Lorraine Bayly
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Bayly in 2012 at the premiere of the musical Annie | |
| Born | Lorraine Daphne Bayly 16 January 1937 Booligal, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 28 February 2026 (aged 89) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Years active | 1954–2016 |
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Lorraine Daphne Bayly (16 January 1937 – 28 February 2026) was an Australian actress in film, television and theatre, narrator, puppeteer, presenter, singer, dancer, pianist, theatre director, stage manager and writer.
Bayly was a performer since she was a child, and became a professional actress in 1954, having started in theatre. She was perhaps best known to small-screen audiences for her roles in the drama The Sullivans as Grace Sullivan, the legal drama Carson's Law as Jennifer Carson and the soap opera Neighbours as Faye Hudson. She was well known also for children's series Play School, having been an original presenter from 1966 until 1978.