herself
| 1 episode
|-
|style="background: #bfd";"| 1963–1964
| Discs a Go-Go
| Herself
| 5 episodes
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1963
| Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium
| Herself
| 1 episode
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1963–1966
| Thank Your Lucky Stars
| Guest host
| 9 episodes
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1964
| Hi There! It's Rolf Harris
| Herself
| 1 episode
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1964
| Big Night Out
| Herself
| 1 episode
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1964
| Two of a Kind
| Herself
| 1 episode
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1964
| The Andy Stewart Show
| Herself
| 1 episode
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1964
| Blackpool Night Out
| Herself
| 1 episode
|-
|style="background: #bfd";"| 1964
| Club Night
| Herself
| 1 episode
|-
|style="background: #bfd";"| 1964
| The Eamonn Andrews Show
| Herself
| 1 episode
|-
|style="background: #bfd";"| 1964, 1965
| Comedy Bandbox
| Herself
| 2 episodes
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1965
| With Andy
| Herself
| 1 episode
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1965
| Ni figue ni raisin
| Herself
| 2 episodes
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1965, 1966
| Five O'Clock Club
| Herself
| 2 episode
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1966
| Juke Box Jury
| Panellist
| 2 episode
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1966
| The Benny Hill Show
| Guest performer
| 1 episode
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1966
| Danger Man
| Susan Wade
| 1 episode
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1966
| The Wednesday Play
| Francoise Clouet
| 1 episode
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1967
| The Blackpool Show
| Herself
| 1 episode
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|style="background: #bfd";"| 1967
| The Charlie Drake Show
| Herself
| 1 episode
|-
|style="background: #bfd";"| 1967
| The Nixon Line
| Herself
| 1 episode
|-
|style="background: #bfd";"| 1967, 1968
| The Dick Emery Show
| Herself
| 2 episodes
|-
|style="background: #bfd";"| 1967
| Mickey Dunne
| Janie Jenkins
| 1 episode
|-
|style="background: #bfd";"| 1968
| International Cabaret
| Herself
| 1 episode
|-
|style="background: #bfd";"| 1968
| BBC Show of the Week
| Herself
| 1 episode
|-
|style="background: #bfd";"| 1968
| We Have Ways of Making You Laugh
| Various
| TV series
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| 1969
| Out of the Unknown
| Gladia
| 1 episode
|-
| 1969
| The Liberace Show
| Herself
| 1 episode
|-
| 1969
| The Dave King Show
| Herself
| 1 episode
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| 1969
| Who-Dun-It
| Dolores Vail
| 1 episode
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| 1969
| The Engelbert Humperdinck Show
| Herself
| 1 episode
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| 1969
| Z-Cars
| Betty Jordan
| 2 episodes
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| 1970
| It's Tommy Cooper
| Herself
| 1 episode
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| 1970
| Callan
| Jean Price
| 1 episode
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| 1970
| Fraud Squad
| Liz Paterson
| 1 episode
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| 1970
| Crowther's Back In Town
| Herself
| 1 episode
|-
| 1970
| Up Pompeii!
| Luscia / High Priestess of the Vestal Virgins
| 2 episodes
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| 1970
| The Benny Hill Show
| Various roles
| 1 episode
|-
| 1971
| The Merv Griffin Show
| Herself
| 1 episode
|-
| 1971
| Night Gallery
| Sherry
| 1 episode
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| 1972
| I'm a Fan
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 1972
| The Courtship of Eddie's Father
| Dr. Liz Park
| 1 episode
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| 1975
| Baretta New Girl in Town
| Girl
| 1 episode
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| 1975
| Columbo Playback
| Marcy Hubbard
| 1 episode
|-
| 1975
| The Bob Crane Show
| Student
| 1 episode
|-
| 1975
| Matt Helm
| Millicent
| 1 episode
|-
| 1976
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show
| Whitney Lewis
| 1 episode
|-
| 1976–1977
| Executive Suite
| Yvonne Holland
| 7 episodes
|-
| 1977
| The Rhinemann Exchange
| Irene
| Miniseries, 1 episode
|-
| 1977
| McMillan & Wife
| Beulah Harrington
| 1 episode
|-
| 1977
| Testimony of Two Men
| Edna Beamish
| Miniseries, 3 episodes
|-
| 1978
| James at 15
| Call girl
| 1 episode
|-
| 1978
| How the West Was Won
| Valerie
| 3 episodes
|-
| 1978
| Husbands, Wives & Lovers
| Carol
| 1 episode
|-
| 1978
| Fantasy Island
| Denise Carlson
| 1 episode
|-
| 1978; 1984
| The Mike Walsh Show
| Guest – Herself via satellite US
| TV series, 1 episode
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| 1979
| The Rockford Files
| Odette Lependieu
| 2 episodes
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| 1979
| Mrs. Columbo
| Patty
| 1 episode
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| 1979
| Eischied
| Jeanne
| 1 episode
|-
| 1979
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
| Sabrina
| 1 episode
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| 1980
| Stone
| Lynette
| 1 episode
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| 1980
| John Newcombe's Australian Stars In The States
| Herself at home
| TV special
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| 1981
| Flamingo Road
| Vanessa Curtis
| 1 episode
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| 1981
| The Love Boat
| Gertrude Turner
| 1 episode
|-
| 1981–82
| Strike Force
| Sergeant Rosie Johnson
| 20 episodes
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| 1982
| Hart to Hart
| Laela
| 1 episode
|-
| 1983
| Casablanca
| Celia
| 1 episode
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| 1983
| T. J. Hooker
| Lorraine Daggett
| 1 episode
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| 1983
| Oh Madeline
| Julie
| 1 episode
|-
| 1983
| Matt Houston
| Melinda
| 1 episode
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| 1984; 1985
| The Mike Walsh Show
| Guest – Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
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| 1985
| The Mike Walsh Show
| Guest – Herself with Carmen Duncan
| TV series, 1 episode
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| 1986
| Body Business
| Elizabeth
| Miniseries, 2 episodes
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| 1992
| Tonight Live with Steve Vizard
| Guest
| 1 episode
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| 1996
| The South Bank Show
| Herself
| 1 episode
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| 2000, 2004
| All Saints
| Sister O'Reilly, Mrs. Summers
| 2 episodes
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| 2000
| Water Rats
| Mrs. Clarke
| 1 episode
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| 2001
| Blonde
| Dr. Mittelstadt
| Miniseries
|-
| 2001
| This Is Your Life
| Herself
| 1 episode: Trisha Noble
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| 2002
| Burke's Backyard
| Herself – Celebrity Gardener
| 1 episode
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| 2002
| Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones: Deleted Scenes
| Jobal Nabarrie
| Video
|-
| 2003; 2005
| Good Morning Australia
| Herself
| 1 episode
|-
| 2005
| Good Morning Australia
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2017
| The Daily Edition
| Herself
| 1 episode
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Discography
Note that all recordings are credited to Patsy Ann Noble, the name she used from start of her singing career.
Albums
- Just for You (1962)
- Hits and Rarities – The Story of Patsy Ann Noble (1997)
EP
Il Est Là Le Garçon
<br />
Label: Columbia – ESRF 1506, Présence Mondiale – ESRF 1506<br />
Format: Vinyl, 7-inch EP<br />
Country: France<br />
Released: 1964<br />
Tracklist
- A1 Il Est Là Le Garçon (Heartbreak Avenue)
- A2 Tout Ce Que Je Souhaite (Accidents Will Happen)
- B1 C'est Drôle Les Rêves (The Proud Boy)
- B2 Ça Pourrait Changer (Don't You Ever Change Your Mind)
Singles
- "Like I’m in Love" (Walker & Lynn)/"I Love You So Much It Hurts" (Tillman). Recorded with orchestra under direction of Bob Young. Sydney, November 1960.
- "Busy Lips" (Peter Allen, Chris Bell of The Allen Brothers). Recorded with The Delltones and orchestra directed by Bob Young. Sydney, January 1961.
- "It's Always the Way" (Johnny Devlin)
- "A Guy Who Can Mend a Broken Heart" (Lucky Starr)
- "Good Looking Boy" (Johnny Devlin) 24 November 1961
- "I’m Not Supposed to Know" (Johnny Ashcroft, Lorna Barry, Noel Balfour). Recorded with orchestra directed by Geoff Harvey. Sydney, 1962
- "Oh, My Little Baby Darling (I Love You)" (Joe Halford, Jay Justin)
- "Don’t Love and Run" (Chet Clark)
- "I’ll Be Thinking of You" (Lorna Barry, Noel Balfour)
- "Once in a Lifetime" (Johnny Devlin)
- "When You Find Your True Love" (Joe Halford, Ray Swinfield)
- "Johnny One Note" (Rodgers and Hart). Recorded with accompaniments arranged & conducted by Geoff Harvey. Sydney, 1962
- "Moon River" (Henry Mancini)
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (James, Ellington, Hodges, George)
- "I Fall to Pieces" (Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard)
- "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen)
- "Mama" (Cesare Andrea Bixio, Bruno Cherubini, Harold Barlow, Phil Brito)
- "Put on a Happy Face" (Strouse, Adams)
- "Johnny Sings a Love Song" (Joe Halford, Geoff Harvey)
- "Hey, Look Me Over" (Leigh, Coleman)
- "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Rodgers, Hammerstein)
- "Misty" (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke)
- "Don’t You Ever Change Your Mind" (Bob Barrett). Recorded with Martin Slavin & His Orchestra. London, February 1963
- "Heartbreak Avenue" (Barratt, Dutch) April 1963
- "Sour Grapes" (Batchelor, Roberts)
- "I’m Nobody's Baby" – Columbia DB7008, DO4364. Recorded with Martin Slavin & His Orchestra. London, 1963
- "Accidents Will Happen" – Columbia DB7088. b/w He Tells Me With His Eyes
- "I Did Nothing Wrong" – Columbia DB7258, DO4475. Recorded with orchestra arranged and conducted by Ivor Raymonde. London, 1963
- "I Was Only Foolin' Myself" (Bob Barratt). Recorded with orchestra arranged and conducted by Martin Slavin. London, 1963
- "Ordinary Love" (Slavin-Gail-Rose). Recorded with orchestra arranged and conducted by Norrie Paramor. London, 1963
- "It's Better to Cry Today"
- "Don’t Tell Him I Told You"
- "He Who Rides A Tiger" – Polydor BM 56054, side A, mono, 7-inch 45 rpm vinyl. (music by Trevor Peacock / words by Gordon Waine) Musical director Peter Jeffries. England, June 1965. Coupled with "City of Night", it peaked at No. 21 on the British Top 30, and No. 15 on Australia's Top 40. The song was used prominently in the 1960's UK television series Danger Man (known as Secret Agent in the U.S.) starring Patrick McGoohan, in the third season finale episode "Not So Jolly Roger", first aired on 7 April 1966. Noble also acted in that episode, as Susie Wade, disc jockey at a pirate radio station located on an abandoned WWII Maunsell Fort (offshore gunnery platform) named Red Sands Fort, the real-life location of pirate radio station Radio 390 from 1965 to 1967.
- "City of Night" – Polydor BM 56054, side B, mono, 7-inch 45 rpm vinyl. (music by Peter Jeffries / words by Gordon Waine) Musical director Peter Jeffries. England, June 1965. Coupled with "He Who Rides A Tiger".
- "Live for life" (as Trisha Noble)