Gwen Plumb

Gwen Plumb (2 August 1912 - 5 June 2002) (full name: Gwendoline Jean Plumb) was a veteran Australian performer of stage, radio and television who is probably best remembered for her portrayal of "gossip", Ada Simmonds in the Australian soap opera The Young Doctors for its entire November 1976 - March 1983 run. She had her first well-known role as Emmy in the longest-running Australian radio series Blue Hills, and hosted a radio program on Austral... more

Gwen Plumb (2 August 1912 - 5 June 2002) (full name: Gwendoline Jean Plumb) was a veteran Australian performer of stage, radio and television who is probably best remembered for her portrayal of "gossip", Ada Simmonds in the Australian soap opera The Young Doctors for its entire November 1976 - March 1983 run. She had her first well-known role as Emmy in the longest-running Australian radio series Blue Hills, and hosted a radio program on Australia's Macquarie Network from 1945 to 1974. Other notable roles were in the mini-series The Harp In the South and Poor Man's Orange. Plumb had a long career in the theatre, was a cast member of the debut season of the Old Tote Theatre Company, travelled extensively overseas to interview celebrities for her own radio programme, and once quipped that she "played in just about every form of public entertainment except the circus". She later played the key role of Mum Foote in the serial Richmond Hill in 1988. Having agreed to act in the planned... less