Jeillo Edwards
Acting
Born: 1942-09-23 · Malta Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone
Died: 2004-07-02
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
🎬 Movies (17)
Anansi
2003
Aunt Vera
Dirty Pretty Things
2002
Hospital Cleaning Lady
Tough Love
2000
Irate Woman
Tube Tales
1999
Middle Aged Woman (segment "Steal Away")
Paris, Brixton
1997
Beautiful Thing
1996
Rose
Pat and Margaret
1994
Tea Bar Lady
Black and Blue
1992
Mrs Jessop
Elphida
1987
Somali Woman
Paint Me a Murder
1984
Landlady
Memoirs of a Survivor
1981
Woman at Newstand
Name for the Day
1980
Nurse
Betzi
1978
Sarah
Black Joy
1977
Auntie
The Sniffler and the Pug
1977
Nurse
A Kind of Marriage
1976
Aggie
Through the Night
1975
Lucy
📺 TV Shows (15)
Murder Investigation Team
2003
Agnes Welsh
Murder in Mind
2001
Phyllis
Black Books
2000
Midwife
Spaced
1999
Tim's Benefit Clerk
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
Jeillo
Red Dwarf
1988
Second Ground Controller
Casualty
1986
Jean MacKenzie
The Bill
1984
Tripper's Day
1984
Dottie's Mother
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
Landlady
Room Service
1979
Mrs. McGregor
The Professionals
1977
West Indian Woman
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
Lady Cashier
Centre Play
1973
Aggie Arinze
Centre Play
1973
Nurse