Rona Newton-John(1941-2013)
- Actress
- Production Department
Rona Newton-John is a British actress who was born in Cambridge,
England. She was a model in her early years and had many small acting
roles - notably on
The Benny Hill Show (1969),
the British television series UFO (1970)
and the film "The Same Skin" (UK) (also known as
Brotherly Love (1970)). She comes
from an accomplished family: her older brother is Hugh - a doctor and
her younger sister is
Olivia Newton-John - the famed
British-Australian singer and actress, Olivia. Rona and her siblings'
grandfather was German physicist, Max Born - a Nobel prize-winner.
Their mother was Irene Born - a writer, photographer and
environmentalist and their father was Brinley Newton-John - a Professor
(Cambridge's King College) and a Dean gifted with an operatic voice, and was a violinist.
Rona had recorded a song called "Just Us Two" with her sister Olivia in
1972 and was a guest on
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
(USA) in 1979. The cooking segment of the show also featured Rona and
Olivia preparing their English soup recipe. Rona also enjoys writing.
Jane Seymour's father, a doctor, delivered Rona's baby.
