Name
Chelsea Brown
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1942-12-06
Deathday
2017-03-27 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Chelsea Brown (December 6, 1942 - March 27, 2017) was born Lois Brown as an American actress, comedienne, singer and dancer perhaps best known for being the first African-American series regular in the iconic, ground-breaking American TV series Laugh-In.
After Laugh-In she moved to Australia where she lived for many decades and enjoyed a long and successful career in film, TV and the stage. She recorded albums and had a very popular cabaret act in which she toured the world.
She married Australian actor Vic Rooney who played her husband on the Aussie soap, E Street (1989-1990). After her husband's death, she moved back to her hometown of Chicago, Illinois where she had a large, extended family and many friends.
Known For
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- 1969 Sweet Charity as Dancer (uncredited)
- 1972 The Thing with Two Heads as Lila
- 1971 And Then They Forgot God as Miss Wallach
- 1983 The Return of Captain Invincible as Tour Guide
- 1968 Head as Belly Dancer (uncredited)
- 1998 Welcome to Woop Woop as Maude
- 1970 Dial Hot Line as Gibson
- 1972 Number 96 ( 1100 episodes )
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 52 episodes ) as Regular Performer
- 1970 Matt Lincoln ( 17 episodes )
- 1989 E Street ( 88 episodes ) as Abby Rossiter
- 1973 Police Story ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. McKay
- 1969 Love, American Style ( 1 episode )
