In her home town of Adelaide, South Australia, she was also known as a broadcaster, author, scriptwriter and raconteur and made appearances on national television.
Witcomb aas a scriptwriter wrote for the satirical television series The Mavis Bramston Show, as well as several revues and plays.
Witcomb was also a composer who wrote lyrics for her friend Lorrae Desmond for her ABC television variety show.
[1] Witcomb attended several public and private schools, before leaving at 15 to work at the Bank of Adelaide and at 18 trained as a nurse at the Adelaide Children's Hospital, she joined Australian National Airlines (ANA) (later Ansett Australia) as a hostess in 1950, launching a 23-year career that she later documented in her memoir of the early days of hostessing Up Here and Down There.
[4] Her poem, "To Mourn Too Long for Those We Love" was read at the funeral of INXS lead singer, Michael Hutchence.