Jeillo Edwards

Acting

Birthday

1942/09/23

Day of death

2004/07/02 (61 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Malta Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Also know as

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Biography

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 on the BBC World Service for Africa, which was broadcast in the UK. She became popular in the United ...Read more

Acting
Beautiful Thing
7.3

(1996) Beautiful Thing

as Rose

Dirty Pretty Things
6.9

(2002) Dirty Pretty Things

as Hospital Cleaning Lady

Tube Tales
5.3

(1999) Tube Tales

as Middle Aged Woman (segment "Steal Away")

Anansi
0.0

(2003) Anansi

as Aunt Vera

0.0

(1997) Paris, Brixton

as ---

The Sniffler and the Pug
0.0

(1977) The Sniffler and the Pug

as Nurse

0.0

(1978) Betzi

as Sarah

Paint Me a Murder
8.0

(1984) Paint Me a Murder

as Landlady

Memoirs of a Survivor
4.1

(1981) Memoirs of a Survivor

as Woman at Newstand

0.0

(2000) Tough Love

as Irate Woman

A Kind of Marriage
0.0

(1976) A Kind of Marriage

as Aggie

0.0

(1987) Elphida

as Somali Woman

Black Joy
6.4

(1977) Black Joy

as Auntie

Name for the Day
0.0

(1980) Name for the Day

as Nurse

Pat and Margaret
7.5

(1994) Pat and Margaret

as Tea Bar Lady

Through the Night
0.0

(1975) Through the Night

as Lucy

0.0

(1992) Black and Blue

as Mrs Jessop

Spaced
7.9

(1999) Spaced

as Tim's Benefit Clerk

The Bill
6.7

(1984) The Bill

as ---

The League of Gentlemen
7.6

(1999) The League of Gentlemen

as ---

Murder Investigation Team
5.5

(2003) Murder Investigation Team

as Agnes Welsh

Rumpole of the Bailey
7.1

(1975) Rumpole of the Bailey

as ---

Absolutely Fabulous
7.6

(1992) Absolutely Fabulous

as Jeillo

Red Dwarf
8.1

(1988) Red Dwarf

as Second Ground Controller

Casualty
6.0

(1986) Casualty

as Jean MacKenzie

Black Books
8.1

(2000) Black Books

as Midwife

Holding On
8.0

(1997) Holding On

as Aunt Gaynor

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
6.4

(1984) Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

as Landlady

The Professionals
7.4

(1977) The Professionals

as West Indian Woman

Room Service
0.0

(1979) Room Service

as Mrs. McGregor

Murder in Mind
8.4

(2001) Murder in Mind

as Phyllis