Chelsea Brown (born Lois Brown, December 6, 1942 – March 27, 2017) was an American-born actress of television and film, comedian and dancer, who appeared as a regular performer in comedy series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. She had a successful career in her native land before emigrating to Australia, where she became well-known mostly for her roles in soap opera/serials including top-rating Number 96 and as Abby Rossiter Patchett on E Street.
Brown became a familiar figure on Australian television, with appearances on Graham Kennedy's Blankety Blanks, Jimmy Hannan's Celebrity Squares plus ongoing roles in Number 96 (in 1977), The Power, The Passion (1989), in a regular role as the resident restaurant singer and Network Ten's E Street (in 1990–1991) as a nightclub singer who falls for the charms of local publican Ernie Patchett and various advertisements. She had a guest role in the Australian-filmed TV series revival of (1988). Film roles in Australia included The Return of Captain Invincible (1982) and Welcome to Woop Woop (1997).
In the mid-1990s, she was married to fellow E Street actor Vic Rooney, who died in 2002, after which she returned to the United States.
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| 1970 | Dial Hot Line | Gibson | TV movie |
| 1970 | Matt Lincoln | Tag | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1970 | The Name of the Game | Darlene | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1970 | The Cliff | Tag | TV movie |
| 1971 | Ironside | Nancy Babcock | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1971 | And They Forgot God | Miss Wallach | TV short |
| 1972 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Tallie Hughes | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1973 | Police Story | Mrs. Mckay | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1975 | That's My Mama | Joanne Roberts | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1975 | Bronk | Celeste | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1976 | Arena | Barby | TV movie / TV pilot |
| 1976 | King's Men | Morna | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1976–1977 | Number 96 | Hope Jackson | TV series, 27 episodes |
| 1977 | Herself | TV special | |
| 1977 | Hotel Story | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1981 | Holiday Island | Jodi Dean | TV series, 2 episodes: "Fugitive", "Lisa's Pup" |
| 1982 | Instant TV | Various characters | TV pilot |
| 1988; 1989 | Ballet teacher / Laura Ann Wilson | TV series, season 1, 2 episodes | |
| 1989 | The Power, The Passion | Chanteuse | TV series, recurring role |
| 1989–1990 | E Street | Abby Rossiter | TV series, 89 episodes |
| 2003 | Grass Roots | Stephanie Gruen | 1 episode |
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