Bunney Brooke

Bunney Brooke
As Nell Rickards in the TV series Round the Twist in episode "The Copy", 1989
Born
Dorothy Cronin

(1921-01-09)9 January 1921
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Died2 April 2000(2000-04-02) (aged 79)
Manly, Sydney, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Other namesBunnie Bunny Brooke, Bunnie Brooke, Bunnie Brookes, Bunnie, Bunny Brooke[1]
Occupations
Years active
  • 1940s–1998 (acting)
  • 1980s–1990s (casting agent)
  • 1956–1989 (theatre acting)
SpouseLeonard Brooke (1946–1950; divorced)
PartnerPat McDonald
Children2
AwardsNumber 96: Silver Logie Award, Penguin Award: Rock Pool, ABC

Bunney Brooke (9 January 1921[2] – 2 April 2000), born as Dorothy Cronin, was an Australian actress, creator, producer, director, designer, playwright[1] and casting agent, best known for her being one of the early faces of Australian television. Known for her television, movie, theatre acting and comedy roles including the long-running role of Flo Patterson in the soap opera and movie release version of Number 96 in the 1970s (a role for which she won a Silver Logie Award), and in her later years to a new generation of viewers in her role as Helen "Nell" Rickards in children's series Round the Twist (1989 and 1992) and her role as Violet "Vi" Patchett in E Street (1990).

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