Chelsea Brown

 Chelsea Brown (December 6, 1942 – March 27, 2017)

She was an actress of television and film, comedienne and dancer, who appeared as a regular performer in comedy series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. She had a successful career in America before emigrating to Australia, where she became well-known mostly for her roles in soap opera/serials including top-rating Number 96 and as Abby Rossiter Patchett on E Street. She had appearances on Graham Kennedy's Blankety Blanks, ongoing roles in soap operas Number 96 (in 1977), and Network Ten's E Street (in 1990–1991) and various advertisements. She had a guest role in the Australian-filmed revival of Mission: Impossible (1988). Film roles in Australia included The Return of Captain Invincible (1983) and Welcome to Woop Woop (1997). Chelsea met and became engaged to Australian Property Developer Kel Hirst whilst holidaying in Acapulco, Mexico in 1973. Chelsea moved to Australia shortly after that, Kel became her Manager and they were married in 1977. They divorced in the early 1980's. Kel features as the male vocal on Chelsea's record "Day Dreaming" ( Oct. 1975).
In the mid 1990s she was married to fellow E Street actor Vic Rooney, who died in 2002, after which she returned to the United States. Brown died in her hometown of Chicago, Illinois, March 27, 2017 at the age of 74, from pneumonia.