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| caption = Lesley Baker Publicity Shot

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| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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| known_for = { { bulleted|In Melbourne Tonight (TV series)|Prisoner (TV series) as Monica Ferguson/"Tinker" Bell Peters|Neighbours (TV series) as Angie Rebecchi}} | years_active = Screen 1969–present, theatre 1963-1981 | spouse = | children = }}

Lesley Baker (born 20 January 1944) is an Australian actress, singer, dancer and comedian. Career

Lesley Baker

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.

Lesley Baker

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 a different character of "Tinker" Bell Peters.

Lesley Baker

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

References

External links

Interview on Neighbours the Perfect Blend

1944 births

Australian female dancers

Australian film actresses

Australian soap opera actresses

Living people

Actresses from Melbourne

20th-century Australian actresses

20th-century Australian dancers

21st-century Australian actresses

21st-century Australian dancers

20th-century Australian women singers

21st-century Australian women singers