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Lyn Collingwood (born 6 September 1936 in Sydney, Australia), credited also as Lynn Collingwood, is an actress, writer, theatre director and historian.

She has appeared in television and film roles, as well as worked in theatre as an actress and director. She is best known for her role in the TV series Home and Away as sticky-beak comic character , where she became well known for her trademark catchphrase "Yoo Hoo, It's Only Me".


Early life
Collingwood was born in Sydney, New South Wales on 6 September 1936. She attended the University of Sydney, where she first started acting in undergraduate stage productions alongside John Bell and Richard Ward.

After graduating from university, Collingwood worked as an English, drama and history teacher for seven years and as a . While teaching, she conducted school plays, before performing in an Australian musical, upon which the director encouraged her to get an agent, which lead to acting work in television commercials.


Career

Acting
Collingwood appeared in a film short in the early 1960s, before appearing in a few TV roles from the late 1970s. One of her early roles was in soap opera Number 96.

She became most known however, when she was cast in serial Home and Away as recurring gossip comic character in 1988 to 1989. In 1997 she returned for a guest appearance, before returning again in 1999, this time as a regular character, remaining a permanent member of the cast for the next 14 years until leaving in May 2012, to concentrate on writing and directing. She did however make a return to the series in November 2012, before departing again in 2013.Oram, James "Home and Away: Behind the Scenes p.8 published 1989 She has since stated that she has no intention of returning to Home and Away, feeling she is now too old to do so.

Collingwood has had guest roles in numerous other TV serials including A Country Practice, Rafferty's Rules, E Street, G.P. Spellbinder, and All Saints. Other small-screen credits include 2015 online sitcom A Shared House and an episode of Remember My Name, playing the role of Grandma Doris.

Collingwood's film credits include Palm Beach (1979), alongside , ...Maybe This Time (1980), opposite Bill Hunter and , TV movie Chase Through the Night (1983), alongside and and A Test of Love (1984), opposite Angela Punch McGregor. Further credits include 1985 family TV film Archer’s Adventure, once again with Nicole Kidman, 1986 dystopian film Dead End Drive-In, and later, a small role in 2009 film The Makeover, opposite her former Home and Away cast mate Martin Dingle-Wall. In 2013, she appeared in short film Worm.

Collingwood has also performed for the stage, joining Sydney's New Theatre in 1980. In 2009, she founded 'Players in the Pub', a company presenting play readings, in which she both acts and directs. She more recently appeared in a production of Marat/Sade at New Theatre in 2016.


Publications and other works
Collingwood has also worked in research and was an editor of The Australian Encyclopaedia, as well as a sole updater of the 21st Century Junior World Encyclopedia and the 30-volume Everyman's New Age Encyclopedia. She was also a project developer on the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Australia. Additionally, she worked as a book editor, primarily for publisher Hale & Iremonger, compiling their annual An Australian Woman's Diary.

Collingwood is also a historian and writer and member of the Glebe Society. In 2017, she launched a website detailing the history of Sydney's New Theatre.

In 2025, Collingwood wrote a book about the history of , the Sydney suburb where she grew up, titled Dover Heights: Rocks and Sand They Couldn't Sell.


Personal life
Collingwood has one daughter.

In 2025, a death hoax rumour started circulating on , stating that Collingwood had died after a long illness. She later addressed the rumour to magazine.


Filmography

Film
1963It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain Short film
1980Palm BeachMrs. AdamsFeature film
...Maybe This TimeMyrtleFeature film
1982A Dangerous SummerWoman in VanFeature film
1984Annie's Coming Out (aka A Test of Love)Mrs. O'FarrellFeature film
1986Dead End Drive-InFayFeature film
1990Call Me Mr. BrownWoman Caller at Phone BoxFeature film
1994Cops and RobbersBossFeature film
1995From Sand to Celluloid: Round UpMatronShort film
2009The MakeoverGran on Beach
2013WormAunty BethShort film


Television
Number 96
1979Patrol BoatSwain's WifeSeason 1, episode 6
1980People Like UsMaisie StanleyTV movie
1981BellamyMrs. MarksSeason 1, episode 1
1982Spring & FallSisterSeason 2, episode 2
1983Chase Through the NightMrs. Y.TV movie
1985PossessionIris DawsonSeason 1
Archer (aka Archer's Adventure)ShoekeeperTV movie
1987The Harp in the SouthNursing SisterMiniseries, 3 episodes
Rafferty's RulesJanine GrahamSeason 3, episode 4
1987, 1990A Country PracticeJune NunnSeason 7, episode 42
Jean QuigleySeason 10, episode 20
1988–1989, 1997,
1999–2012,
2012–2013
Home and AwaySeasons 1–2 (recurring), Season 10 (guest)
Seasons 12–25 (regular),
Season 25–26 (guest)
1989E StreetMrs. WilsonSeason 1, episode 1
Mrs. JenkinsSeason 1, episode 50
1990The Money or the Gun Season 2, episode 10
1991G.P.Marge SlaterSeason 3, episode 6
1995SpellbinderNurseSeason 1, episode 15
1997Mother AgnesSeason 1, episode 12: "Wages of Sin"
1999All SaintsLaraine ParkesSeason 2, episode 5
2002Direct-to-video special
2016A Shared HouseHelenSeason 2, episode 1
2022Remember My NameGrandma DorisSeason 1, episode 3


Theatre

As actor


As director


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