Lola Edna Brooks (7 February 1933 – 1985)
was a New Zealand-Australian actor with extensive credits in radio, theatre and television. She was once married to actor
Richard Meikle
Richard Meikle (10 October 1929 – 2 June 1991) was an Australian actor who worked extensively in film, theatre, and radio. He was the father of writer Sam Meikle.
Career
Meikle began his career as a stage actor. His first recorded role was in ...
.
She appeared on stage in ''
The Boy Friend''.
Select filmography
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Tomorrow's Child
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Tomorrow's Child had the same line-up throughout the band's existence, featuring future ...
'' (1957)
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The Importance of Being Earnest
''The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People'' is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious ...
'' (1957)
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His Excellency
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'' (1958)
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Bodgie
Bodgies and widgies refer to a youth subculture that existed in Australia and New Zealand in the 1950s, similar to the rocker culture in the UK or Greaser culture in the United States. Most bodgies rode motorbikes but some had cars, many of ...
'' (1959)
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On the Beach'' (1959)
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The Sundowners'' (1960)
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Emergency-Ward 10
''Emergency Ward 10'' is a British medical soap opera series shown on ITV between 1957 and 1967. Like ''The Grove Family'', a series shown by the BBC between 1954 and 1957, ''Emergency Ward 10'' is considered to be one of British television's f ...
'' (1960)
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Fury in Petticoats
''Fury in Petticoats'' is a 1962 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was directed by Christopher Muir.
It was based on a play which had been filmed by British TV the year before.
Although fictional, the plot ...
'' (1962)
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The Young Victoria
''The Young Victoria'' is a 2009 British period drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and written by Julian Fellowes, based on the early life and reign of Queen Victoria, and her marriage to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Produced by ...
'' (1963)
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The Right Thing'' (1963)
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A Private Island
''A Private Island'' is a 1964 Australian television play. It was written by Brisbane author Chris Gardner (real name Marjorie Gardner) and was directed by Henri Safran.
Premise
Set in Sydney, Ben Clayburn is a real estate agent whose two childre ...
'' (1964)
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Twelfth Night
''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vio ...
'' (1966)
References
External links
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Lola Brooksat
Ausstage
AusStage: The Australian Live Performance Database is an online database which records information about live performances in Australia, providing records of productions from the first recorded performance in Australia (1789, by convicts) up unt ...
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1933 births
1985 deaths
Australian actors