Philippa Baker
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Philippa Baker is an Australian-based actor best known for her role in the 1970s television soap opera Number 96, playing Roma Godolfus.
Baker joined Number 96 early in its run in 1972, becoming part of a comedy double-act with Johnny Lockwood who played her character's soon-to-be husband Aldo. They continued in the series until the end of 1974 when they were abruptly written out of the series, but they were returned to the show less-than two months later. By August 1975 the program's ratings had entered a slump, and a drastic revamp of the show was planned. In early September 1975 a bomb blast tore through Number 96 killing four residents, including Roma and Aldo.
In 1976 she appeared in a recurring sketch in comedy series The Norman Gunston Show. This sketch, called The Checkout Chicks, was a parody of melodramatic soap operas set in a supermarket, and mostly featured other former Number 96 actors - Abigail, Vivienne Garrett, Candy Raymond, Judy Lynn, Anne Louise Lambert.
Baker subsequently made various appearances in films and on television. She had small roles in high profile productions Annie's Coming Out (1984) and Young Einstein (1988).
