Olivia Newton-John - Overview

Date of Birth: Sep 26, 1948

Place of Birth: Cambridge, England

Nationality: Australian

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English-born pop singer, raised in Australia, who charted with over two dozen hits between the early 1970s and mid-80s. Beginning with a series of easy-listening, often countrified songs such as "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" and "Have You Never Been Mellow?", Newton-John broadened her range with her appearance in the hit film adaptation of the Broadway musical "Grease" in 1978. As the demure 50s teen turned sultry rocker, she gave a likable if modest performance, and enjoyed several big song hits, including the ballad "Hopelessly Devoted to You" and the punchy duet with John Travolta, "You're the One That I Want". Although her subsequent films, "Xanadu" (1980) and "Two of a Kind" (1983, again opposite Travolta), failed with both critics and public alike, she had big hit songs from both films and enjoyed the biggest musical hit of her career in 1981 with "Physical", the highest-selling single of the 1980s. Newton-John married actor/model Matt Lattanzi in 1985. In 1992, two weeks after her father had died from the disease, she was diagnosed with cancer, subsequentl... Read More

Filmography (14)

Big River Man (2009)

Good Luck Chuck (2007)

Monster House (2006)

Meet the Fockers (2004)

Human Nature (2004)

The Wedding Planner (2001)

Photos (5)

Milestones (29)

2002
Released a duets album featuring mostly Australian artists

2001
Once again co-starred opposite her daughter in the Showtime movie "The Wilde Girls"

2000
Acted in "Sordid Lives" co-starring Beau Bridges; performed several songs on the soundtrack

1998
Returned to Nashville to record Back With A Heart

1996
First film in over ten years, appeared in a supporting role in the AIDS drama, "It's My Party"

1994
Featured in the CBS TV-movie "A Christmas Romance"; daughter Chloe appeared as her on-screen daughter

1994
Released Gaia: One Woman's Journey, which chronicled her ordeal with breast cancer

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