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Jeillo Edwards

Jeillo Edwards

Actress

Jeillo Angela Doris Edwards was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, one of six children, and she attended the Annie Walsh Memorial School. Edwards moved to England in the late 1950s and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She began performing at the age of four, reading from the Bible at her church. She was well known for her distinctive voice and imperious enunciation. She featured on the BBC World Service for Africa, which was broadcast in the UK. She became popular in the United Kingdom, appearing on television, where she was the first black woman to appear on British television as well as being the first African to appear on Dixon of Dock Green in 1972. She also appeared on television dramas such as The Professionals, The Bill and Casualty. She performed on British television, radio, stage and films for more than four decades. Edwards appeared in cameo roles in many British television comedy programmes, including The League of Gentlemen, Absolutely Fabulous, Red Dwarf, Black Books, Spaced and Little Britain, in which she had been planned to appear in the second series before her death. As well as acting she was a school governor and owned a restaurant called Auntie J's in Brixton. In the early 1970s, she married a Ghanaian, Edmund Clottey, and they had a daughter and two sons. Jeillo Edwards died in London on 2 July 2004, at the age of 61. She had suffered chronic kidney problems.

Born: September 23, 1942 in Malta Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Died: July 2, 2004 (Age 61)

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Jeillo Edwards  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
5.2
ActressWoman at Newstand1981
Movie
6.2
ActressAunt Vera2003
Movie
6.1
ActressAuntie1977
Movie
7.8
ActressRose1996
Movie
ActressAggie1976
Movie
7
ActressNurse1980
Movie
6.6
ActressMrs Jessop1992
Movie
7.4
ActressHospital Cleaning Lady2002
Movie
5.9
ActressMiddle Aged Woman (segment "Steal Away")1999
Movie
5.8
ActressLandlady1984
Movie
ActressLucy1975
Movie
ActressNurse1977
TV Show
6.8
Actress2 Episodes1984-2010
TV Show
8.4
ActressTim's Benefit Clerk
1 Episode
1999-2001
TV Show
6.4
ActressAgnes Welsh
1 Episode
2003-2005
TV Show
8.2
Actress1 Episode1978-1992
TV Show
7.8
ActressWest Indian Woman
1 Episode
1977-1983
TV Show
8.2
Actress1 Episode1999-2017
TV Show
8.2
ActressSecond Ground Controller
1 Episode
1988-2017
TV Show
6.3
ActressJean MacKenzie
1 Episode
1986
TV Show
8.5
ActressMidwife
1 Episode
2000-2004
TV Show
8.1
ActressJeillo
1 Episode
1992-2012
TV Show
7
ActressLandlady
1 Episode
1984-1984
TV Show
9.2
ActressMrs. McGregor
7 Episodes
2003
TV Show
7.4
ActressPhyllis
1 Episode
2001-2003
Short Film
6.7
Actress1997
Movie
ActressSomali Woman1987
Movie
6.4
ActressIrate Woman2002
Movie
7.7
ActressTea Bar Lady1994
Movie
ActressSarah1978
Limited Series
7.3
ActressAunt Gaynor
8 Episodes
1997-1997
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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