Cleo Sylvestre
Birthday
1945/04/19
Day of death
2024/09/20 (79 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Hitchin, Herts, England, UK
Also know as
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Biography
Cleopatra Mary Palmer (née Sylvestre; 19 April 1945 – 20 September 2024), known professionally as Cleo Sylvestre, was a British actress. She was the first black woman ever to play a leading role at the National Theatre in London, and the first woman to record with The Rolling Stones. Sylvestre was brought up in Euston, north London, by her mother, Laureen Sylvestre (née Goodare), a cabaret artist at the Shim Sham Club in Wardour Street, who was born in Yorkshire in 1911. Laureen was of mixed En...Read more
Acting
(2021) National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
as Mae Rose Cottage / Mrs Pugh
(1969) Some Women
as Millie Jackson
(1968) Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
as Stephanie Ward
(1988) Catherine
as Sister
(2022) Beyond the Lake
as Caroline
(1999) Tube Tales
as Woman (segment "A Bird In The Hand")
(1953) Johnny on the Run
as Susie
(1988) The Love Child
as Cynthia
(2014) Paddington
as Marjorie Clyde
(2024) Beautiful Things
as Older Bambi
(1993) The Attendant
as ---
(2018) National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
as Cora
(1987) Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
as Mother
(2019) Sweetness in the Belly
as Vertisse
(1969) The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
as Carlien
(2010) Far from the Madding Crowd
as Maryann / Mrs Hurst
(1965) Up the Junction
as In the factory
(1972) The Alf Garnett Saga
as Bus Conductress
(1992) Black and White in Colour
as Self
(1968) The Expert
as Vicky Hammond
(1979) Minder
as Ward Sister
(1978) Grange Hill
as Mrs. Dunlop
(2017) five by five
as Connie
(1965) Public Eye
as Traffic Warden
(2023) Platform 7
as Layla
(2020) All Creatures Great & Small
as Anne Chapman
(1960) Coronation Street
as Cilla Christie
(2013) The Guilty
as Ilse Lawson
(2004) New Tricks
as Milly
(1996) Silent Witness
as 1st Neighbour
(1978) Life Begins at Forty
as Mrs. Montague
(1969) Strange Report
as Margaret
(1965) The Troubleshooters
as Gert
(1965) The Troubleshooters
as Karima
(1964) The Wednesday Play
as Marge, in the Factory
(1964) The Wednesday Play
as Inmate: at Holm Lea
(1964) The Wednesday Play
as Stephanie Ward
(1964) The Wednesday Play
as Rachel
(1963) Doctor Who
as Concubine (uncredited)
(1966) Till Death Us Do Part
as Nurse