Pat McDonald was an Australian actor best known for two long-running soap opera roles. She was comical gossip Dorrie Evans in Number 96 in the 1970s and the wise Fiona Thompson in Sons and Daughters in the 1980s. In both series she was featured thoughout show's entire run: about five and a half years in both cases.

She won several Logie Awards as Best Actress for playing Dorrie, and a Gold Logie for Australia's most popular female personality in 1974. She died in 1990.