Carol Raye Death: When Did Carol Raye Die?

Carol Raye was a British-born Australian multitalented entertainer.

Raye’s talents are many; she was an actress of film, television, radio and theatre, comedian, singer, dancer, and radio and television producer and director, as well as a TV network assistant and media personality.

Raye was best known as the producer and original star of the iconic TV satire The Mavis Bramston Show alongside Gordon Chater and Barry Creyton.

Raye was also widely known as a semi-regular star of soap opera Number 96 as Baroness Amanda von Pappenburg, a wealthy socialite from Heidelberg, Germany, who regularly arrives at the iconic “96” to visit her nephew Don Finlayson, portrayed by Joe Hasham.

Raye’s career span some seven decades from the late 1930s, firstly as a film star and theatre performer in the United Kingdom in which she would star, and often dance and sing, in such movies as;

1. Song of Romance and
2. Strawberry Roan and Waltz Time.

After that, Raye briefly worked in Kenyam, before immigrating to Australia, where she became notable for her small screen roles.

When Did Carol Raye Die? Sadly, Raye passed away on 19 June 2022 at the age of 99 in Sydney, Australia, a week after she was awarded an Order of Australia.