Sue McIntosh (née Menlove) is an Australian television actress, presenter and journalist.
Career During the 1960s and 1970s, McIntosh was an actress who worked in British and Australian television. Her early credits include a 1965 episode of The Benny Hill Show from its run on BBC Television, Where the Bullets Fly (1966) and hosting the children's show Adventure Island from 1969 to 1972.
In the 1970s she also featured on The Paul Hogan Show,TV Times 28 April 1979 at TelevisionAU The Graham Kennedy Show, The Ernie Sigley Show, The Don Lane Show, The Mike Walsh Show and The Ted Hamilton Show.Hinch re: Ted Hamilton The Age - Carbone & Money Later she was the host of Take 5 and You Me and Education.
Her acting credits include Matlock Police, Division 4, Homicide and Prisoner.
McIntosh was also a news presenter on ABC News Victoria.
During the early 2000 period McIntosh made a much long-awaited return to TV with her own community TV based show from Melbourne titled Sue McIntosh Presents (2001-2002), in which she interviewed a number of showbiz friends she had known over the years, her most noted guest being Olivia Newton-John during 2001.
Filmography Film Title Year Role Type 1966 Where the Bullets Fly Celia (as Sue Donovan) Feature film, UK
Television Title Year Role Type 1956 ABC News Herself – Newsreader TV series 1965 The Benny Hill Show Various roles (as Sue Donovan) TV series UK, 1 episode 1966 The Baron Pia Vallachio (as Sue Donovan) TV series UK, 1 episode 1969 The Cheerful Cuckold Sybil Morton (as Sue Donovan) ABC Teleplay 1969–1972 Adventure Island Herself – Host ABC TV series, 876 episodes 19701972 Homicide Susan Blake / Karen (as Sue Donovan) TV series, 2 episodes 19701973 Division 4 Margaret Fraser / Patty (as Sue Donovan) TV series, 2 episodes 1970 Sounds Like Us Herself (as Sue Donovan) TV series, 1 episode 1970 The Mike Walsh Show Herself (as Sue Donovan) TV series, 9 episodes 1971 The 13th Annual TV Week Logie Awards Herself (as Sue Donovan) TV special 1972 Matlock Police unknown role (as Sue Donovan) TV series 1973 The Graham Kennedy Show Herself (as Sue Donovan) TV series, 85 episodes 1974 This Love Affair unknown role (as Sue Donovan) TV series, 1 episode 1974 And the Big Men Fly Hostess (as Sue Donovan) ABC TV series, 6 episodes 1974–1976 The Ernie Sigley Show Herself (as Sue Donovan) TV series, 129 episodes 1975–1983 The Don Lane Show Herself (as Sue Donovan) TV series 1976 Ernie Herself (as Sue Donovan) TV series 1977–1984 The Paul Hogan Show Herself / Various characters (as Sue Donovan) TV series 1978; 1980 The Mike Walsh Show Guest - Herself TV series, 1 episode 1979 Prisoner TV Interviewer (as Sue Donovan) TV series, 2 episodes 1980; 1983 The Mike Walsh Show Guest - Herself TV series, 1 episode 1980 The Prophersies of Hoges Herself in Various characters TV Special 1980 The Ted Hamilton Show Herself (as Sue Donovan) TV series, 4 episodes 1981 Channel Nine Celebrates: 25 Years Of Television Herself in audience TV special 1981 Six Tonight Presenter TV series, 1 episode 1983 The Mike Walsh Show Guest - Herself with Liz Harris TV series, 1 episode 1984 The Paul Hogan Show Herself (as Sue Donovan / McIntosh) TV series, 1 episode 2001–2002 Sue McIntosh Presents Herself - Presenter / Interviewer (as Sue McIntosh) TV series 2001 An Audience with John Farnham Herself as audience member with Olivia Newton-John TV Special 2002 Today Herself as 'Hair' audience member TV series, 1 episode 2009 Lights! Camera! Party! Television City Celebrates Herself - Audience Guest (as Sue McIntosh) TV special 2022 The Morning Show Herself – Voice over on her friend Olivia Newton-John (as Sue McIntosh) TV series, 1 episode
Awards As Sue Donovan, she received the Victorian Most Popular Female Logie Award for 1971.
Personal life McIntosh, was born on 11 September 1946. She was known as Sue Donovan previously, from her teenage wedding, in 1965, to veteran actor Terence Donovan. Their marriage ended in an acrimonious divorce in 1973, and she lost custody of her five-year-old son, Jason Donovan. He started his acting career as a child and later became a singer. They became estranged following his revealing 2007 autobiography, Between The Lines, My Story Uncut. She was denied a right of reply to his book and was not invited to his 2008 wedding.
Her maiden name of Menlove was confirmed in the BBC One programme, Who Do You Think You Are? in which Jason, participated. It was aired on 30 August 2010.
She married John McIntosh in 1974, they have three daughters: Katherine, Olivia and actress Stephanie McIntosh.
References
External links 1979 TV Times cover at TelevisionAU