Joanne Campbell (8 February 1964 – 20 December 2002) was a British actress and drama therapist best known for playing Liz in the 1980s sitcom Me and My Girl and Josephine Baker on stage in This Is My Dream.[2][3]
Joanne Campbell | |
|---|---|
| Born | Joanne E Campbell[1] 8 February 1964 Northampton, Northamptonshire, England |
| Died | 20 December 2002 (aged 38) London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1982–2002 |
Career edit
Born in Northampton,[2] Campbell attended Northampton High School[4] before training in London at the Arts Educational School. [5] She then began her acting career at the Theatre Royal in Stratford East, in 1982, playing Jack in "Jack and the Beanstalk" and becoming the first black principal boy in British pantomime.[5]
After several other on stage acting roles, Campbell won her first lead role in 1987, playing Josephine Baker in This is my Dream. Later, she combined acting with teaching as one of the founding members of the BiBi Crew, the first British theatre company made up entirely of black actresses.[6] As one of the group of seven, she co-wrote and acted in several plays, whose aim was to share the black experience to a wide audience.[5]
As well as the above-mentioned comedies, her other television roles included parts in Dramarama, The Bill, London's Burning, and Birds of a Feather. Campbell also appeared in children's shows Bodger and Badger and Alphabet Castle. She also worked in radio in Mama I Want to Sing and The Cotton Club at the Aldwych Theatre, to mixed reviews.[5]
In the 1990s, in addition to becoming a member of the board of directors of the Theatre Royal Stratford East, Campbell became a drama therapist and worked mostly with children at the Priory Hospital in North London. Unfortunately, she was not able complete her training to become a child and adolescent psychiatrist.[5]
Death edit
Campbell died suddenly as a result of deep-vein thrombosis aged 38 in London in 2002. At the time of her death she was working on the new BBC children's show U Get Me.[2][3]
Filmography edit
Television edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | The All Electric Amusement Arcade | Deshaun | |
| 1984 | Dramarama | Suki | episode: "Que Sera" (11 June 1984) |
| 1984 | Me and My Girl | Liz | |
| 1989 | Bodger and Badger | Mavis | Series One and Cameo in Series 2 |
| 1990 | Nuns on the Run | Ward Nurse | |
| 1990 | London's Burning | Jenny | Six episodes (7 October – 18 November 1990) |
| 1992 | Us Girls | Beverley Pinnock | |
| 1993 | Love Hurts | Phoebe | episode: "For a Few Dollars More" (26 February 1993) |
| 1993 | Birds of a Feather | Jancis | episode: "Find the Lady" (7 November 1993) |
| 1993 | Alphabet Castle | Queen Bet/Various Roles | |
| 1994 | The Bill | Kate | episode: "No Job for an Amateur" (18 January 1994) |
| 1997 | Frighteners | Flick | episode: "Jevan" (11 March 1997) |
References edit
- ^ "Birth Registration details" Ancestry.co.uk.
- ^ a b c Hedley, Philip; "Obituary: Joanne Campbell" Guardian.co.uk, 9 January 2003.
- ^ a b Bourne, Stephen; "Obituary — Joanne Campbell: Actress capable of dazzling stage performances", The Independent, 8 January 2003.
- ^ Stephen, Bourne (8 January 2003). "Joanne Campbell - Actress capable of dazzling stage performances". The Independent. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Lives in Brief". The Times. 17 January 2003. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ Abram, Nicola, ed. (2020). "Theatre of Black Women". Black British Women's Theatre. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 23–84. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-51459-4_2. ISBN 978-3-030-51459-4. S2CID 226651462. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
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