Jeillo Edwards was a Sierra Leonean actress, who is notable in the history of black actors in Britain. She was the first woman of African descent to study drama at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
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Dirty Pretty Things
Beautiful Thing
Tube Tales
Memoirs of a Survivor
Pat and Margaret
Black Joy
Paint Me a Murder
Name for the Day
Anansi
A Kind of Marriage
Through the Night
The Sniffler and the Pug32 credits on file
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Casualty
Red Dwarf
The Bill
Black Books
Absolutely Fabulous
The Professionals
Spaced
Rumpole of the Bailey
Murder in Mind
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Centre Play
Murder Investigation Team
Tripper's Day
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About this person
Jeillo Edwards was a Sierra Leonean actress, who is notable in the history of black actors in Britain. She was the first woman of African descent to study drama at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She went on to be one of the first black actresses to be cast in a mainstream UK television drama series - Dixon of Dock Green, and for more than four decades performed on British television, radio, stage and films.
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