Jean Kittson Biography – Jean Kittson Wiki
Jean Kittson is an Australian performer, writer, and comedian in theatre and print, on radio, and on 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. She is a contestant in Celebrity Apprentice 2022.
She 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 Readers Digest Health Smart magazine. She is the author of Tongue Lashing, published by Penguin. She also authored a book on menopause, You’re Still Hot To Me in 2014.
She 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 Let The Blood Run Free, which was first shown on Network Ten in 1990 and ran for two seasons. She has become a regular guest on ABC1’s The Einstein Factor and The Glasshouse.
Her first major role was in David Williamson’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. She played a schoolteacher in Delta Blues in 2005. In 2010, Kittson appeared in Bad Behaviour, starring Lindsay Farris, John Jarratt, and Roger Ward, written and directed by Joseph Sims.
She 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. She 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, and the Palliative Care Nurses Australia.
Jean Kittson Age
She was born in 1955 in Australia.
Jean Kittson Husband
She is married to her husband, Patrick Cook. Cook works as a cartoonist and they have two daughters.
Jean Kittson Children
She has two daughters, Victoria Cook, and Charlie Cook.
Jean Kittson Instagram
Her Instagram handle is @jeankittson.
