Jeillo Edwards

Jeillo Edwards
Rayuwa
Cikakken suna Jeillo Angela Doris Edwards
Haihuwa Freetown, 23 Satumba 1942
Mutuwa Landan, 2 ga Yuli, 2004
Karatu
Makaranta Guildhall School of Music and Drama (en) Fassara
Sana'a
Sana'a jarumi, ɗan wasan kwaikwayo, stage actor (en) Fassara da dan wasan kwaikwayon talabijin
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Jeillo Edwards (23 Satumba 1942- 2 Yuli 2004) 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ce 'yar Saliyo, wacce ta yi fice a tarihin 'yan wasan bakar fata a Biritaniya.[1] Ita ce mace ta farko 'yar asalin Afirka da ta fara karatun wasan kwaikwayo a Makarantar Kiɗa da wasan kwaikwayo ta Guildhall ta London. Ta ci gaba da kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan baƙar fata na farko da aka jefa a cikin jerin wasan kwaikwayo na gidan talabijin na UK-Dixon na Dock Green,[2] kuma fiye da shekaru arba'in da aka yi a gidan talabijin na Birtaniya, rediyo, mataki da fina-finai.[3]

Tarihin Rayuwa

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Jeillo Angela Doris Edwards[4] an haife ta a Freetown, Saliyo, ɗaya daga cikin yara shida, kuma ta halarci Makarantar Annie Walsh Memorial School.

Edwards ta koma Ingila a ƙarshen 1950s kuma ta yi karatu a Makarantar Kiɗa da wasan kwaikwayo ta Guildhall. Ta soma yin wasa sa’ad da take shekara huɗu, tana karanta Littafi Mai Tsarki a cocinta. An san ta sosai don muryarta na musamman da kuma zazzagewar magana. Ta yi fice a sashen Afirka na BBC, wanda aka watsa a Burtaniya. Ta samu karɓuwa a ƙasar Burtaniya, inda ta fito a gidan talabijin, inda ta kasance bakar fata ta farko da ta fito a gidan talabijin na Burtaniya sannan kuma ta kasance 'yar Afirka ta farko da ta fara fitowa a The Bill, rediyo da kuma kan dandamali.[5]

Edwards ta bayyana a cikin rawar da ta taka a cikin shirye-shiryen wasan kwaikwayo na gidan talabijin na Birtaniya da yawa, ciki har da The Professionals, The League of Gentlemen, Absolutely Fabulous, Red Dwarf, Black Books, Spaced da Little Britain, wanda aka shirya ta fito a cikin jerin na biyu kafin mutuwarta.

Kazalika ta kasance gwamnan makaranta kuma ta mallaki gidan abinci mai suna Auntie J's a Brixton.

A farkon shekarun 1970, ta auri wani ɗan Ghana, Edmund Clottey, kuma sun haifi 'ya mace da 'ya'ya maza biyu.[6]

Jeillo Edwards ta mutu a London a ranar 2 ga watan Yuli 2004, tana da shekaru 61. Ta sha fama da matsalar koda.

Yar wasan kwaikwayo

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  1. "Jeillo Edwards". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  2. Ledger, Fiona (21 July 2004). "Jeillo Edwards: Good-humoured cast matriarch on television and BBC radio". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2014.
  3. Newley, Patrick (27 September 2004). "Jeillo Edwards : Obituaries". The Stage. Archived from the original on 7 May 2014.
  4. White, Robin (27 July 2004). "Jeillo Edwards – African character actor whose range shone on the BBC World Service". The Guardian.
  5. "BBC World Service - Come Inside, Jeillo Edwards". BBC (in Turanci). 22 July 1998. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  6. Martin, Alice (9 July 2004). "Sierra Leone star dies". BBC.