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Penny Cook

Acting Born Jul 13, 1957 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 10 credits

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.

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Known for

E Street

as Dr. Elly Fielding

Full filmography

  • E Street (1989) as Dr. Elly Fielding
  • The Flying Doctors (1986) as Susan Fowler
  • Good News Week (1996) as Self
  • A Country Practice (1981) as Victoria "Vicki" Dean/Bowen
  • Young Lions (2002) as Chief Insp. Sharon Kostas
  • Pulse (2017) as Carol Little
  • The Merger (2018) as Fran Barlow
  • Coda (1987) as Kate Martin
  • The Dreaming (1988) as Cathy Thornton
  • Joh's Jury (1993) as Penny