12 Facts About Dawn Lake

Dawn Alice Lake was an Australian television comedian, singer, entertainer, and actor whose career spanned more than 50 years.

Dawn Lake was particularly associated in show business with her husband Bobby Limb.

Dawn Alice Lake was born to a Balmain working-class family, the youngest of four children.

Dawn Lake married entertainer Bobby Limb in 1953 and they had one daughter, Debbie, born in 1955.

Dawn Lake was married to Limb for 46 years, although the marriage had its ups and downs, including a separation for a year in 1973.

Dawn Lake lost her brother, David, to suicide in 1965.

Dawn Lake started her career as a singer in a local dance hall when she was 21, and soon after was contracted to Joe Taylor's Celebrity Club circuit.

Dawn Lake was a regular for the 1967 season of the top-rated sketch comedy program The Mavis Bramston Show.

Dawn Lake made a few appearances in dramatic feature films of this period, with roles in Squeeze a Flower, Sunstruck, Alvin Purple, and the controversial Wake in Fright.

Dawn Lake returned to the stage at this time, appearing such shows as Some of My Best Friends Aren't, Just for Arthur, Move Over Mrs Markham and The Mating Season.

Bobby Limb and Dawn Lake entertained Australian troops in Vietnam, and were active in the campaign to elect the Whitlam Labour government in 1972, including taking part in the campaign song, It's Time.

Dawn Lake's most enduring character was Ethel, who first appeared in the early 1960s in The Mobil Limb Show.