Lesley Baker

Lesley Baker
Born	(1944-01-20) 20 January 1944 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupations	Actress singer dancer comedian
Years active	Screen 1969–present, theatre 1963-1981

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.

She is best known for her roles as hulking husband basher Monica Ferguson in early episodes of Prisoner, she returned to that series playing a different character of "Tinker" Bell Peters She has played the itinerant role Angie Rebecchi since 1995 the mother of Toadie Rebecchi (Ryan Moloney) in Neighbours.

Filmography

Year	TV show/TV movie	Role	Episode/Other Notes
1969–1976	Homicide	Various Role Gloria Slater Sadie Thompson Jeannie Burke Sister Catherine April Brown Jocelyn Davies Mrs. Morton Nora Jenkins	8 Episodes "Triple Play" (#6.19) "An Welcomed Guest" (#6.44) "Expectations" (#8.30) "The Crossing (#11.1) :The Artful Dodger "Brotherhood of Man" (#11.31) Short Cut (#12.32) "The Whole of the Law" (#13.6)
1970–1975	Division 4	Various roles Junie Mullins Thelma Shaw Annie Kerr Jean Whelan Marcie White Cassandra Yvonne Kay Hudson	8 episodes "Fizz" (#2.9) "Mad Monaghan" (#2.31) "Drop-Out" (#2.31) "Live Bait" (#3.26) "Backlash"(#6.2) "Parable" (#6.16) "Time Payment " (#7.5) "Friends - Who Needs 'Em?" (#7.36)
1970	The Long Arm	Const. Brenda Davis The Nurse	2 episodes "The Big Circle" (#1.8) as The Nurse "The Christmas Break"(##1.13) as Const. Brenda Davis
1971–1976	Matlock Police	Various roles WPC Sue Rogers Val Wilson Judy Elliot Babs Taylor Marion Woods Daphne Dolly Robinson Molly Atkins>br>Eileen Simpson	9 episodes "Tightrope" (#1.15) "Escape To Nowhere" (#1.25) "Smoke Screen" (#1.32) "Squaring Off" (#3.121) "Walk Like A Man"(#5.180) "Where The Trees Walk Down The Hill" (#5.184) "Cuckoos and Peaches" (#5.202) "No Problems" (#5.214) "Come To Mother" (#5.226)
1974	Rush		"They Faced All the Dangers, Those Bold Bushrangers" (#1.3)
1975	The Last of the Australians	Ms. Ferguson	"Ashes to Ashes" (#2.4)
1976	Solo One	Mrs. Pickett	"My Bonnie" (#1.7)
	Bellbird	Cheryl Turner #2
	’’Alvin Purple'’	Myrte	Ciao Alvin (#1.13)
1977	Bluey	Leslie Stewart	"Emma" (#1.15)
1978	Cop Shop	Mother	Episode 1.97
1979	Skyways	Gladys Skinner (as Leslie Baker)	"Donnys Father" (#1.142)
1979, 1983	Prisoner (In the United Kingdom Prisoner: Cell Block H and in Canada Caged Women.)	Monica Ferguson Belle 'Tinker' Peters	Played Monica Ferguson in 1979 in 36 episodes (15–18, 29–60) Play Belle 'Tinker' Peters in 1983 for 3 episodes (390–392)
1980	Water Under the Bridge	Nurse VIckers	Miniseries
1981	I Can Jump Puddles	Matron	Miniseries
1984	Carson's Law	Nurse	"Fallen into Darkness (#
	Special Squad	Chamber Maid	Counterfeit Lady (#1.5)
1986, 1988–1989	The Flying Doctors	2 roles Mrs. Jackson(1 episode) Lucy Somers (4 episodes)	5 episodes "Sins of the Fathers" (#1.8) "Don’t Tell Anyone" (#3.24) "Breaking The Drought (#4.8) "All You Need Is Luck" (#4.11) "Rising Sundown (#5.6)
1987	Slate, Wyn & Me	Molly	Film
1988	The Bartons	Mrs, Davis	Episodes: "Half Time" (#1.3), "The Great Billycart Aid Rave (#1.6)
1992	Spotswood aka: "The Efficiency Expert" in the U.S.	Gwen	Film (as Leslie Baker)
	Boney	Boarding House Lady	"Looks Can Kill" (#1.2)
1993	Body Melt	Mack	Film
	Phoenix	Woman Farmer	"In on the Joke (#2.8) as Leslie Baker
1997, 1998	Good Guys, Bad Guys	2 roles Rose Ms. Pinney	2 Episodes "Angel'’ (#1.11) "Naughty Bits (#2.5)
1999	Stingers	Maggie Robardi	"Just Acting" (#2.13)
2000	SeaChange	Mrs. Chatham	"Pipeline" (#3.5)
2001	Shock Jock	Rita	"Exposure" (#1.3), "Mein Diary (#1.5), "One for the Road" (#1.6)
1994, 1997, 2001,2004	Blue Heelers	Various roles Sheila O'Shaughnessy Mrs. Flynn Grandma Kenny Irene Wilkes (2 episodes)	5 episodes "Why Give People Rights? They Only Abuse Them" -1994 (#1.3) "Face Value – 1994 (1.38) "The Civil Deed" -1997 (#4.41) "A Matter of Faith" -2001 (#8.37) "Reasonable Doubt: Live" -2004 (#11.12)
2008	"Tea and Physics"	Granny	(Short)
2008–2009	City Homicide	Miriam Toffler	2 episodes "Taniwha (#2.4), "In Wolf’s Clothing" (#3.17)
2009	The Librarians	Christine's aunt	"Romeos and Juliets" (#2.4)
	"Inanimate Objects"	Sam Graham	Film
1995–1996 2002, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019	Neighbours	Angie Rebecchi	Current Regular Recurring

External links

• Lesley Baker at IMDb
• Interview on Neighbours the Perfect Blend