Coral Drouyn
Coral Drouyn née "O'Neil", (born in Doncaster, England in 1944), also billed as Coral Kelly, is an English Australian actress, singer and screenwriter/story editor best known for her work in television, including "Prisoner", "Neighbours", "Blue Heelers", "Pacific Drive" and "Home and Away". Biography. Drouyn emigrated to Australia in the 1960s, and worked as a singer, whilst writing material for theatre restaurants. During her acting career, when she was billed as Coral Kelly, she appeared in the ill-fated soap opera "Arcade" as health studio receptionist Consuela McPhee. Retiring from acting, Drouyn began writing for television, working as  a scriptwriter for Grundy Productions series such as "The Restless Years", "Prisoner" and "Neighbours". During her time on "Prisoner", Drouyn worked her way up from freelance writer to in-house story editor, creating characters and stories before leaving the series prior to its 600th episode. Drouyn subsequently was involved in the creation of serial "Pacific Drive" before performing story editor duties on "Blue Heelers" and "Home and Away". Her book 'Big Screen, Small Screen', detailing the craft skills involved in screen-writing, was published in 1994. Drouyn now works as a theatre critic.