Jeillo Edwards, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jeillo Edwards

British actress

Date of Birth: 23-Sep-1942

Place of Birth: Freetown, Western Area, Sierra Leone

Date of Death: 09-Jul-2004

Profession: actor, film actor

Nationality: Sierra Leone

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Jeillo Edwards (23 September 1942, Freetown, Sierra Leone – 2 July 2004, London, England) was a Sierra Leonean actress, who is notable in the history of black actors in Britain.
She was the first woman of African descent to study drama at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
She went on to be one of the first black actresses to be cast in a mainstream UK television drama series – Dixon of Dock Green, and for more than four decades performed on British television, radio, stage and films.