Chelsea Brown

Chelsea Brown (December 6, 1942 - March 27, 2017) was born Lois Brown as an American actress, comedienne, singer and dancer perhaps best known for being the first African-American series regular in the iconic, ground-breaking American TV series Laugh-In. After Laugh-In she moved to Australia where she lived for many decades and enjoyed a long and successful career in film, TV and the stage. She recorded albums and had a very popular cabaret act in which she toured the world. She married Australian actor Vic Rooney who played her husband on the Aussie soap, E Street (1989-1990). After her husband's death, she moved back to her hometown of Chicago, Illinois where she had a large, extended family and many friends.

Filmography

Welcome to Woop Woop

1998

E Street

1989

The Return of Captain Invincible

1983

Police Story

1973

The Thing with Two Heads

1972

Number 96

1972

And Then They Forgot God

1971

Matt Lincoln

1970

Dial Hot Line

1970

Love, American Style

1969

Sweet Charity

1969

Head

1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968