Noeline Brown

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Noeline Mabel Brown (sometimes credited as Noelene Brown) (born 3 October 1938) is an Australian actress and comedian. She has appeared in numerous films, television shows, theatrical productions and radio programs dating back to 1959. Brown grew up in Stanmore, a working-class suburb of Sydney, Australia. She was raised alongside her two brothers, by a mother suffering from tuberculosis. Her father, Leo, rarely home, worked with the travelling post office and was a unionist, influencing her own politics. As a young child, Brown was hospitalised for several months with Scarlet fever. Brown was school captain in her last year at Stanmore Homescience School, but left school at age 15, as she struggled to conform with the subservient behaviour expected of her. Her first job at 15 was as a library assistant at the Marrickville Library where, through colleagues, she was introduced to a theatre group and began to learn her craft in revues and theatre restaurants. By 19, Brown was appearing in small theatre productions, first performing in a Petersham Musical Society revue, before working for the New Theatre at the Waterside Workers’ Federation. She then auditioned for Sydenham's Pocket Playhouse, where she was discovered in 1962, playing a showgirl in The Sleeping Prince.