Cleo Sylvestre

Cleo Sylvestre

Actor Apr 19 (died age 79) Hitchin, Herts, England, UK 1953–2024 (71 year career)

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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

Paddington

Paddington

Marjorie Clyde

Sweetness in the Belly

Sweetness in the Belly

Vertisse

Platform 7

Platform 7

Layla

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

Mother

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Concubine (uncredited)

Up the Junction

Up the Junction

In the factory

Tube Tales

Tube Tales

Woman (segment "A Bird In The Hand")

All Creatures Great & Small

All Creatures Great & Small

Anne Chapman

Filmography

Acting (42)

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Movies (20)

Beautiful Things

Beautiful Things

as Older Bambi

Beyond the Lake

Beyond the Lake

as Caroline

National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood

National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood

as Mae Rose Cottage / Mrs Pugh

Sweetness in the Belly

Sweetness in the Belly

as Vertisse

National Theatre Live: Allelujah!

National Theatre Live: Allelujah!

as Cora

Paddington

Paddington

as Marjorie Clyde

Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd

as Maryann / Mrs Hurst

Tube Tales

Tube Tales

as Woman (segment "A Bird In The Hand")

The Attendant

The Attendant

Black and White in Colour

Black and White in Colour

as Self

The Love Child

The Love Child

as Cynthia

Catherine

Catherine

as Sister

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

as Mother

The Alf Garnett Saga

The Alf Garnett Saga

as Bus Conductress

My Lover, My Son

My Lover, My Son

as Dressmaker

The Smashing Bird I Used to Know

The Smashing Bird I Used to Know

as Carlien

Some Women

Some Women

as Millie Jackson

Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It

Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It

as Stephanie Ward

Up the Junction

Up the Junction

as In the factory

Johnny on the Run

Johnny on the Run

as Susie

Television (22)

Platform 7

Platform 7

as Layla

Platform 7

Platform 7

as Layla

All Creatures Great & Small

All Creatures Great & Small

as Anne Chapman

five by five

five by five

as Connie

The Guilty

The Guilty

as Ilse Lawson

New Tricks

New Tricks

as Milly

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

as 1st Neighbour

If You See God, Tell Him

If You See God, Tell Him

as Mrs Williams

Rockliffe's Babies

Rockliffe's Babies

as Mother Superior

The Gemini Factor

The Gemini Factor

as Verity

Minder

Minder

as Ward Sister

Grange Hill

Grange Hill

as Mrs. Dunlop

Life Begins at Forty

as Mrs Montague

You're Only Young Twice

You're Only Young Twice

as Sister

Strange Report

Strange Report

as Margaret

The Expert

The Expert

as Vicky Hammond

Till Death Us Do Part

Till Death Us Do Part

as Kenny's Girlfriend

The Troubleshooters

The Troubleshooters

as Gert

Public Eye

Public Eye

as Traffic Warden

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

as Marge, in the Factory

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as Concubine (uncredited)

Coronation Street

Coronation Street

as Cilla Christie