Lola Brooks (actress) explained

Lola Brooks
Birth Name:	Lola Edna Brooks
Birth Place:	Sydney, Australia (AusStage states New Zealand)
Birth Date:	c. 1929/1930
Death Date:	1985
Occupation:	Actress
Years Active:	1952–1984
Spouse:	Richard Meikle (m 1955–?)

Lola Edna Brooks (c. 1929/1930 – 1985) was a New Zealand–Australian actor with extensive credits in radio, theatre and television. She was once married to actor Richard Meikle.^[1] She appeared on stage in The Boy Friend.^[2]

Select filmography

Film

• Tomorrow's Child (1957, TV play)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (1957, TV play) as Cecily
• His Excellency (1958, TV movie)
• Bodgie (1959, TV play)
• On the Beach (1959) as Lieutenant Hosgood, Bridie's secretary
• The Sundowners (1960)
• The Right Thing (1963, TV play) as Elena
• A Private Island (1964, TV play) as Jean
• Twelfth Night (1966, TV play) as Maria

Television

• Emergency-Ward 10 (1960)
• Fury in Petticoats (1962) as Anne Dill
• The Young Victoria (1963) as Queen Victoria
• Behind the Legend (1974) as Mary Reibey

Theatre

• The Boy Friend

External links

• • Lola Brooks at Ausstage

Notes and References

1. Book: Lane, Richard. The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama Volume 2. National Film and Sound Archive. 2000. 91–94.
2. News: The Boy Friend' fails in satire . . Victoria, Australia . 2 April 1956 . 14 October 2020 . 8 . National Library of Australia.