Lorraine Bayly
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Bayly in the TV Week Logies 2008 telecast |
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Born | Lorraine Daphne Bayly January 16, 1937 Australia |
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Occupation | Film actor, Television actor |
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Years active | 1966 - present | ||||||
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Lorraine Daphne Bayly AM (born January 16, 1937) is an Australian actress.
She is best known to television audiences for her portrayal of Grace Sullivan, the dignified, warm-hearted mother figure in the drama series The Sullivans, dealing with life for an ordinary Australian family during the Second World War.
Bayly was a presenter on the children's television show Play School from 1966 to 1978. Her film roles include Fatty Finn and The Man From Snowy River. Bayly played the lead role of Jennifer Carson in another period television drama Carson's Law. She later appeared in Neighbours as the gossipy Faye Hudson from 1991 until 1992.
She was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours List 2001.