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Peta Toppano (8 April 1952, London
London

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) is an actress who found success in Australian television, as part of the original casts of soap opera
Soap opera

A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in Serial format on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap....
s The Young Doctors
The Young Doctors

The Young Doctors is an Australian early evening soap opera. The series was set in the fictional Albert Memorial hospital and primarily concerned with romances between younger members of the hospital staff....
 (playing Dr Gail Henderson) and Prisoner
Prisoner (TV series)

Prisoner is an Australian television soap opera which was set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a List of fictional prisons women's prison....
 (playing Karen Travers). She left The Young Doctors in early 1978 to take a role in a production of stage musical A Chorus Line
A Chorus Line

A Chorus Line is a Musical theater about seventeen Broadway theatre dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line. The book was authored by James Kirkwood, Jr....
 in Sydney. In some of her early appearances she was credited as Peita Toppano and also referred to as Pieta Toppano.






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Peta Toppano (8 April 1952, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
) is an actress who found success in Australian television, as part of the original casts of soap opera
Soap opera

A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in Serial format on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap....
s The Young Doctors
The Young Doctors

The Young Doctors is an Australian early evening soap opera. The series was set in the fictional Albert Memorial hospital and primarily concerned with romances between younger members of the hospital staff....
 (playing Dr Gail Henderson) and Prisoner
Prisoner (TV series)

Prisoner is an Australian television soap opera which was set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a List of fictional prisons women's prison....
 (playing Karen Travers). She left The Young Doctors in early 1978 to take a role in a production of stage musical A Chorus Line
A Chorus Line

A Chorus Line is a Musical theater about seventeen Broadway theatre dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line. The book was authored by James Kirkwood, Jr....
 in Sydney. In some of her early appearances she was credited as Peita Toppano and also referred to as Pieta Toppano. She married her Prisoner co-star Barry Quin
Barry Quin

Barry Quin is a United Kingdom-born stage and television actor who is best known for being an original cast member of the Australian television series Prisoner playing Dr....
 in the early 1980s and was for a time known as Peta Quin. The marriage ended in divorce. Her mother is actress Peggy Mortimer Toppano.

Toppano was later married to Australian billionaire Kerry Stokes
Kerry Stokes

Kerry Matthew Stokes Order of Australia is an Australian businessman. He holds business interests in a diverse range of industries including electronic and print media, property, mining, and construction equipment....
 and later divorced.

She later became widely known for her spirited performance as sequined superbitch Jilly Stewart in the glossy saga Return to Eden. Toppano played Helen Poulos in soap opera Home and Away
Home and Away

Home and Away is a Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney by the Seven Network since July 1987. It premiered on 17 January 1988, and is now one of the longest-running series on Australian television and won 34 Logie Awards since 1988....
 in 2000.

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