Lynn Rainbow's grandfather was theatre entrepreneur Sir Benjamin Fuller, who opened Fuller's Theatres across Australasia, together with brother Johnny.
10 Facts About Lynn Rainbow
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Lynn Rainbow's mother was a dancer, whose partner was actor Ron Shand.
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Lynn Rainbow was educated in Australia at the Ascham School, then studied acting under Dame Doris Fitton at the Independent Theatre school in Sydney.
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Lynn Rainbow subsequently attended The Sorbonne in Paris and the Dante Alighieri in Italy.
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Lynn Rainbow has worked in the entertainment industry throughout England, the US and her native Australia.
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Lynn Rainbow began working in theatre with Independent Theatre, before taking television roles from the early 1970s onwards, including guest spots in the Crawford Productions police dramas Homicide, Division 4 and Matlock Police, and in an episode of the situation comedy series The Group.
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Lynn Rainbow stayed in the role until 1973, during which time her character was involved in numerous controversial storylines, including Sonia engaging in an apparent incestuous relationship, an inter-racial kiss, losing her husband Dr Gordon Vansard in a car accident, and then being targeted by a woman planning to send her mad.
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Lynn Rainbow reprised the role of Sonia Freeman in the film version of the serial, Number 96, in 1974.
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Lynn Rainbow shot all her scenes for the film in a single day, before rushing off to give a theatre performance as Elvira in Blithe Spirit that same night.
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Lynn Rainbow was awarded in the Queens Birthday Honours with the Order of Australia with the indictment being for "significant service to the community through support for a range of cultural and charitable organisations, and to the performing arts as an actor".