Sonia Rachel McMahon, Lady McMahon (née Hopkins; 1 August 1932 2 April 2010),[1] was an Australian socialite and philanthropist. She was the wife of William McMahon, who served as prime minister of Australia from 1971 to 1972, and the mother of actor Julian McMahon.
Career and Marriage to William McMahon.
Sonia Hopkins worked as an occupational therapist until 1965 when she married William (better known as Billy) McMahon, an aspiring politician in Sir Robert Menzies' government. She was 32, he 57. It was the only marriage for both. He became Prime Minister in 1971.[3]
Later that year, Sonia McMahon made world headlines after being photographed at the White House wearing a revealing dress in the company of her husband and United States president Richard Nixon. The white full-length dress featured see-through slits down both sides. The Washington Post described the dress as one of the most talked about items of clothing ever to be worn to the White House.[4] In later years (then Lady McMahon) she spoke to her biographer, commenting that her husband chose the dress and that it had "certainly made an impact".[5]
Their first two children (Melinda and Julian) were born before he became prime minister. Their third child, Deborah, was born in 1972, during McMahon's term as prime minister. As a prime ministerial spouse from March 1971 to December 1972, Sonia McMahon organised for a nanny to look after the children at the family home in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill, while she lived with her husband at The Lodge, Canberra, attending official duties. In an interview with her biographer, Sonia McMahon said: "It was a hard decision. I loved being with Bill and I loved being a mum. But I knew I had to make a decision, and I chose to be with my husband."[6]
William McMahon was knighted in 1977, and she became Lady McMahon, although often still referred to as simply Sonia McMahon. She became a widow in 1988, and in the ensuing years she continued her philanthropic activities. She became a board member and patron of many charities, including the National Brain Foundation, the Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation, the Australian Cancer Research Foundation, the Microsearch Foundation and Australia's Sudden Infant Death Syndrome association.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_McMahon
Craig1 said
09:00 AM Aug 24, 2022
She also would not let Danni Minogue into their house, whilst she was married to Julian.
Sheba said
11:37 PM Aug 24, 2022
Thanks Sandy. Now another easy one.
Santa said
10:20 AM Aug 25, 2022
Morning Sheba.
Looks to me like a very young John Travolta.
sandman55 said
06:14 PM Aug 25, 2022
Looks to me like a young Fabian
Sheba said
01:04 AM Aug 27, 2022
Sorry guys, he's not a Yank.
Sheba said
12:36 AM Aug 28, 2022
Try Europe.
Santa said
12:22 PM Aug 29, 2022
Crikey Sheba!that was tough, I have no idea, my better half reckons it's Alain Delon, the name means nothing to me.
sandman55 said
04:36 PM Aug 29, 2022
Santa wrote:
Crikey Sheba!that was tough, I have no idea, my better half reckons it's Alain Delon, the name means nothing to me.
The name means nothing to me as well Santa but after a Google I think your better half might be a good resource for this game. All I get from my wife and daughter is "looks familiar"
Sheba said
11:14 PM Aug 29, 2022
Santa wrote:
Crikey Sheba!that was tough, I have no idea, my better half reckons it's Alain Delon, the name means nothing to me.
Your better half knows her Actors Santa. Alain it is. Who do we look for now ?
I reckon it is Dr Christiaan Barnard.
The doctor who performed the first human heart transplant.
Santa said
06:06 PM Aug 30, 2022
That's him Watsea, thought someone would ID him quickly, very newsworthy when he performed the first heart transplant.
Who do you have for us next up?
Christiaan Neethling Barnard (8 November 1922 2 September 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation.[1][2] On 3 December 1967, Barnard transplanted the heart of accident-victim Denise Darvall into the chest of 54-year-old Louis Washkansky, with Washkansky regaining full consciousness and being able to talk easily with his wife, before dying eighteen days later of pneumonia, largely brought on by the anti-rejection drugs that suppressed his immune system.[3][4][5][6] Barnard had told Mr. and Mrs. Washkansky that the operation had an 80% chance of success, an assessment which has been criticised as misleading.[7][8][9] Barnard's second transplant patient, Philip Blaiberg, whose operation was performed at the beginning of 1968, lived for a year and a half and was able to go home from the hospital.
watsea said
06:20 PM Aug 30, 2022
Not sure how I picked Dr Barnard so quickly. I haven't seen a photo of him for decades and even then the photos were of him an older doctor.
I will have a guess. Is he a young Dr Fred Hollows?
watsea said
09:52 PM Aug 30, 2022
Sandy,
You are correct. That was Dr Fred Hollows.
Frederick Cossom HollowsAC (9 April 1929 10 February 1993) was a New ZealandAustralian ophthalmologist who became known for his work in restoring eyesight for thousands of people in Australia and many other countries. It is estimated that more than one million people in the world can see today because of initiatives instigated by Hollows, the most notable example being The Fred Hollows Foundation.
Fred Cossom Hollows was one of a family of four boys; the others being Colin, John and Maurice. All were born in Dunedin, New Zealand, to Joseph and Clarice (Marshall) Hollows. The family lived in Dunedin for the first seven years of his life.[1] He had one year of informal primary schooling at North East Valley Primary School and began attending Palmerston North Boys' High School when he was 13. Hollows received his BA degree from Victoria University of Wellington. He briefly studied at a seminary, but decided against a life in the clergy. After observing the doctors at a mental hospital during some charity work, he instead enrolled at Otago Medical School.
While living in Dunedin, he was an active member of the New Zealand Alpine Club and made several first ascents of mountains in the Mount Aspiring/Tititea region of Central Otago. In 1951, Edmund Hillary was on a test run for Everest, and was backpacking up the Tasman Glacier towards Malte Brun Hut; all five were carrying loads of 70 lb (32 kg) or more. Hillary was "met by a young man (Hollows) who came bounding down to meet me and offered to carry my load up to the hut. No one had ever offered to carry my load before, but it was too good an offer to refuse. I handed my pack over and saw his legs buckle slightly at the knees."[2]
Hollows was married twice: in 1958 to Mary Skiller, who died in 1975, and in 1980 to Gabi O'Sullivan. He first met Gabi in the early 1970s during her training as an orthoptist, and they later worked together on the National Trachoma and Eye Health Program. They would ultimately found The Fred Hollows Foundation together.
Hollows was originally a New Zealand citizen. He declined the award of honorary Officer of the Order of Australia in 1985. He adopted Australian citizenship in 1989 and was named Australian of the Year in 1990.[4] He accepted the substantive award of Companion of the Order of Australia in 1991.
In 1961, he went to Moorfields Eye Hospital in England to study ophthalmology. He then did post-graduate work in Walesbefore moving in 1965 to Australia, where he became associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. From 1965 to 1992, he chaired the ophthalmology division overseeing the teaching departments at the University of New South Wales, and the Prince of Wales and Prince Henry hospitals.
Early in the 1970s, Hollows worked with the Gurindji people at Wave Hill in the Northern Territory and then with the people around Bourke and other isolated New South Wales towns, stations and Aboriginal communities. Inspired by the missionary ophthalmologist Fr Frank Flynn,[5] he became especially concerned with the high number of Aboriginal people who had eye disorders, particularly trachoma, an eye disease not found elsewhere in the developed world. These visits inspired his life's mission to advocate for better access to eye health and living conditions for Indigenous Australians. In July 1971, with Mum (Shirl) Smith and others, he set up the Aboriginal Medical Service in suburban Redfern in Sydney, and subsequently assisted in the establishment of medical services for Aboriginal People throughout Australia.[6]
He was responsible for organising the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists to establish the National Trachoma and Eye Health Program (the "Trachoma Program") 19761978, with funding by the Federal Government.[7] Hollows himself spent three years visiting Aboriginal communities to provide eye care and carry out a survey of eye defects. More than 460 Aboriginal communities were visited, and 62,000 Aboriginal people were examined, leading to 27,000 being treated for trachoma and 1,000 operations being carried out.[8]
Gabrielle Beryl HollowsAO (néeO'Sullivan; 21 May 1953) is an Australian orthoptist. An Australian Living Treasure, she was also given the Advance Australia Award for Community Service, and was made Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International. She was married to the Australian ophthalmologist Fred Hollows from 1980 until his death in 1993.
In 1972, she graduated as an orthoptist from the NSW School of Orthoptics, specialising in disorders of eye movements and associated vision problems. During her orthoptic training, she met Fred Hollows. and joined him on the National Trachoma and Eye Health Program, which aimed to survey and treat Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians across the country eye conditions including trachoma. Over a period of three years, they visited over 465 remote communities and treated more than 100,000 people.[1] They married in 1980 and had five children. She worked with Fred until his death in 1993, and continued his work afterwards through The Fred Hollows Foundation, both overseas and in Australia.[2][3] In 1996, she married lawyer John Balazs.[4]
You might think I'm crayzy, but I'll take a stab at a yoooooung Kirk Douglas ?
Not Kirk Douglas Sheba.
My better half took one look and I.D'd him, not sure how she did it, I still don't see the resemblance, not easy.
I would say the photo was from the 60's with the way he is leaning to the side. Some celebrity photos were taken like that.
Probably even earlier than the 60's Sandman.
Time for a clue! he had a milk shake named after him in Pulp Fiction.
I would never have got it without that clue. A young Jerry Lewis
Thats him Sandman, take it away.
Thanks Santa. Now who is this lady.
Sonya McMahon.
That was quick Sheba.
No flies on you Sheba
over to you.
Sonia Rachel McMahon, Lady McMahon (née Hopkins; 1 August 1932 2 April 2010),[1] was an Australian socialite and philanthropist. She was the wife of William McMahon, who served as prime minister of Australia from 1971 to 1972, and the mother of actor Julian McMahon.
Career and Marriage to William McMahon.
Sonia Hopkins worked as an occupational therapist until 1965 when she married William (better known as Billy) McMahon, an aspiring politician in Sir Robert Menzies' government. She was 32, he 57. It was the only marriage for both. He became Prime Minister in 1971.[3]
Later that year, Sonia McMahon made world headlines after being photographed at the White House wearing a revealing dress in the company of her husband and United States president Richard Nixon. The white full-length dress featured see-through slits down both sides. The Washington Post described the dress as one of the most talked about items of clothing ever to be worn to the White House.[4] In later years (then Lady McMahon) she spoke to her biographer, commenting that her husband chose the dress and that it had "certainly made an impact".[5]
Their first two children (Melinda and Julian) were born before he became prime minister. Their third child, Deborah, was born in 1972, during McMahon's term as prime minister. As a prime ministerial spouse from March 1971 to December 1972, Sonia McMahon organised for a nanny to look after the children at the family home in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill, while she lived with her husband at The Lodge, Canberra, attending official duties. In an interview with her biographer, Sonia McMahon said: "It was a hard decision. I loved being with Bill and I loved being a mum. But I knew I had to make a decision, and I chose to be with my husband."[6]
William McMahon was knighted in 1977, and she became Lady McMahon, although often still referred to as simply Sonia McMahon. She became a widow in 1988, and in the ensuing years she continued her philanthropic activities. She became a board member and patron of many charities, including the National Brain Foundation, the Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation, the Australian Cancer Research Foundation, the Microsearch Foundation and Australia's Sudden Infant Death Syndrome association.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_McMahon
Thanks Sandy. Now another easy one.
Morning Sheba.
Looks to me like a very young John Travolta.
Looks to me like a young Fabian
Sorry guys, he's not a Yank.
Try Europe.
Crikey Sheba!that was tough, I have no idea, my better half reckons it's Alain Delon, the name means nothing to me.
The name means nothing to me as well Santa but after a Google I think your better half might be a good resource for this game. All I get from my wife and daughter is "looks familiar"
Your better half knows her Actors Santa. Alain it is. Who do we look for now ?
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (French: [al dl]; born 8 November 1935) is a French actor and filmmaker. Known as the male Brigitte Bardot,[2] he was one of Europe's most prominent actors and screen sex symbols in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In 1985, he won the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in Notre histoire (1984). In 1991, he received France's Legion of Honour. At the 45th Berlin International Film Festival, he won the Honorary Golden Bear. At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, he received the Honorary Palme d'Or.
Delon achieved critical acclaim for roles in films such as Purple Noon (1960), Rocco and His Brothers (1960), L'Eclisse (1962), The Leopard (1963), Le Samouraï (1967), La Piscine (1969), Le Cercle Rouge (1970), Un flic (1972), and Monsieur Klein (1976). Over the course of his career Delon worked with many directors, including Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Louis Malle. As a singer, Delon recorded the popular duet "Paroles, paroles" (1973) with Dalida. He acquired Swiss citizenship in 1999.
Thanks Sheba.
Lets try this gentleman.
I reckon it is Dr Christiaan Barnard.
The doctor who performed the first human heart transplant.
That's him Watsea, thought someone would ID him quickly, very newsworthy when he performed the first heart transplant.
Who do you have for us next up?
Christiaan Neethling Barnard (8 November 1922 2 September 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation.[1][2] On 3 December 1967, Barnard transplanted the heart of accident-victim Denise Darvall into the chest of 54-year-old Louis Washkansky, with Washkansky regaining full consciousness and being able to talk easily with his wife, before dying eighteen days later of pneumonia, largely brought on by the anti-rejection drugs that suppressed his immune system.[3][4][5][6] Barnard had told Mr. and Mrs. Washkansky that the operation had an 80% chance of success, an assessment which has been criticised as misleading.[7][8][9] Barnard's second transplant patient, Philip Blaiberg, whose operation was performed at the beginning of 1968, lived for a year and a half and was able to go home from the hospital.
Not sure how I picked Dr Barnard so quickly. I haven't seen a photo of him for decades and even then the photos were of him an older doctor.
Here is another candidate.
I will have a guess. Is he a young Dr Fred Hollows?
Sandy,
You are correct. That was Dr Fred Hollows.
Frederick Cossom Hollows AC (9 April 1929 10 February 1993) was a New ZealandAustralian ophthalmologist who became known for his work in restoring eyesight for thousands of people in Australia and many other countries. It is estimated that more than one million people in the world can see today because of initiatives instigated by Hollows, the most notable example being The Fred Hollows Foundation.
Fred Cossom Hollows was one of a family of four boys; the others being Colin, John and Maurice. All were born in Dunedin, New Zealand, to Joseph and Clarice (Marshall) Hollows. The family lived in Dunedin for the first seven years of his life.[1] He had one year of informal primary schooling at North East Valley Primary School and began attending Palmerston North Boys' High School when he was 13. Hollows received his BA degree from Victoria University of Wellington. He briefly studied at a seminary, but decided against a life in the clergy. After observing the doctors at a mental hospital during some charity work, he instead enrolled at Otago Medical School.
While living in Dunedin, he was an active member of the New Zealand Alpine Club and made several first ascents of mountains in the Mount Aspiring/Tititea region of Central Otago. In 1951, Edmund Hillary was on a test run for Everest, and was backpacking up the Tasman Glacier towards Malte Brun Hut; all five were carrying loads of 70 lb (32 kg) or more. Hillary was "met by a young man (Hollows) who came bounding down to meet me and offered to carry my load up to the hut. No one had ever offered to carry my load before, but it was too good an offer to refuse. I handed my pack over and saw his legs buckle slightly at the knees."[2]
Hollows was a member of the Communist Party of New Zealand during the 1950s and 1960s.[3]
Hollows was married twice: in 1958 to Mary Skiller, who died in 1975, and in 1980 to Gabi O'Sullivan. He first met Gabi in the early 1970s during her training as an orthoptist, and they later worked together on the National Trachoma and Eye Health Program. They would ultimately found The Fred Hollows Foundation together.
Hollows was originally a New Zealand citizen. He declined the award of honorary Officer of the Order of Australia in 1985. He adopted Australian citizenship in 1989 and was named Australian of the Year in 1990.[4] He accepted the substantive award of Companion of the Order of Australia in 1991.
In 1961, he went to Moorfields Eye Hospital in England to study ophthalmology. He then did post-graduate work in Walesbefore moving in 1965 to Australia, where he became associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. From 1965 to 1992, he chaired the ophthalmology division overseeing the teaching departments at the University of New South Wales, and the Prince of Wales and Prince Henry hospitals.
Early in the 1970s, Hollows worked with the Gurindji people at Wave Hill in the Northern Territory and then with the people around Bourke and other isolated New South Wales towns, stations and Aboriginal communities. Inspired by the missionary ophthalmologist Fr Frank Flynn,[5] he became especially concerned with the high number of Aboriginal people who had eye disorders, particularly trachoma, an eye disease not found elsewhere in the developed world. These visits inspired his life's mission to advocate for better access to eye health and living conditions for Indigenous Australians. In July 1971, with Mum (Shirl) Smith and others, he set up the Aboriginal Medical Service in suburban Redfern in Sydney, and subsequently assisted in the establishment of medical services for Aboriginal People throughout Australia.[6]
He was responsible for organising the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists to establish the National Trachoma and Eye Health Program (the "Trachoma Program") 19761978, with funding by the Federal Government.[7] Hollows himself spent three years visiting Aboriginal communities to provide eye care and carry out a survey of eye defects. More than 460 Aboriginal communities were visited, and 62,000 Aboriginal people were examined, leading to 27,000 being treated for trachoma and 1,000 operations being carried out.[8]
Over to you Sandy.
Thanks watsea, now who is this lady.
Mrs. Fred Hollows ?
You have her Sheba over to you.
Gabrielle Beryl Hollows AO (née O'Sullivan; 21 May 1953) is an Australian orthoptist. An Australian Living Treasure, she was also given the Advance Australia Award for Community Service, and was made Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International. She was married to the Australian ophthalmologist Fred Hollows from 1980 until his death in 1993.
Career[edit]
In 1972, she graduated as an orthoptist from the NSW School of Orthoptics, specialising in disorders of eye movements and associated vision problems. During her orthoptic training, she met Fred Hollows. and joined him on the National Trachoma and Eye Health Program, which aimed to survey and treat Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians across the country eye conditions including trachoma. Over a period of three years, they visited over 465 remote communities and treated more than 100,000 people.[1] They married in 1980 and had five children. She worked with Fred until his death in 1993, and continued his work afterwards through The Fred Hollows Foundation, both overseas and in Australia.[2][3] In 1996, she married lawyer John Balazs.[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabi_Hollows
Thanks Sandy. Who do we have here ?