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Carmen Munroe

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British actress

United KingdomActorsBorn 1932 · age 93
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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.

Filmography 17

Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World1968
Great Moments in Aviation1994
The Chain1984
All Neat in Black Stockings1969
Naked Evil1966
ear for eye2021
London Conspiracy1974
Black Christmas1977
Love Life1967
Fable1965
A Hole in Babylon1979
Black and White in Colour1992
The Final Passage1996
By George1982
In the Beautiful Caribbean1972
The Hope and the Glory1984
Doctor Kabil1959

24 credits on file

Television 7

The Persuaders!1971
Playhouse1974
Rumpole of the Bailey1975
Desmond's1989
Mixed Blessings1978
The Fosters1976
Ace of Wands1970

Awards 2

2011honorary doctorate
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Connected to Carmen 6

About this person

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.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
living
Dates
Born 1932 · age 93
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6 languages

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