Abigail

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Abigail (born Abigail Rogan, 23 July 1946, London, England, UK) was an Australian actress and sex symbol in the '70s and '80s. She immigrated to Australia in 1968. <p>After arriving in Australia, Abigail landed several minor roles on both stage and screen, including the female lead in a local production of the comedy There's a Girl in My Soup on stage. She became well known as a sex symbol through her role as Bev Houghton in the Network Ten sexed-up soap opera, Number 96 in 1972-1973. As the show's most famous sex-symbol many people assume that Abigail was the first woman to show her breasts on Australian television; actually it was her co-star Vivienne Garrett in the same series. <p>After leaving that series suddenly in 1973 she appeared in a Kings Cross revue in which she appeared nude, while struggling to find serious acting jobs. Apart from a series of brief cameo roles in a string of sex comedy films such as Alvin Purple (1973) its 1974 sequel Alvin Purple Rides Again, and a nude...