Lorraine Daphne Bayly AM (born 16 January 1937) is an Australian actress of film, television and theatre, best known for her role as matriarch Grace Sullivan in serialThe Sullivans
Lorraine Bayly was born in Narrandera, New South Wales.
Her first performance was at age 3, playing tambourine with the Salvation Army.
At ages 5–9, she wrote, directed and starred in plays in the local jail; her father being a policeman, amateur magician and ventriloquist.
At age 9-10, she had a ventriloquist act which 35 years later she performed part of on The Parkinson Show in 1984, using Michael as her dummy.
At age 11-12, she played classical piano Saturday afternoons live on Radio 2UE and at 21, was a founding member of the Ensemble Theatre at Kirribilli in Sydney.
Over the next 55 years Bayly has played 43 roles in various theatre companies all over Australia.