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Lesley Baker
Lesley Baker
Born	20 January 1944 (age 80); Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupations	Actress; singer; dancer; comedian;
Years active	Screen 1969–present, theatre 1963-1981
Known for	In Melbourne Tonight (TV series); Prisoner (TV series) as Monica Ferguson/"Tinker" Bell Peters; Neighbours (TV series) as Angie Rebecchi;

Lesley Baker (born 20 January 1944) is an Australian actress, singer, dancer and comedian. She is best known internationally for her small screen roles in cult series Prisoner and her recurring role in Neighbours.

Early career

Baker was well known for her early appearances on In Melbourne Tonight with Graham Kennedy, after which she went on to play several roles for Crawford Productions series.

Prisoner

She is best known for her TV soap opera roles including hulking husband basher, Monica Ferguson, in early episodes of Prisoner in 1979, and in 1982, she returned to that series playing the character of "Tinker" Bell Peters.

Neighbours

She has played the itinerant role of Angie Rebecchi since January 1995, the mother of long-running character, Toadie Rebecchi (Ryan Moloney) in Neighbours, who was also introduced in 1995. The character Angie was originally introduced as a guest character, however, her popularity with viewers saw writers decide to introduce her husband "Big Kev" (Don Bridges), eldest son, Shane (Greg O'Mera), and youngest son, Jared "Toadfish" Rebecchi, to the regular cast. The family moved into Ramsay Street, and joined Kevin Jr "Stonefish" Rebecchi (Anthony Engleman), who was an already established character from 1994. In 1996, Angie, Kev and Stonefish were all written out of Neighbours, however, both Angie and Stonefish made sporadic appearances over the following years, with Angie appearing in both the original "final episode" in 2022, and the first episodes of the 2023 continuation.

Filmography

Television


Year	Title	Role	Episode/Other Notes
1965	Graham Kennedy's Channel 9 Show	Guest (singing with Graham Kennedy)	TV series, 1 episode
1969–76	Homicide	- Gloria Slater - Sadie Thompson - Jeannie Burke - Sister Catherine - April Brown - Jocelyn Davies - Mrs. Morton - Nora Jenkins	8 episodes: "Triple Play" (#6.19), "An Welcomed Guest" (#6.44), "Expectations" (#8.30), "The Crossing (#11.1), "The Artful Dodger", "Brotherhood of Man" (#11.31), "Short Cut" (#12.32), "The Whole of the Law" (#13.6)
1970–75	Division 4	- Junie Mullins - Thelma Shaw - Annie Kerr - Jean Whelan - Marcie White - Cassandra - Yvonne - Kay Hudson	8 episodes: "Fizz" (#2.9), "Mad Monaghan" (#2.31), "Drop-Out" (#2.31) "Live Bait" (#3.26) "Backlash"(#6.2), "Parable" (#6.16), "Time Payment" (#7.5), "Friends - Who Needs 'Em?" (#7.36)
1970	The Long Arm	- The Nurse - Const. Brenda Davis	2 episodes: "The Big Circle" (#1.8), "The Christmas Break"(##1.13)
1971–76	Matlock Police	- WPC Sue Rogers - Val Wilson - Judy Elliot - Babs Taylor - Marion Woods - Daphne - Dolly Robinson - Molly Atkins - Eileen Simpson	9 episodes: "Tightrope" (#1.15), "Escape to Nowhere" (#1.25), "Smoke Screen" (#1.32), "Squaring Off" (#3.121), "Walk Like a Man" (#5.180), "Where the Trees Walk Down the Hill" (#5.184), "Cuckoos and Peaches" (#5.202), "No Problems" (#5.214), "Come to Mother" (#5.226)
1974	Rush		Episode: "They Faced all the Dangers, Those Bold Bushrangers" (#1.3)
1975	The Last of the Australians	Ms. Ferguson	Episode: "Ashes to Ashes" (#2.4)
1976	Solo One	Mrs. Pickett	Episode: "My Bonnie" (#1.7)
	Bellbird	Cheryl Turner #2
	Alvin Purple	Myrtle	Episode: "Ciao Alvin" (#1.13)
1977	Bluey	Leslie Stewart	Episode: "Emma" (#1.15)
1978	Cop Shop	Mother	Episode 1.97
1979	Skyways	Gladys Skinner (as Leslie Baker)	Episode: "Donny's Father" (#1.142)
1979	Prisoner (aka Prisoner: Cell Block H orCaged Women.)	Monica Ferguson	36 episodes: 15–18, 29–60
1980	Water Under the Bridge	Nurse Vickers	Miniseries
1981	I Can Jump Puddles	Matron	Miniseries
1983	Prisoner (aka Prisoner: Cell Block H orCaged Women.)	Belle 'Tinker' Peters	3 episodes: 390–392
1984	Carson's Law	Nurse	Episode: "Fallen into Darkness"
1984	Special Squad	Chamber Maid	Episode: "Counterfeit Lady" (#1.5)
1986, 1988–89	The Flying Doctors	- Mrs. Jackson - Lucy Somers	5 episodes: "Sins of the Fathers" (#1.8), "Don't Tell Anyone" (#3.24), "Breaking the Drought (#4.8), "All You Need is Luck" (#4.11), "Rising Sundown (#5.6)
1988	The Bartons	Mrs. Davis	2 episodes: "Half Time" (#1.3), "The Great Billycart Aid Rave" (#1.6)
1992	Boney	Boarding House Lady	Episode: Looks Can Kill" (#1.2)
1993	Phoenix	Woman Farmer (as Leslie Baker)	Episode: "In on the Joke" (#2.8)
1997, 1998	Good Guys, Bad Guys	- Rose - Ms. Pinney	2 episodes: "Angel'’ (#1.11), "Naughty Bits (#2.5)
1999	Stingers	Maggie Robardi	Episode: "Just Acting" (#2.13)
2000	SeaChange	Mrs. Chatham	Episode: "Pipeline" (#3.5)
2001	Shock Jock	Rita	3 episodes: "Exposure" (#1.3), "Mein Diary" (#1.5), "One for the Road" (#1.6)
1994, 1997, 2001, 2004	Blue Heelers	- Sheila O'Shaughnessy - Mrs. Flynn - Grandma Kenny - Irene Wilkes	5 episodes: "Why Give People Rights? They Only Abuse Them" (#1.3), "Face Value (1.38), "The Civil Deed" (#4.41), "A Matter of Faith" (#8.37), "Reasonable Doubt: Live" (#11.12)
2008–09	City Homicide	Miriam Toffler	2 episodes: "Taniwha" (#2.4), "In Wolf’s Clothing" (#3.17)
2009	The Librarians	Christine's aunt	Episode: "Romeos and Juliets" (#2.4)
1995–96 2002–06, 2008, 2013, 2015 2017–19, 2022–23	Neighbours	Angie Rebecchi	Regular / recurring role

Film


Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Inanimate Objects	Sam Graham	Film
2008	Tea and Physics	Granny	Short film
1993	Body Melt	Mack	Feature film
1992	Spotswood (aka The Efficiency Expert)	Gwen	Feature film (as Leslie Baker)
1987	Slate, Wyn & Me	Molly	Feature film