Obituary: Olivia Newton-John the 'Miss Goody Two-Shoes'

Singer and actor with a girl-next-door reputation whose career rocketed after her starring role as Sandy in Grease

Despite her Melbourne accent, she had been born in the UK and therefore – as she informed a US television audience in 1980 – she was technically “Miss Goody Two-Shoes from England”. Picture: Olivia Newton-John/Facebook

The singer and actor Olivia Newton-John, who has died aged 73 after suffering from cancer, had a ready riposte for anyone who called her “Miss Goody Two-Shoes from Australia”. 

Despite her Melbourne accent, she had been born in the UK and therefore – as she informed a US television audience in 1980 – she was technically “Miss Goody Two-Shoes from England”.