Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1942-09-23
- Day of Death2004-07-02 (61 years)
- Place of BirthMalta Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone
- Also Known As-
Jeillo Edwards
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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 2003
Murder Investigation Team
As: Agnes Welsh
- 2003
Anansi
As: Aunt Vera
- 2002
Dirty Pretty Things
As: Hospital Cleaning Lady
- 2001
Murder in Mind
As: Phyllis
- 2000
Black Books
As: Midwife
- 1999
Tube Tales
As: Middle Aged Woman (segment "Steal Away")
- 1999
Spaced
As: Tim's Benefit Clerk
- 1999
The League of Gentlemen
As: Yvonne
- 1997
Holding On
As: Aunt Gaynor
- 1996
Beautiful Thing
As: Rose
- 1994
Pat and Margaret
As: Tea Bar Lady
- 1992
Absolutely Fabulous
As: Jeillo
- 1988
Red Dwarf
As: Second Ground Controller
- 1986
Casualty
As: Jean MacKenzie
- 1984
Paint Me a Murder
As: Landlady
- 1984
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
As: Landlady
- 1981
Memoirs of a Survivor
As: Woman at Newstand
- 1980
Name for the Day
As: Nurse
- 1979
Room Service
As: Mrs. McGregor
- 1977
The Professionals
As: West Indian Woman
- 1977
Black Joy
As: Auntie
- 1977
The Sniffler and the Pug
As: Nurse
- 1976
A Kind of Marriage
As: Aggie
- 1975
Through the Night
As: Lucy