Pat McDonald was an 
Australian actor best known for two long-running soap opera roles. She was comical gossip Dorrie Evans in 
Number 96 in the 
1970s and the wise Fiona Thompson in 
Sons and Daughters[?] in the 
1980s. In both series she was featured thoughout show's entire run: about five and a half years in both cases.
She won several Logie Awards[?] as Best Actress for playing Dorrie, and a Gold Logie for Australia's most popular female personality in 1974. She died in 1990.
 
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