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6 BAYSWATER NEWS, AUTUMN 2021

Meet

Brenda Magnifico

Brenda has been a permanent resident at As Brenda is quick to explain, she has had a
Bayswater Gardens since July 2017. wonderful life and has been incredibly lucky to
have spent a lifetime in a career/ industry which
From the early age of four Brenda attended she loved.
singing and dancing lessons, by age 15, Brenda
was already performing in live stage shows at the As far as Brenda is concerned, while the
Tivoli and other Sydney venues of the day. Brenda career/industry involved long hours and was
is grateful for her mother who spent endless definitely demanding, she has never “worked”…
hours taking Brenda to lessons, auditions and Singing and Dancing was too much fun to call
shows. “work”. She simply lived her dreams and was
grateful to her mum for directing her towards a
Brenda spent the next 30 years performing in career on stage.
stage shows across every state in Australia and
major cities like Paris and some significant time in Brenda married her husband Thomas in the late
Asia (as well as not so major cities). Despite the 1990’s. Thomas was a manager of sporting/social
excitement of travel and new experiences in clubs as well as owning his own very successful
different countries and despite strong business for many years. They shared the same
encouragement to move and live overseas to interests in clubs, stage performance and the
further her career in Show Business, Australia was entertainment industry.
home and Australia is where Brenda chose to Brenda also has fondness for cats and dogs
remain.
especially poodles.
Brenda performed on stage beside numerous
high profile international entertainers such as
Shirley Bassey, Leslie Uggams, well known
comedian Joe Martin and many others. Having
performed at all major NSW night clubs, sporting
clubs and social clubs, Brenda rubbed shoulders
on stage with most Australian entertainers of the
1950’s to 1970’s and beyond.