Newsreader jan leeming biography

Jan Leeming Biography

Although best known as a Television Newsreader,  Jan has had a long and varied career in television and started her working life in theatre.

Born in Kent, Jan went to New Zealand and Australia in the early 60's where she appeared on both stage and television.

She was the first woman newsreader on Television in Sydney in 1963 - quite a coup for a male dominated society and before the emergence of Women's Lib.!!

Her theatrical credits included a gruelling seven month tour of New South Wales with a Shakespearean Company called The Young Elizabethans.

Jan played Portia in The Merchant of Venice and a witch in Macbeth - that's Rep. for you! Back in Sydney she played the part of Georgie in Iris Murdoch's A Severed Head opposite the late Robin Bailey. Jan starred with another well known English actor, Jack Watling, when she appeared in the John Chapman farce Diplomatic Baggage.

She was invited to join the prestigious Union Repertory Company in Melbourne w