Cleo Sylvestre
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Beautiful Things
2024
as Older Bambi
Platform 7
2023
as Layla
Beyond the Lake
2022
as Caroline
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
2021
as Mae Rose Cottage / Mrs Pugh
All Creatures Great & Small
2020
as Anne Chapman
Sweetness in the Belly
2019
as Vertisse
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
2018
as Cora
five by five
2017
as Connie
Paddington
2014
as Marjorie Clyde
The Guilty
2013
as Ilse Lawson
Far from the Madding Crowd
2010
as Maryann / Mrs Hurst
New Tricks
2004
as Milly
Tube Tales
1999
as Woman (segment "A Bird In The Hand")
Silent Witness
1996
as 1st Neighbour
The Attendant
1993
If You See God, Tell Him
1993
as Mrs Williams
Black and White in Colour
1992
as Self
Catherine
1988
as Sister
The Love Child
1988
as Cynthia
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
as Mother
Rockliffe's Babies
1987
as Mother Superior
The Gemini Factor
1987
as Verity
Minder
1979
as Ward Sister
Grange Hill
1978
as Mrs. Dunlop
Life Begins at Forty
1978
as Mrs Montague
You're Only Young Twice
1977
as Sister
Armchair 30
1973
as Lisa
The Alf Garnett Saga
1972
as Bus Conductress
My Lover, My Son
1970
as Dressmaker
Some Women
1969
as Millie Jackson
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
1969
as Carlien
Strange Report
1969
as Margaret
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
1968
as Stephanie Ward
The Expert
1968
as Vicky Hammond
Till Death Us Do Part
1966
as Nurse
Up the Junction
1965
as In the factory
Public Eye
1965
as Traffic Warden
The Troubleshooters
1965
as Gert
The Troubleshooters
1965
as Karima
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Marge, in the Factory
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Inmate: at Holm Lea
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Stephanie Ward
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Rachel
Doctor Who
1963
as Concubine (uncredited)
Coronation Street
1960
as Cilla Christie
Johnny on the Run
1953
as Susie