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Isobel Du Pre

Isobel DuPre

Isobel DuPre was a minor character in Home And Away in 1997. She was Donald Fisher's mother and a very different character to her son.

She was played by the late Lorrae Desmond.

Biography[]

Isobel DuPre
Character Profile
Birthday: October 1925 - April 1997 (aged 71)
Birthplace: Australia
Father: Mr DuPre
Mother: Mrs DuPre
Siblings: Sophie
Spouse: R.J. Fisher (1944-1964)
Children: Donald Fisher (1945), Mary Croft (c.1946), Clive Fisher (c.1950)
Occupation: Actress
Played By: Lorrae Desmond

Backstory[]

Isobel DuPre was born in about 1925. Her surname suggests French ancestry, perhaps Huguenot. She married R.J. Fisher around 1944 while she was still quite a young woman. They went on to have three children: Donald Fisher in 1945, Mary Fisher a year later and finally, Clive Fisher (ca 1950). Isobel became an actress and was quite a flamboyant character. Her husband died in 1964 and Isobel left her three children to fend for themselves. She became estranged from them and didn't see them over the coming decades.

1997[]

In March 1997, Isobel tracked Donald down and came to visit him in Summer Bay. By now Donald had not seen her for 33 years and wasn't thrilled to see her again. She also had never met Donald's daughter Rebecca so she was keen to make up for lost time. Isobel also had a romance with Pippa Ross's father Bert and enjoyed doing things like going out clubbing and flying in a hot air balloon. It turned out that Isobel was dying and she was trying to tie up some loose ends before she passed away.

After making her peace with Donald, she returned to Adelaide where she died some months later. Bert travelled to Adelaide to be with her in her final weeks. In tribute to her, Donald and his wife Marilyn later did a skydive.

Memorable info[]

Birthday: 1925

Died: April 1997

Full Name: Isobel DuPre (Later Fisher)

Despite playing mother and son on screen, there was a mere 7 year age gap between actors Lorrae Desmond and Norman Coburn.

Family[]

Siblings Sophie

Spouse R.J. Fisher (c1944-1964)

Children Donald Fisher (1945), Mary Fisher (later Croft) (c1946), Clive Fisher (c1950)

Grandchildren David Croft, Lucinda Croft, Alan Fisher, Rebecca Nash, Bobby Marshall, Byron Fisher

Great Grandchildren Tamara Simpson, Seb Miller, Unknown Nash

Appearances[]

1997

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