Portrait of Penny Cook

Penny Cook

Acting

Biography

Penny Cook (13 July 1957 – 26 December 2018) was an Australian actress, stage director, TV presenter and writer. She played roles in the soap opera A Country Practice, as Vicki Dean Bowen from 1981 to 1985, E Street as lead anchor-character, Dr Elly Fielding, between 1989 and 1991, and Neighbours in the recurring role of Prue Brown from 2007 to 2010. Cook died from cancer on 2018, aged 61.

Born: July 13, 1957

Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Filmography

2018
The Merger

as Fran Barlow

2017
Pulse

as Carol Little

2002
Young Lions

as Chief Insp. Sharon Kostas

1996
1993
Joh's Jury

as Penny

1989
E Street

as Dr. Elly Fielding

1988
The Dreaming

as Cathy Thornton

1987
Coda

as Kate Martin

1986
The Flying Doctors

as Susan Fowler

1981
A Country Practice

as Victoria "Vicki" Dean/Bowen