Noeline Brown

Noeline Brown
Born	3 October 1938 (1938-10-03) (age 73)
Spouse	Tony Sattler
Website
http://www.noelinebrown.com.au

Noeline Brown (born 3 October 1938) is an Australian actor and comedian. She has appeared in many films, television shows, plays and radio programs.

Brown gained local notoriety in Sydney as a cast member the famous Philip St Revues and the popular melodrama productions at Sydney's Music Hall theatre-restaurant in the early 1960s. She came to national prominence after joining the cast of the pioneering Australian satirical TV sketch comedy series The Mavis Bramston Show. After a stint in the UK she secured a regular role in the hit TV sitcom My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? with Gordon Chater, John Meillon and Judi Farr.

Brown enjoyed great popularity in Australia in the 1970s as a co-star of the 1970s satirical TV/radio series The Naked Vicar Show and the quiz show Graham Kennedy's Blankety Blanks.

Noeline Brown was a competitor in Dancing with the Stars in 2006 and in the film "Razzle Dazzle".

In 2007, Noeline appeared in Bruce Venables' and Richard Fidler's play Flying Solo, directed by Judy Nunn. Noeline starred alongside Barry Quin, Paula Duncan, Enda Markey and Jacinta John.

Brown was portrayed by Jane Allsop in the 2007 television movie The King, about the life of Graham Kennedy. She a

In 2008 she won the Norman Kessell award for best performance for her portrayal of Florence Foster Jenkins in Peter Quilter's play "Glorious"

She was appointed Australia's first Ambassador for Ageing by the Rudd government in 2008. She is a long time member of the Australian Labor Party, and appeared in "It's Time" advertisements for the party before the 1972 election. She has twice stood for election to the New South Wales Parliament, as an endorsed Labor candidate.

In 2009 she co-starred with Barry Creyton in Peter Quilter's play "Duet" at the Ensemble Theatre in Sydney.

Personal life

In 1976, Brown married one of the writer/producers of The Naked Vicar Show, Tony Sattler. The couple were close friends of the late Graham Kennedy, and Noeline was present when Kennedy died in 2005. She and Sattler have lived in Bowral for many years, and Kennedy moved there to be closer to them. When Kennedy's health began to fail, Sattler and Brown reportedly contacted former Nine Network boss Kerry Packer to appeal for financial support to care for the ailing star (Kennedy having earned many millions of dollars for Packer and Nine in his heyday); Packer declined to assist Kennedy financially but, after the story became public, an anonymous benefactor (later revealed as former Nine Network chief Sam Chisholm) came forward and donated a substantial sum for Kennedy's ongoing support and care.

References

External links

• Noeline Brown's home page
• Noeline Brown at the Internet Movie Database

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