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Jean Kittson

Australian comedian

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Australian comedian

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name	Jean Kittson
image	Jean Kittson.jpg
caption	Kittson launching the 11th Hour Campaign for the 2010 Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month campaign
birth_name	Jean Kittson
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birth_place	Lilydale, Victoria, Australia
medium	Comedian, television
nationality	Australian
active	1989–present
spouse	Patrick Cook
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Jean Kittson (born 1955) is an Australian performer, writer and comedian in theatre and print, on radio and television. She made her comedy debut at Melbourne's comedy venue Le Joke in a series of solo performances, and then in the stage version of Let The Blood Run Free.

She came to national attention on The Big Gig. This was followed by Let the Blood Run Free, Kittson Fahey, the Great Debate series as well as Good News Week, The Glasshouse and The Einstein Factor. She is also well known for her lively comedy debates for the ABC, Channel 9 and Channel Ten and was a regular guest on Channel 7's the Morning Show, Channel 9's KAK Show and 20 to One. She has also been a judge on Strictly Speaking and a guest on Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation.

Kittson is a regular guest on TGIF, ABC radio 702, Sydney and has been a regular columnist with New Weekly, Sunday Telegraph, the SMH Sydney Magazine, Inspire Magazine, and the Reader's Digest Health Smart magazine.

She is the author of Tongue Lashing, We Need to Talk About Mum and Dad on supporting ageing parents, and a book on menopause, You're Still Hot To Me.

She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2023 Australia Day Honours.

Television

Kittson is best known for her performances, particularly as a news commentator Veronica Glenhuntly, on the ABC1 evening comedy program The Big Gig, which aired in the early 1990s. Kittson also starred in the TV series of Let The Blood Run Free, which was first shown on Network Ten in 1990, and ran for two seasons. Kittson was a regular guest on ABC1's The Einstein Factor and The Glasshouse.

In 2022, Kittson appeared as a contestant on the sixth season of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia.

Theatre highlights

Her first major role was in David Wiliamson's play, Siren in 1990. Her theatre work also includes: A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Night of The Missing Bridegroom; and Behind The Mask. Kittson also performed Love Letters with Glynn Nicholas for the Melbourne Arts Festival and revisited the role in 2003 at the Noosa Arts and Cultural Festival with the late Campbell McComas.

Kitson played a schoolteacher in Delta Blues in 2005.

Charity work

Jean Kittson is an avid supporter of multiple charities and is currently the Chair of the National Gynaecological Cancer Foundation.

In February 2010, Kittson became the official spokesperson for the Ovarian cancer awareness month for Ovarian Cancer Australia, and in 2011 became the official national Afternoon Teal ambassador.

Jean is Patron of The Junction Works - Community Services and an Ambassador for:

The Macular Disease Foundation Australia
Northcott Disability Services
The Raise Foundation – Youth Mentoring
Taldumande Member Foundation (Taldumande Youth Services) - Homeless youth and families in crisis.
Palliative Care Nurses Australia

Cinema

In 2010, Kittson appeared in Bad Behaviour, starring Lindsay Farris, John Jarratt and Roger Ward, written and directed by Joseph Sims.

Personal life

She is married to the cartoonist Patrick Cook; they have two daughters.

Filmography

Film	Year	Film	Role
2002	The Nugget	Joyce
2005	Hating Alison Ashley	Miss Belmont
2010	Bad Behaviour	Jane	Appeared in the 2010 Melbourne Underground Film Festival (received five awards) 2011 Cinequest Film Festival in California, 2011 Australian Film Festival, 2011 Another Hole in the Head Festival
1989	The Big Gig	Writer/actor
1990–1992	Let The Blood Run Free	Nurse Pam Sandwich	26 episodes
1992–1993	Kittson Fahey	Various characters
1999–2009	Good News Week	Herself	7 episodes
2000	Gloria's House	Dorothy	26 episodes
2003–2004	The Glass House	Herself	3 episodes
2004–2008	The Einstein Factor	Herself	17 episodes
2011	Swift and Shift	Grace Cox	1 episode

References

(18 June 2011). "Inside story: Jean Kittson". Herald Sun.
Simons, Polly. (9 February 2010). "Laughter is the best Medicine.".
McDiarmid, Johanna. (14 August 2015). "Jean Kittson: Tackling life's confronting issues with humour". ABC News.
Leedham, Nicole. (11 October 1999). "Sister Act". The Canberra Times.
(11 October 1994). "World Series Debating". Thaurunka.
Kittson, Jean. (1998). "Tongue lashing". Penguin.
Kittson, Jean. (2020). "We need to talk about Mum & Dad: A practical guide to parenting our ageing parents". Pan Macmillan Australia.
Cumming, Gillian. (6 May 2014). "Jean Kittson wants to shed light on the biggest change that will happen in a woman's life ... Menopause". Daily Telegraph.
Kittson, Jean. (2014). "You’re still hot to me: the joys of menopause". Pan Macmillan Australia.
(2023-01-25). "Australia Day 2023 Honours: Full list".
(5 July 1990). "Good Times The Cover's Off Jean Kittson". Canberra Times.
Matthews, Kate. "Curator's notes Let the Blood Run Free – Episode 2 (1990)".
Knox, David. (22 May 2022). "Celebrity Apprentice 2022: Meet the Cast". TV Tonight.
(30 June 1990). "Smile from a Siren". Canberra Times.
(11 March 2005). "Delta blues".
Balding, Alison. (9 June 2014). "Business Link and Junction Works ambassador Jean Kittson join Junk Free June fundraising goal". Daily Telegraph.
(December 2025). "Palliative Care Nurses Australia - Our Patron Jean Kittson".
Harvey, Dennis. (5 June 2011). "Bad Behaviour". Variety.
"MUFF XI - The 11th Melbourne Underground Film Festival".
"Cinequest : Film Festival : BAD BEHAVIOUR".

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