She then studied piano and eventually opera at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music, which the latter was possible due to a scholarship from Dame Nellie Melba.
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Within a few years she had made more than 300 appearances in various radio shows including the BBC's Just a Minute.
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Anona Winn MBE (born Anona Edna Wilkins, 5 January 1904 – 2 February 1994) was an Australian-born actress, broadcaster and singer, who spent most of her career in the UK.
Winn-Dixie | Peter Winn | Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley | Peter Winn (footballer) | Winn, Maine | Winn | Marie Winn | Amanda Winn-Lee | Winn-Dixie (supermarket) | Rowland Winn, 4th Baron St Oswald | Rowland Winn, 2nd Baron St Oswald | Rowland Winn, 1st Baron St Oswald | Rodger Winn | '''Paul A. Winn''', as photographed on appointment to board of directors of Canadian Race Relations Foundation | Anona Winn | A. M. Winn | Alexander Winn |
He was also on the panel of the long running radio panel game Twenty Questions along with Joy Adamson, Anona Winn and Norman Hackforth.
Houston was also in the early episodes of radio's The Clitheroe Kid and a regular guest on radio panel show 'The Petticoat Line' chaired by Anona Winn.