Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 26, 1948
Died
Aug 08, 2022
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Credits
124 titles
Olivia Newton-John
Biography
Dame Olivia Newton-John AC, DBE (September 26, 1948 – August 8, 2022) was an English-born, Australian-raised singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles (including two platinum) and 14 of her albums (including two platinum and four double platinum) have been certified gold by the RIAA. She has sold an estimated over 100 million albums worldwide. In 1978, she co-starred with John Travolta in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical, Grease, which became one of the most successful films and movie soundtracks in Hollywood history. It features two major hit duets with co-star John Travolta: "You're the One That I Want"—which is one of the best-selling singles of all time—and "Summer Nights". She became the second woman (after Linda Ronstadt in 1977) to have two singles – "Hopelessly Devoted to You" and "Summer Nights" – in the Billboard top 5 simultaneously. Her performance earned her a People's Choice Award for Favorite Film Actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actress in a Musical and performed the Oscar-nominated "Hopelessly Devoted to You" at the 1979 Academy Awards. In 1980, she starred with Gene Kelly and Michael Beck in the musical fantasy film Xanadu. Although it was a critical failure, its soundtrack was certified double platinum and scored five top 20 singles on the Billboard Hot 100. She charted with "Magic", "Suddenly" with Cliff Richard, and the title song "Xanadu" with the Electric Light Orchestra. "Magic" was Newton-John's biggest pop hit to that point and still ranks as the biggest AC hit of her career. The film has since become a cult classic and the basis for a Broadway show that ran for more than 500 performances beginning in 2007 and was nominated for four Tony Awards including Best Musical. She helped pioneer the music video industry by recording a video album for Physical, featuring videos of all the album's tracks and three of her older hits. The video album earned her a fourth Grammy and was aired as an ABC prime-time special, Let's Get Physical, becoming a top-10 Nielsen hit. She teamed up with Travolta again in 1983 for the critically and commercially unsuccessful movie Two of a Kind, redeemed by its platinum soundtrack featuring "Twist of Fate", and a new duet with Travolta, "Take a Chance"Iowa. In 2002, she was inducted into Australia's ARIA Hall of Fame and, in 2015, she was inducted into the Music Victoria Hall of Fame. In recognition for "her work as an entertainer and philanthropist", she was bestowed Australia's highest honor, the Companion of the Order of Australia, in June 2019. In 2008, she raised funds to help build the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in Melbourne, Australia. She led a three-week, 228 km walk along the Great Wall of China, joined by various celebrities and cancer survivors throughout her trek. The walk symbolised the steps cancer patients must take on their road to recovery. She was a a long-time activist for environmental and animal rights issues. She battled breast cancer three times and was an advocate for breast cancer research and health awareness. Her business ventures included launching several product lines for Koala Blue and co-owning the Gaia Retreat & Spa in Australia.
Known For
Filmography
Christmas with Delta in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
When ABBA Came to Britain
Self (archive footage)
ABBA: Against the Odds
Self (archive footage)
John Farnham: Finding the Voice
Self (archive footage)
Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection
Self (archive footage)
Olivia Newton-John at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
Self
Drag Race Down Under
Self - Special Guest
Christmas with Delta 2020
Self
The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee
Olivia
The A-Z of Eurovision
Self - Contestant (archive footage)
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
High as Mike
Self
And the Winner Isn't
Self
The Grease Story
Sandy Olsson
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
Orion
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
Self
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
Sandy Olsson (archive footage)
John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John: Two Strong Hearts - Live in Concert
Self (Vocals)
Country Queens at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
RuPaul Drives...
Self - Guest
A Few Best Men
Barbara Ramme
John Denver Rocky Mountain High An Earth Day Concert
self
Score: A Hockey Musical
Hope Gordon
1 a Minute
Self - Actress / Breast Cancer Survivor
Music Nuggets
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Glee
Olivia Newton-John
Sound Relief - SCG
Self
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
Sordid Lives: The Series
Bitsy Mae Harling
Olivia Newton-John and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Live at the Sydney Opera House
Self
Anne Murray Friends and Legends
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
Self – Sandy Olsson
Animal nocturno
Self
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
Self
Olivia Newton-John: Video Gold 1
Herself
Olivia Newton-John: Video Gold 2
Herself
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Self
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Guest Judge
John Travolta: The Inside Story
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
American Idol
Self - Guest Judge
The Wilde Girls
Jasmine Wilde
Sydney 2000 Olympic Opening Ceremony
Self (Vocals)
Sordid Lives
Bitsy Mae Harling
Mannheim Steamroller: The Christmas Angel - A Story on Ice
Female Storyteller