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Abigail
Born Abigail Rogan
Australian actress
July 23, 1946 (1946-07-23) (age 61)
London, England
Years active 1968 - present

Abigail (born Abigail Rogan, 23 July 1946, to a Dutch Burgher mother from Ceylon in London, England) is an Australian based actress who was a sex symbol in the 1970s and 1980s. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Burghers are a Eurasian ethnic group historically from Sri Lanka, consisting for the most part of male-line descendants of European colonists Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A sex symbol is a famous person of either gender typically an Actor, Musician, model, Teen idol, or Sports star She had immigrated to Australia in 1968.

After arriving in Australia, Abigail landed several minor roles on both stage and screen, including the female lead in a local production of the comedy There's a Girl in My Soup on stage. ‎ There's a Girl in My Soup is a British Comedy film, directed by Roy Boulting and starring Peter Sellers and Goldie Hawn She became well known as a sex symbol through her role as Bev Houghton in the Network Ten sexed-up soap opera, Number 96 in 1972-73. Bev Houghton was a fictional character in the 1970s Australian Soap opera Number 96. Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia 's three major commercial television networks. A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. Number 96 was a revolutionary Australian Soap opera set in a Sydney apartment block As the show's most famous sex-symbol many people assume that Abigail was the first woman to show her breasts on Australian television; actually it was fellow cast member Vivienne Garrett in the same series. Vivienne Garrett is an Australian based theatre and Television actor best known for her role of Rose Godolfus daughter of deli owner Aldo in top-rated Soap opera

After leaving that series suddenly in 1973 Abigail appeared in a Kings Cross revue in which she appeared nude, while struggling to find serious acting jobs. Kings Cross is an inner-city locality of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Her 1973 autobiography Call Me Abigail sold 150,000 copies in its first two weeks of sale. An autobiography, from the Greek αὐτός autos "self" βίος bios "life" and γράφειν graphein "to write" During this period she appeared in a series of brief cameo roles in a string of sex comedy films such as Alvin Purple (1973) its 1974 sequel Alvin Purple Rides Again, and a nude cameo in comedy Eliza Fraser (1976). Alvin Purple was a 1973 Australian comedy film starring Graeme Blundell, written by Alan Hopgood and directed by Tim Burstall Alvin Purple Rides Again is a 1974 Australian sex-comedy film sequel to Alvin Purple. Eliza Fraser was a Scottish woman whose ship was shipwrecked on the coast of Queensland, Australia, on May 22 1836 and who was captured by Aborigines In 1977 she had a cameo role in Summer City, a film which is notable for being the first to have Mel Gibson in a major role. Summer City is a 1977 Australian film most notable for having Mel Gibson in his inaugural role Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, AO (born January 3 1956 Despite the more serious nature of this last appearance it did not lead to a serious acting career.

In 1975 she appeared in Class of '75 for three weeks as a prim French teacher in a black wig and frumpy spectacles, and in 1977 she appeared in The Young Doctors as super-efficient secretary Hilary Templeton. Class of '74 (and later Class of '75) was a Secondary French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The Young Doctors is an Australian early evening Soap opera. The series was set in the fictional Albert Memorial hospital and primarily concerned with romances In the story of that serial her boss was murdered and she left the storyline, only to make a return now running the company she previously worked for. In the mid 1980s she took a regular role in yet another soap opera Sons and Daughters, playing the role of Caroline Morrell from 1985 until the series ended in 1987. Sons and Daughters was an Logie Award winning Australian Soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy In 1989 she co-starred in Elly & Jools playing the crazy Country & Western Singer wannabe, Dulcie Dickson. In 1990 she was a regular cast member of short-lived soap opera Family and Friends and in 1991 appeared in Chances. Family and Friends was a short-lived Australian Television Soap opera made in 1990. Chances was an Australian evening Soap opera, produced from 1991 to 1992

Abigail had also made an attempt at popular music career in 1973 and scored a hit with a cover of Serge Gainsbourg's "Je t'aime... moi non plus". Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more Serge Gainsbourg ɡɛ̃'zbuʁ (2 April 1928 &ndash 2 March 1991 was a French Poet, Singer-songwriter, Actor and For the film see Je t'aime moi non plus (film. For the album see Jane Birkin Serge Gainsbourg. Although this debut was a success, follow-ups, including a comedic release with ventriloquist Chris Kirby, were not. Her initial success was attributed to her stardom and not her singing talent.

She now rarely appears in public.

Abigail was interviewed on Sydney, Australia radio station 2GB on her 60th birthday in 2006. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 2GB is a commercial Radio station in Sydney, Australia broadcasting on 873 KHz, AM. At that time she was living on the Gold Coast, Queensland. This article is about the Australian city Gold Coast For other uses see Gold Coast.

Contents

Roles

Abigail as Bev and Robyn Gurney as Janie in Number 96
Abigail as Bev and Robyn Gurney as Janie in Number 96

Television

Movies

Discography

Singles
Album
Produced by Martin Erdman
Recorded at Festival's 'Studio 24", Sydney Australia
Terry appears by courtesy of Chris Kirby.

References

External links

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