- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 6, 1942
- Died
- Mar 27, 2017 (aged 74)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
