Rona Newton-John

Rona Newton-John is a British actress who was born in Cambridge, England. She was a model in her early years and had many small acting roles - notably on The Benny Hill Show (1969), the British television series UFO (1970) and the film "The Same Skin" (UK) (also known as Brotherly Love (1970)). She comes from an accomplished family: her older brother is Hugh - a doctor and her younger sister is Olivia Newton-John - the famed British-Australian singer and actress, Olivia. Rona and her siblings' grandfather was German physicist, Max Born - a Nobel prize-winner. Their mother was Irene Born - a writer, photographer and environmentalist and their father was Brinley Newton-John - a Professor (Cambridge's King College) and a Dean gifted with an operatic voice, and was a violinist. Rona had recorded a song called "Just Us Two" with her sister Olivia in 1972 and was a guest on The Mike Douglas Show (1961) (USA) in 1979. The cooking segment of the show also featured Rona and Olivia preparing the