# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carmen-munroe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:30:57.611Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carmen-munroe"
name: "Carmen Munroe"
slug: "carmen-munroe"
description: "Dame Carmen Esme Munroe is a British actress who was born in Berbice, British Guiana, and has been a resident of the UK since the early 1950s. Munroe made her West End stage debut in 1962 and has played an instrumental role in the development of black British theatre and representation on small screen. She has had high-profile roles on stage and television, perhaps best known from the British TV sitcom Desmond's as Shirley, wife of the eponymous barber played by Norman Beaton."
tagline: "British actress"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1932-11-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.178009333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613184/"
    handle:    "nm0613184"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4112777"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "كارمين مونرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Munroe"
    title: "Carmen Munroe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Munroe"
    title: "Carmen Munroe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Munroe"
    title: "Carmen Munroe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Munroe"
    title: "Carmen Munroe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Munroe"
    title: "Carmen Munroe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carmen_Munroe"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carmen_Munroe"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5043529"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1241055"
    title: "Carmen Munroe"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump