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Gwen Plumb, born in Stanmore, an inner-west Sydney suburb, and raised in Coogee, an eastern beach suburb, had no initial intention of pursuing acting as a career. Her entry into acting came unexpectedly when a colleague from the David Jones tailoring department, where she worked, invited her to join a local Drama Club's play. Although she had no prior acting experience, this opportunity marked the beginning of a distinguished career.
She gained fame for her role as Ada Simmonds, a motherly gossip who ran the hospital kiosk in the Australian TV series The Young Doctors (1976). Beyond television and film, Plumb worked at Sydney's AM radio station 2GB, hosting her own interview program and co-hosting a mid-morning radio variety show with Gordon Chater. The duo was affectionately known to Sydneysiders as Pussy and Charlie.
Plumb was also a stage actress, starring in the Australian production of Nell Dunn’s play Steaming (1985). Remarkably, just two months after undergoing surgery to remove suspected bowel cancer in the late 1990s, she was back rehearsing for a stage production of Arsenic and Old Lace. She was honored with the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 1970s and was appointed a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) during the Queen's Birthday Honours at age 81.
Her autobiography, Plumb Crazy, was published in 1994. After her bowel cancer surgery, her health declined, and she admitted that she overexerted herself with the play, never fully recovering. Gwen Plumb passed away at her home in Kirribilli, the suburb just north of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, on June 5, 2002, at the age of 89.
