- Born
- Died
- Nicknames
- Livvy
- The Goddess
- Lovely Livvy
- Olivia Neutron-Bomb
- ONJ
- Olivia
- Olivia Newton
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Olivia Newton-John was an English singer and actress who was born on September 26, 1948, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. In 1954, her family relocated to Australia when her father was offered a job as the dean of a Presbyterian college in Melbourne. After winning a singing talent contest, she returned to England with her mother, where she resided until 1975. Her many hit singles include, "You're The One That I Want" from the movie Grease (1978), which she starred in with John Travolta. She appeared on the TV series, It's Cliff Richard (1970), as well as in the film Toomorrow (1970). For several years, she was engaged to Bruce Welch, a founding member of The Shadows, which included Cliff Richard. Welch was one of the producers of her first international hit, "If Not For You".- IMDb Mini Biography By: Li Richards
- SpousesAmazon John Easterling(June 30, 2008 - August 8, 2022) (her death)Matt Lattanzi(December 15, 1984 - 1995) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- ParentsBrinley "Bryn" Newton-JohnIrene Born
- RelativesRona Newton-John(Sibling)Hugh Newton-John(Sibling)Tottie Goldsmith(Niece or Nephew)Oliver John(Grandparent)Daisy Newton(Grandparent)Max Born(Grandparent)Max Born(Cousin)Gustav Victor Rudolf Born(Aunt or Uncle)Gustav Jacob Born(Great Grandparent)Martha Hedwig Born (born: Ehrenberg)(Grandparent)Victor Ehrenberg(Great Grandparent)Elise Marie von Jhering(Great Grandparent)Brett Goldsmith(Niece or Nephew)Emerson Newton-John(Niece or Nephew)Layla Lee-Curtis(Niece or Nephew)
- Blonde hair and large blue eyes
- On June 30, 2005, Newton-John's then-partner, a cameraman named Patrick McDermott, went missing after going on an overnight fishing trip on a sport fishing vessel out of San Pedro, California. He was located four years later in April 2009 by Dateline NBC (1992) investigators. Missing since July 2005, he was found in a Mexican beach town, living under the name of Pat Kim and working on a yacht which ferries tourists in and out of a marina near Sayulita, Mexico.
- Was close friends with Karen Carpenter.
- Newton-John insisted on a screen test for the role of Sandy Olsson in Grease (1978), concerned she didn't have the acting skills and also that she would look too old to be a high school student (she was age 29 at the time of filming, portraying a character who was supposed to be age 18). She made the screen test and got the role, which had originally been meant for actress Susan Dey (who played Laurie Partridge in The Partridge Family (1970), but turned down the role on her manager's advice). Dey is four years younger than Newton-John.
- Her performance as Sandy Olsson in Grease (1978) is ranked #89 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
- Best known as a singer, she had over 25 "Top 40" singles, more than half of which went "Top 10" on the US Billboard charts, including five #1 hits -- "I Honestly Love You" (1974), "Have You Never Been Mellow" (1975), "You're the One That I Want" (1978), "Magic" (1980) and "Physical" (1981), a whopping success that remained #1 for 10 weeks.
- There's a rumor going around that I'm Miss Goody-two-shoes from Australia. Well, that's a laugh. I'm really Miss Goody-two-shoes from England!
- I do have high standards, but I don't expect anything from anyone that I don't expect from myself.
- Family, nature and health all go together.
- There's a balance in my life. There's reality, and there's the part that looks really glamorous, but we're all just people in the end.
- To me, luxury is to be at home with my daughter, and the occasional massage doesn't hurt.
- Grease (1978) - $125,000
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