Faith Brown
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Faith Brown | |
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Born | Eunice Irene Carroll 28 May 1944 |
Occupation | Actress, singer, comedian, impressionist |
Faith Brown (born Eunice Irene Carroll; 28 May 1944) is an English actress, singer, comedian and impressionist. She was a star of the ITV impressions show Who Do You Do?, and The Voice in the TV show Trapped.
Brown was born in Liverpool and attended St Francis De Sales School, Walton. She was a singer in a vocal group with her brothers (The Carrolls), and then a solo singer, before using her talent for mimicry to switch to comedy impressions. She has appeared as a guest on Celebrity Squares, Blankety Blank, Punchlines, several other TV entertainment shows and the reality show I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here! (2006). She won a TV Times award for 'Funniest Woman on TV' in 1980.[1]
She was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1982 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews.[2]
She appeared in the 1985 Doctor Who story Attack of the Cybermen playing the alien Cyron, Flast.
Selected theatre credits
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Summer Holiday[3] | Stella | Opera House Theatre, Blackpool |
2001-2002 | Sunset Boulevard[4] | Norma Desmond | UK Tour |
2007 | Faith Brown: Up Front[5] | Herself | One Woman Show, UK Tour |
2009 | The Best of British Variety Tour[6] | Herself | UK Tour |
References
- ^ ITV (1982). Who's Who On Television. ITV Books Michael Joseph. ISBN 0900727950.
- ^ "Faith Brown". Bigredbook.info. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Faith's Hope". theboltonnews.co.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Faith Brown to star as Norma Desmond". reallyuseful.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "Faith Brown: Up Front Review". thestage.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "The Best of British Variety Tour 2009". tdpromo.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
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- 1944 births
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- English women comedians
- English musical theatre actresses
- English soap opera actresses
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