Lesley Baker

Lesley Baker (born 20 January 1944) is an Australian actress, singer, dancer and comedian. She was well known for her early appearances on In Melbourne Tonight With Graham Kennedy. After which she went on to play several roles for Crawford Productions series.

Prominent Roles

She is best known for her roles as hulking husband basher Monica Ferguson in early episodes of Prisoner and Angie Rebecchi the mother of Toadie Rebecchi (Ryan Moloney) in Neighbours. It is also notable that she later returned to Prisoner, but in a smaller role and playing a different character ('Tinker' Belle Peters).

Filmography

• Neighbours (TV series) .... Angie Rebecchi (1995–1996, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2015)
  • "Friends for Twenty Years" (2005) episode .... Angie Rebecchi
• Blue Heelers (TV series)
  • "Reasonable Doubt" (2004) episode .... Irene Wilkes
  • "A Matter of Faith" (2001) episode .... Irene Wilkes
  • "The Civil Dead" (1997) episode .... Lucy Kenny
  • "Face Value" (1994) episode .... Mrs. Flynn
  • "Why Give People Rights? They Only Abuse Them" (1994) episode
• Shock Jock (TV series)
  • "One for the Road" (2001) episode .... Rita
  • "Mein Diary" (2001) episode .... Rita
  • "Exposure" (2001) episode .... Rita
• SeaChange (TV series)
  • "Pipeline" (2000) episode .... Mrs. Chatham
• Stingers (TV series)
  • "Just Acting" (1999) episode .... Maggie Robardi
• Good Guys, Bad Guys (TV series)
  • "Naughty Bits" (1998) episode .... Mrs. Pinney
  • "Angel Baby" (1995) episode .... Rose
  • "Body Melt" (1993) episode .... Mack
• Boney (TV series)
  • "Looks Can Kill" (1992) episode .... Boarding House Lady
• The Flying Doctors (TV series)
  • "Rising Sundown" (1989) episode (uncredited) .... Lucy Somers
  • "All You Need Is Luck" (1988) episode .... Lucy Somers
  • "Don't tell anybody" (1988) episode .... Lucy Somers
  • "Sins of the Fathers" (1986) episode .... Mrs. Jackson
  • "Slate, Wyn & Me" (1987) episode .... Molly
• Special Squad (TV series)
  • "Counterfeit Lady" (1984) episode .... Chamber Maid
• Carson's Law (TV series)
  • "Fallen Into Darkness" (????) episode .... Nurse
• Prisoner (TV series) (In the United Kingdom Prisoner: Cell Block H and in Canada Caged Women.)
  • Episode #1.390 (1983) episode .... Belle 'Tinker' Peters
  • Episode #1.391 (1983) episode .... Belle 'Tinker' Peters
  • Episode #1.392 (1983) episode .... Belle 'Tinker' Peters
  • Episode #1.15 (1979) episode .... Monica Ferguson
  • Episode #1.16 (1979) episode .... Monica Ferguson
• I Can Jump Puddles (1981) (TV film) .... Matron
• Bluey (TV series)
  • "Emma" (1977) episode .... Leslie Stevens
• Solo One (TV series)
  • "My Bonnie" (1976) episode .... Mrs. Pickett
• Division 4 (TV series)
  • "Friends, 'Who Needs 'Em?" (1976) episode .... Kay
  • "Time Payment" (1975) episode .... Yvonne
  • "Parable" (1974) episode .... Cassandra
  • "Backlash" (1974) episode .... Marcie White
  • "Drop Out" (1970) episode .... Annie Kerr
• Homicide (TV series)
  • "The Whole of the Law" (1976) episode .... Nora Jenkins
  • "Short Cut" (1975) episode .... Mrs. Morton
  • "Brotherhood of Man" (1974) episode .... Jocelyn
  • "The Artful Dodger" (1974) episode .... April Brown
  • "The Crossing" (1974) episode .... Sister Catherine
  • "Expectations" (1971) episode .... Jeannie Burke
• Matlock Police (TV series)
  • "No Problems" (1976) episode .... Molly
  • "Cuckoo and Peaches" (1975) episode .... Dolly Robinson
  • "Where the Trees Walk Down the Hill" (1975) episode .... Daphne
  • "Walk Like a Man" (1975) episode .... Marion Woods
  • "Squaring Off" (1973) episode .... Babs Taylor
• The Last of the Australians (TV series)
  • "Ashes to Ashes" (1975) episode .... Mrs. Ferguson
• Rush (TV series)
  • "They Faced All the Dangers, Those Bold Bushrangers" (1974) episode
• The Long Arm
  • "The Christmas Break" (1970) episode .... Const. Brenda Davis
  • "The Big Circle" (1970) episode .... The Nurse
• Bellbird (1967) TV Series .... Cheryl Turner #2

External links

• Lesley Baker at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview on Neighbours the Perfect Blend