Patricia Ann Ruth Noble, known professionally as Trisha Noble, was born on February 3, 1944, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was the daughter of a popular Australian theater family, with her father, Buster Noble, being a well-known comedian, singer, and dancer, and her mother, Helen de Paul, being a noted choreographer and producer.
Noble began performing at a young age, appearing on the Saturday radio program "Anthony Horden's Children's Party" at the age of six. She also worked in her parents' stage productions and variety shows. At the age of 14, she became one of the youngest qualified ballet teachers in Australia.
In 1960, Noble made her first television appearance as a guest on Keith Walshe's Youth Show, and was soon signed by Brian Henderson, the Australian equivalent of Dick Clark, as a regular on Bandstand. Around the same time, she signed a deal with the HMV record label and issued her debut single, "I Love You So Much It Hurts", in November 1960.
Noble's music career was marked by several chart successes, including her biggest hit, "Good Looking Boy", which reached #6 in Melbourne and #16 in Sydney. She also won the first Logie Award for the Best Female Singer on Australian Television in 1961.
In 1963, Noble and her mother left for London to further her career. She launched her British career, sharing her first BBC radio show with The Beatles, and appeared on British television. She recorded for EMI (England and France) and performed at the London Palladium and the Olympia Theatre in Paris.
By the mid-1960s, Noble had turned to acting, taking the role of Francesca in the British thriller Love Is a Woman. She toured England with Cliff Richard and began to work on English television and film. In 1967, she married law student Allan Sharpe, and changed her stage name to Trisha.
Trisha Noble continued to work in British television and film throughout the 1970s, appearing on an Engelbert Humperdinck musical special and starring in the stage musical 'Sweet Charity'. She also made guest appearances on various television series.
In the 1980s, Noble co-starred with Don Knotts and Tim Conway in The Private Eyes and landed the role of Detective Rosie Johnson in the Aaron Spelling/Robert Stack police drama Strike Force. In 1983, her father had a heart attack and she decided to leave her successful acting career in Hollywood to return home to Australia to be with her family.
After her father's death in 1990, Noble returned to show business, releasing a 25-song CD collection of her early 1960s recordings, "The Story of Patsy Ann Noble: Hits & Rarities", in 1997. She also appeared in the CBS miniseries Blonde and the film Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones.
In the 2000s, Noble co-starred with David Campbell in the musical 'Shout!' and was nominated for an Australian Entertainment MO Award for her role. Her last film credit was Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith in 2005.
Noble's most recent role was playing Miss Jacobs/Mrs Crown in the Australian stage production of 'Ladies in Black' in 2017. She died on January 23, 2021, at the age of 76, after an 18-month battle with mesothelioma.
