Lynn Carol Rainbow-Reid (born 19 September 1942) credited also as Lynne Rainbow, is an Australian-based former theatre and television actor who was educated at Ascham School, The

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. Lynn was the daughter of Judge Alfred Rainbow and the granddaughter of Sir Benjamin Fuller a theatrical entrepreneur. During the 1970s she was married to actor

Tom Oliver Tom Oliver (born 12 June 1938) is a British-born Australian retired actor who started his career in theatre in his native country, before emigrating to Australia. Oliver, a staple of the small screen since the early 1960s, is best known for h ...

Actress

She became widely recognisable in the early 1970s on Australian television, taking many guest roles in the

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police dramas '' Homicide'', ''

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''. She also appeared in an episode of popular situation comedy series '' The Group''. From March 1972 played the original regular character of Sonia Freeman in the phenomenally successful sex-comedy television soap opera ''

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''. She stayed in the role until 1973 during which time Sonia engaged in an inter-racial kiss, lost her husband in a car accident, and was targeted by a woman planning to send her mad. Rainbow reprised the role of Sonia Freeman in the feature film version of the serial, ''

'', in 1974. In the film, a newly married Sonia returns to Number 96 but again worries she is losing her mind. Rainbow shot all her scenes for the film in a single day, before rushing off to give a theatre performance as Elvira in '' Blithe Spirit'' that night. After ''Number 96'' Rainbow continued to make guest starring appearances in Australian television drama series, had a role in miniseries '' Against the Wind'' (1978), took a regular role in soap opera ''

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'', guest starred in six episodes of '' A Country Practice'', and appeared in an early episode of '' Home and Away''.

Filmography (selected)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rainbow, Lynn 1942 births Living people Australian film actresses Australian stage actresses Australian television actresses Australian people of English descent University of Paris alumni People educated at Ascham School Members of the Order of Australia