Pearl Connor-Mogotsi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pearl Connor-Mogotsi

British actress

Date of Birth: 13-May-1924

Place of Birth: Diego Martin, Diego Martin Regional Corporation, Trinidad and Tobago

Date of Death: 11-Feb-2005

Profession: actor, literary agent

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Pearl Connor-Mogotsi, née Nunez (13 May 1924 – 11 February 2005), was a Trinidadian-born theatrical and literary agent, actress and cultural activist, who was a pioneering campaigner for the recognition and promotion of African Caribbean arts.
In the UK, in the 1950s, she was the first agent to represent black and other minority ethnic actors, writers and film-makers, and during the 1960s was instrumental in setting up one of Britain's first black theatre companies, the Negro Theatre Workshop.
In the words of John La Rose, who delivered a eulogy at her funeral on 26 February 2005: "Pearl Connor-Mogotsi was pivotal in the effort to remake the landscape for innovation and for the inclusion of African, Caribbean and Asian artists in shaping a new vision of consciousness for art and society."