Betty Quin (c. 1922/1923 - 28 August 1993) was an Australian playwright, script writer and series script editor who contributed to numerous soap operas in her native Australia (e.g.
The Young Doctors, Sons and Daughters, A Country Practice, Prisoner and Neighbours).
Many of her 22 plays[1] and other Australian works were performed by the company.
[2] Robert Stigwood purchased the film rights to her 1970 play, Dinkum Bambino, which had been favourably reviewed by The Advertiser's theatre critic, Mary Armitage.
[3] She was the aunt of Patrea Smallacombe, the Australian-born script writer for Coronation Street and EastEnders.