Overview
- Lorraine Bayly died Saturday morning in a Sydney nursing home, with family asking entertainment reporter Craig Bennett to share the news.
- Her career spanned 62 years across television, film and theatre, and she retired about a decade ago.
- Bayly became a household name as Grace Sullivan in nearly 600 episodes of The Sullivans, earning Silver Logies, with further acclaim for Carson’s Law.
- An original Play School presenter from 1966, she later appeared in The Man From Snowy River and more than 50 stage productions, concluding on stage in 2016.
- Recent tributes from colleagues, including Steven Tandy, highlighted her generosity, as coverage noted later-life health challenges including a stroke, pneumonia-related lung collapse in 2018 and treatment for breast cancer.