Colleen Hewett (born 16 April 1950) is an Australian theatre and TV actress, and a popular singer. Her top 40 singles on the Kent Music Report include "Super Star", "Day by Day" (both 1971), "Carry That Weight" (1972), "Dreaming My Dreams with You" (1980), and "Gigolo" (1981). Her version of "Day by Day" peaked at No. 1 on the Go-Set National Top 40 Singles Chart and was certified as a gold record. At the TV Week King of Pop Awards she was voted Queen of Pop in both 1972 and 1973. During 1984 she guested as Sheila Brady in the TV series, Prisoner.

Biography

Colleen Hewett married Danny Finley (ex-MPD Ltd, drummer) in 1970, he was also her manager and agent during the 1970s and 1980s. The couple had three children. From 1978 Finley also managed John Farnham; in mid-1979 Hewett, Finley and Farnham were partners in a restaurant, Backstage in Melbourne. Farnham described the venture "[they] were putting their names on the line for a product they had complete trust in. They would have complete control of the restaurant, but would leave the menu management to the master chef". However the venture was "ill-fated" and became a "near disaster" financially. In October 1980 Finley assisted Johnny Young on his Young Talent Time and related TV ventures. Hewett and Finley divorced, she later recalled "I suppose you expect there to be something terrible or a nasty fight, but there wasn't ... I pulled the pin". Finley subsequently became her manager again.

Hewett was married a second time, and then divorced; her second husband had died by 2013. For her third marriage, in 2002 to Ian Aiken, a former Australian businessman: they generally lived in Fiji. In early 2006 Aiken left Hewett and they subsequently divorced with Aiken re marrying his former wife of 30 years Eva Aiken ; Aiken died in Fiji in early 2008.

As of 2000 Hewett has been in semi-retirement, spending time in Melbourne, Bendigo and Fiji, with family and friends.