Person
Penny Cook
Acting · 1957–2018 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Biography
Penny Cook (13 July 1957 – 26 December 2018) was an Australian actress, stage director, TV presenter and writer. She played roles in the soap opera A Country Practice, as Vicki Dean Bowen from 1981 to 1985, E Street as lead anchor-character, Dr Elly Fielding, between 1989 and 1991, and Neighbours in the recurring role of Prue Brown from 2007 to 2010. Cook died from cancer on 2018, aged 61.
Known for
The Flying Doctors
Susan Fowler
E Street
Dr. Elly Fielding
A Country Practice
Victoria Dean
Good News Week
Self
Pulse
Carol Little
Young Lions
Chief Insp. Sharon Kostas
The Dreaming
Cathy Thornton
Joh's Jury
Penny
The Merger
Fran Barlow
Coda
Kate Martin
Filmography
- 2018The MergerFran Barlow
- 2017PulseCarol Little
- 2002Young LionsChief Insp. Sharon Kostas
- 1996Good News WeekSelf
- 1993Joh's JuryPenny
- 1989E StreetDr. Elly Fielding
- 1988The DreamingCathy Thornton
- 1987CodaKate Martin
- 1986The Flying DoctorsSusan Fowler
- 1981A Country PracticeVictoria Dean
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