Actor

Chelsea Brown

9 credited titles on WatchWise

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.

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Strongest genre

Comedy

$6.5M · 33% hit rate

Biggest hit

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

$43M

Standout efficiency

2.5x

Sweet Charity · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$12M

Combined reported budget

$9.6M

Gross / budget

1.2x

Bankability Index

14 / 100

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