Bunney Brooke_

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. Brooke had joined the Australian army at 18, and started her career in London in the years after WWII 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) In her later years she captured a new generation of viewers locally and international for her role's as Helen "Nell" Rickards in children's series Round the Twist (1989 and 1992) and as Violet "Vi" Patchett in soap opera E Street (1990).