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        3. In her long British career she appeared on stage, wrote and recorded popular songs, and enjoyed a very successful career on British radio, until aged well into her 70s.
        4. Biography/History: Anona Winn was born in Australia where she was given a scholarship by Melba and trained to be a singer.
        5. Anona Winn was born on 5 January in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.

          6. In her long British career she appeared on stage, wrote and recorded popular songs, and enjoyed a very successful career on British radio, until aged well into her 70s.!

          Anona Winn

          Australian actress and broadcaster (–)

          Anona Winn

          Born

          Anona Edna Wilkins


          5 January

          Sydney, Australia

          Died2 February () (aged&#;90)

          Bournemouth, England

          Occupation(s)Actress, broadcaster & singer

          Anona WinnMBE (born Anona Edna Wilkins, 5 January – 2 February ) was an Australian-born actress, broadcaster and singer, who spent most of her career in the UK.[1]

          Career

          Born in Sydney, she studied at the Redland College For Girls in Sydney She then studied piano and eventually opera at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music,[2] which the latter was possible due to a scholarship from Dame Nellie Melba.[citation needed] Melba, who convinced her to change her name to Winn, also called her a "human flute" due to her massive range.

          She became disillusioned with the training, calling it the "strait-jacket of opera training", though she was thankful for Melba's guid