What is Ita Buttrose famous for? – Biography
Ita Buttrose AC, OBE is the chairman of an Australian television network, a television and radio personality, an author, and a former magazine editor, publishing executive, and newspaper journalist.
How old is Ita Buttrose? – Age
She is 81 years old as of 17 January 2023. She was born in 1942 in Potts Point, Australia. His real name is Ita Clare Buttrose.
How many Siblings does Ita Buttrose have? – Family – Education
Buttrose was born in Potts Point, Sydney, and was named after her maternal grandmother, Ita Clare Rodgers (née Rosenthal), which is pronounced /at/ (rhyming with ‘fighter’). Her parents raised her as a Catholic. Buttrose’s father, Charles Oswald Buttrose, was a journalist who was the editor of The Daily Mirror in Sydney at one point. According to her, she chose to pursue a profession in journalism when she was 11 years old. Buttrose spent her first five years in New York City, where her father was the Daily Mirror’s New York correspondent. On her mother’s side, she has Jewish ancestors.
In 1949, the family moved back to Australia and settled in the harbourside neighborhood of Vaucluse. Her parents split while she was in her teens, after 25 years of marriage, and details of her father’s private life were published in the tabloid press, causing her mother much sorrow. Buttrose was responsible for her father’s care when he was diagnosed with vascular dementia. He passed away in 1999. Buttrose briefly attended a private school before being transferred to a public school since her father could not afford the fees. She graduated from Dover Heights Home Science High School at the age of 15 to pursue her career.
Ita Buttrose Husband – Does Ita Buttrose have a daughter?
Buttrose married architect Alasdair “Mac” Macdonald at the age of 21 and had two children. Her marriage to Macdonald fell apart in 1975, while she was editing The Australian Women’s Weekly, and the couple divorced in 1976. She later met Peter Sawyer and married him in 1979. According to her, it was “not a very happy marriage”; Sawyer left in 1980, and they later divorced.
Ita Buttrose ABC
Buttrose was appointed as the next chair of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) by Prime Minister Scott Morrison in 2019.The ABC-TV two-part telemovie Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, featuring Asher Keddie as Buttrose, Rob Carlton as Kerry Packer, and Tony Barry as Frank Packer, was released in April 2011.
Ita Buttrose Cold Chisel
She made frequent appearances on radio and television, and her media fame led to her becoming the subject of the song “Ita,” recorded by rock band Cold Chisel and included on their popular East album in 1980.
Ita Buttrose Studio 10
Buttrose joined Network Ten in June 2013, where she co-hosted the morning show Studio 10 with Joe Hildebrand, Sarah Harris, Denise Drysdale, and Jessica Rowe. The show first aired in late 2013. Buttrose reduced her appearances on the show to twice a week in 2016 in order to spend more time with her grandchildren.
Ita appeared as a news reporter in episode 7547 of The Bold and the Beautiful, which aired in March 2017, alongside Brendan Jones and Amanda Keller. Buttrose stepped down as a panelist on Studio 10 in April 2018 to focus on other aspects of her life, including spending more time with her grandchildren and writing.
Ita Buttrose Books
Buttrose is also an accomplished author, having written nine novels, including her autobiography, A Passionate Life. A Guide to Australian Etiquette was released by Penguin in 2011.
Ita Buttrose Cleo
Cleo, a new publication created by Packer and Buttrose, was published in 1972, several months ahead of its rival. Cleo was a moment hit, selling its whole unique print run in only two days; The first sealed section in an Australian magazine was included in the magazine, which set a new standard for mainstream publishing in Australia by featuring the first naked male centerfold (actor Jack Thompson) and candid articles about female sexuality and other topics. Buttrose became pregnant with her second child, Ben, in the early months of the publication, but she persevered through her pregnancy with the tacit support of the Packers; an uncommon accomplishment for that time as it was as yet normal for ladies to need to surrender work forever after they became pregnant.
Cleo was edited by Buttrose until 1975 when she was made editor of the Packers’ flagship magazine, The Australian Women’s Weekly (1975–76). From 1976 to 1978, she was editor-in-chief of both publications and from 1978 to 1981, she was publisher of the Australian Consolidated Press Women’s Division.
Ita Buttrose House
After only one week on the market, Buttrose sold a Southern Highlands retreat. The single-storey brick property at 5 Oxford Street, Mittagong, adjoining the famous Turner Cottage, part of private school Frensham, is thought to be on sale for $1.4 million.
The vendor purchased it in May 2010 for $510,000, a decrease from the asking price of $530,000. The newest agreement was negotiated by Susie Embleton of the Mittagong-based eponymous agency. The house is roughly four kilometers from the iconic Queen Anne Federation villa Rowe, which sits on 5.8 hectares and was sold for $2.95 million in 2016 by Midnight Oil lead singer and former ALP minister Peter Garrett and his wife, Doris. 5 Oxford St, on 756 square meters behind a hedge fence, is less than a kilometer from the town center and considerably closer to the train station.
The 173-square-meter house has four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and formal and informal dining areas, one of which leads to an alfresco space. A big lounge is centered on an open fireplace. A double garage is also available. Buttrose remodeled the kitchen and the bathroom.