Biography

Philippa Baker, credited also as Phillippa Baker (born 1932)), is an Australian retired actress of radio, theatre and television in series and teleplays and telefilms (although appeared in a couple of features)

Baker started her career in theatre and radio in the early 1950s and appeared in cameos in a few TV soap operas, primarily for Crawford Productions, but is better known for her numerous roles in made-for-television features and mini-series.

However, she is best known for playing deli worker Roma Lubinski, later Godolfus in the soap opera Number 96, as well as had a small role in the hit 1988 film Young Einstein starring Yahoo Serious.

Baker left the acting industry the following year in 1989, after more than 35 years of performing, and continued to work a regular day job as a public librarian, before retiring