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Mar 22, 2022 · Cleo Sylvestre (1945-) is a woman of many firsts: she is the first Black woman to play a leading role at the National Theatre in London, one of the first Black actors to have a recurring role in a primetime British soap and one of the first Black Brits to release a single in 1964 – with none other than her friends, The Rolling Stones.
Cleo Sylvestre MBE (born 19 April 1945[1]) played an uncredited concubine in the Doctor Who television story The Crusade. (DWM 259) 57 years later, she voiced several characters for Big Finish Productions. She currently holds the record for the longest gap between roles in the Doctor Who franchise. The Lower Road - Minton Dead Plates - Beryl Finch The Crusade - Concubine Cleo Sylvestre at the ...
Cleo was the first black actor in a major role at The National Theatre, the first main black character in Crossroads, broke ground in Ken Loache’s Up the Junction and Cathy Come Home, played amazing parts alongside Anthony Sher, and sang To Know Him Is to Love Him with the Rolling Stones.
Oct 13, 2023 · Cleo Sylvestre is still playing with her blues band [Angela Cobbinah] WHEN actor Cleo Sylvestre checked her spam emails “out of curiosity” this summer she opened her inbox to find a message from the Royal family awarding her an MBE – and another email from a “well-known rock star” inviting her to his Christmas party.
Cleo Sylvestre is known as an Actor. Some of her work includes Paddington, The Attendant, Sweetness in the Belly, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, The Smashing Bird I Used to Know, Tube Tales, All Creatures Great & Small, and The Love Child.
Dec 22, 2020 · She moved to London and in 1944 she married Owen Oscar Sylvestre, an immigrant from Trinidad; Cleo was born in 1945. Many years later, Cleo discovered that her biological father was actually a ...
Feb 21, 2021 · Cleo Sylvestre as Anne Chapman in All Creatures Great and Small, pictured with co-star Dave Hill. Picture: Channel 5. Anne's story was partly inspired by that of Cleo's mother, Laureen Goodare ...
