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