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Dorothy Cronin, professionally known as Bunney Brooke, 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, 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 and her role as Violet "Vi" Patchett in E Street (1990).
Birth Name
Dorothy Cronin
Born
Sunday, 09 January 1921
Died
Sunday, 02 April 2000
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Round the Twist | Nell Rickards / Aunt Tuneless | 1989 |
E Street | Vi Patchett | 1989 |
Zoo Family | Madam Rosalita | 1985 |
The Boy in the Bush | Gran Ellis | 1984 |
Carson's Law | Ma Bonner | 1983 |
Alison's Birthday | Jennifer Findlay / Aunt Jennifer Findlay | 1981 |
A Country Practice | Alice McKenna / Mrs. Plummer (as Bunny Brooke) / Nancy Plummer (as Bunny Brooke) / Nancy Plummer | 1981 |
Holiday Island | Tillie Taggart | 1981 |
Dead Man's Float | Parish | 1980 |
Dawn! | Mum | 1979 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Round the Twist | Nell Rickards / Aunt Tuneless | 1989 |
E Street | Vi Patchett | 1989 |
Zoo Family | Madam Rosalita | 1985 |
The Boy in the Bush | Gran Ellis | 1984 |
Carson's Law | Ma Bonner | 1983 |
Alison's Birthday | Jennifer Findlay / Aunt Jennifer Findlay | 1981 |
A Country Practice | Alice McKenna / Mrs. Plummer (as Bunny Brooke) / Nancy Plummer (as Bunny Brooke) / Nancy Plummer | 1981 |
Holiday Island | Tillie Taggart | 1981 |
Dead Man's Float | Parish | 1980 |
Dawn! | Mum | 1979 |
Newsfront | Macka's Wife | 1978 |
Cop Shop | Hilda Preston / Madge Baxter / Binnie | 1977 |
The Young Doctors | Trixie Rogers | 1976 |
Number 96 | Flo Patterson | 1974 |
The Gentlemen of Titipu | (voice) | 1973 |
Number 96 | Flo Patterson / Flo Patterson (as Bunny Brooke) | 1972 |
Division 4 | Lorna Matthews / Lily Reid / Kate 'Porky' Robinson / Joan Marriott / Elsie Hudson / Edna Mitchell | 1969 |
Homicide | Sandra Martin / Mum Enright / Mrs. Hovey | 1964 |
Lilli Palmer Theatre | 2nd Woman | 1955 |