Pat McDonald (actress)
Pat McDonald | |
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Pat McDonald (right) with Bunney Brooke in Number 96 | |
| Born | Patricia Ethell McDonald 1 August 1921 Elwood, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 10 March 1990 (aged 68) Sydney, New South Wales , Australia |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1928-1938 (amateur)–1939-1989 (professional) |
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| Partner | Bunney Brooke |
| Awards | Gold Logie + 3 Logie Awards |
Patricia Ethel McDonald (1 August 1921 – 10 March 1990) early known professionally as Miss Patricia McDonald, and subsequently as Pat McDonald was an Australian Gold Logie winning actress of radio, stage and screen, primarily in small screen, her performance career spanned some 60 years in the industry.
McDonald was active in the industry as a child since 1928, and worked early in her career in England. having appeared in a few early Australian films, and featured in numerous theatre roles for many years. In her latter years she appeared primarily in radio and TV in soap opera's and became best known locally for her role in serial Number 96 as the malapropism speaking stickybeak, pensioner Dorrie Evans, appearing opposite co-star vaudevillian and early star Ron Shand as her hen-pecked husband Herb. "Dorrie and Herb", were essentially comic characters.
McDonald post-96 she found prominence with the TV soap opera Sons and Daughters as former madam Aunty Fiona Thompson, whom she based on Auntie Mame.