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Jeillo Edwards
Sign in to saveWas a Sierra Leonean actress (1942-2004)
Film & TV
Malta Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone
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…
Known for
- Anansi — Aunt Vera2003
- Murder Investigation Team — Agnes Welsh2003
- Dirty Pretty Things — Hospital Cleaning Lady2002
- Murder in Mind — Phyllis2001
- Tough Love — Irate Woman2000
- Black Books — Midwife2000
- Tube Tales — Middle Aged Woman (segment "Steal Away")1999
- Spaced — Tim's Benefit Clerk1999
- Paris, Brixton1997
- Beautiful Thing — Rose1996
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Edwards
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Sierra Leone
- Place of birth
- Freetown
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- Residence
- United Kingdom
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- date of birth
- 1942-09-23
- date of death
- 2004-07-02
- birth name
- Jeillo Angela Doris Edwards
- start of work period
- 1972-00-00
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