Bunney Brooke

Bunney Brooke (9 January 1921 – 2 April 2000), born Dorothy Jean Cronin, was an Australian actress, creator, producer, director, designer, playwright, and casting agent, best known as one of the early faces of Australian television.

Brooke had joined the Australian army at 18, and started her career in London, like her future co-star in Number 96 Ron Shand had worked as a clown in the circus, in the years after WWII she started her professional career in repertory theatre

She became known for her television, movie, theatre acting and comedy roles in Australia including the children's show The Magic Circle Club and her 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), although her role in 96, made Brooke a household name in Australia, because of that show's limited screening relating to its content, the program didn't export well, hence at that time she didnt gain a large international presence.

In Brooke's later career, she appeared in the television soap opera E Street as Vi Patchett and in the children's television series Round the Twist as lighthouse owner Nell Rickards (1989 and 1992).

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