Bunney Brooke
Bunney Brooke | |
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As Nell Rickards in the TV series Round the Twist in episode "The Copy", 1989 | |
| Born | Dorothy Jean Cronin 9 January 1925 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 2 April 2000 (aged 75) Manly, Sydney, Australia |
| Other names | Bunnie Bunny Brooke, Bunnie Brooke, Bunnie Brookes, Bunnie, Bunny Brooke |
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| Spouse | Leonard Brooks (1946–1950; divorced) |
| Partner | Pat McDonald |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Number 96: Silver Logie Award, Penguin Award: Rock Pool, ABC |
Bunney Brooke (9 January 1925 – 2 April 2000), born as Dorothy Jean Cronin, was an Australian actress, creator, producer, director, designer, playwright 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).