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Logie Awards of 1963

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The 5th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were announced on Wednesday 26 March 1963. The award ceremony was to have taken place at the Chevron-Hilton Hotel in Sydney on 23 March 1963 and been broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC),[1] with Tony Hancock and Marie McDonald as guest presenters, but Hancock cancelled his trip to Australia, and the presentation ceremony was postponed until July.[2] This article lists the winners of Logie Awards (Australian television) for 1963:

Awards

Gold Logie

Most Popular Personality on Australian Television
Winner:
Michael Charlton

Logie

National

Best Actor
Winner:
Syd Conabere, The One Day of the Year
Best Overseas Series
Winner:
Ben Casey
Best Drama
Winner:
The One Day of the Year, Nine Network
Best Youth Entertainment
Winner:
Johnny O'Keefe
Best Male Singer
Winner:
Lionel Long
Best Female Singer
Winner:
Judy Stone
Best Commercial
Winner:
Craven A
Outstanding Achievement
Winner:
Joan Sutherland Spectacular
Outstanding Contribution to Children's Entertainment
Winner:
Happy Hammond
Enterprising Programming (country stations only)
Winner:
NBN3, Newcastle

Victoria

Most Popular Male
Winner:
Graham Kennedy
Most Popular Female
Winner:
Panda Lisner
Most Popular Program
Winner:
In Melbourne Tonight, GTV

New South Wales

Most Popular Male
Winner:
Chuck Faulkner
Most Popular Female
Winner:
Diana Ward
Most Popular Program
Winner:
Startime, ATN

South Australia

Most Popular Male
Winner:
Lionel Williams
Most Popular Female
Winner:
Angela Stacey
Most Popular Program
Winner:
Adelaide Tonight, NWS

Queensland

Most Popular Male
Winner:
George Wallace Jnr.
Most Popular Female
Winner:
Jackie Ellison
Most Popular Program
Winner:
Theatre Royal, BTQ

Western Australia

Most Popular Personality
Winner:
Gary Carvolth

Tasmania

Most Popular Personality
Winner:
Wendy Ellis

Special Achievement Award

Special Achievement Award for Comedy
Winner:
Dawn Lake and Bobby Limb
Special Achievement Award for Dancing
Winner:
Carlu Carter and Bill McGrath
Special Achievement Award for Variety
Winner:
Lorrae Desmond Show, ABC
Special Achievement Award
Winner:
Tommy Hanlon, Jr., It Could Be You
Special Achievement Award
Winner:
Bob Dyer, Jack Davey Special

References