Wendy Blacklock as Edie and Elisabeth Kirkby as Lucy in Number 96.

Elisabeth Kirkby (born UK) was an Australia-based theatre and television actor best known for her long-running role of Lucy Sutcliffe in the 1970s television soap opera Number 96. Wendy Blacklock as Edie in Number 96. ... Number 96 was a revolutionary Australian daily soap opera set in a Sydney apartment block. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... Number 96 was a revolutionary Australian daily soap opera set in a Sydney apartment block. ...

Kirkby was an original cast member of Number 96 which premiered March 1972. The show became Australia's highest-rated television program in 1973 and 1974. Lucy endured a moaning layabout husband Alf (James Elliott), along with a series of dramatic health concerns in the serial: a breast-cancer scare, blindness, and an unplanned pregnancy followed by a troubled birth. The episode in which it was revealed that Lucy's tumour was benign proved to be Number 96's highest-ever rated episode. In late 1973 the show had a feature film spin-off featuring much of the show's current cast, including Kirkby, reprising their television roles. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Prior to Number 96 Kirkby had made several television guest appearances, including roles in The Rovers, in Crawford Productions' espionage drama Hunter and their police drama Homicide. Crawford Productions is an Australian television production company founded by Hector Crawford. ... Hunter was an Australian espionage adventure television series screened by the Nine Network from 5 July 1967 to 1969. ... -1...

In November 1975 Alf and Lucy were written out of Number 96 as part of a drastic remodelling of the show in the wake of declining ratings. On leaving the serial Kirkby went straight into a theatre run. She subsequently made guest appearances on Australian drama series such as Glenview High (1977), and again appeared in Homicide. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Glenview High is an Australian television series produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Seven Network between 1977 and 1978. ...

Kirkby later became a politician and was the Australian Democrats New South Wales state leader for many years. The Australian Democrats (in regular parlance, just the Democrats), is an Australian social liberal party formed in 1977 from the earlier Australia Party by Don Chipp, who left the Liberal Party of Australia to do so. ... Emblems: Floral - Waratah (Telopea speciosissima); Bird - Kookaburra (Dacelo gigas); Animal - Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus); Fish - Blue Groper (Achoerodus viridis) Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Const. ...

External links

• Elisabeth Kirkby at the Internet Movie Database