---
name: "Jeillo Edwards"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeillo-edwards"
fi1m_id: "jeillo-edwards"
imdb_id: "nm0250087"
tmdb_id: 162488
wikidata_id: "Q6176530"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 September 1942"
died: "2 July 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T12:06:48.467877+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jeillo Edwards

## Identity

Jeillo Edwards

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeillo-edwards
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeillo-edwards
- **IMDb ID:** nm0250087
- **TMDB ID:** 162488
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6176530
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeillo_Edwards, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6176530, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0250087/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/162488

Actor. Born 23 September 1942 in Malta Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Died 2 July 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 September 1942, Malta Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone
- **Died:** 2 July 2004
- **Active:** 1988–2000
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 83 (2), 2000s 82 (1)
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 1, Romance 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeillo_Edwards, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6176530, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0250087/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/162488

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Spaced*](https://film.one/tv/spaced.md) (86)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jeillo Edwards (23 September 1942 – 2 July 2004) was a Sierra Leonean actress based in Britain. Born in Freetown, she moved to England in the late 1950s and became the first woman of African descent to study drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She appeared in British television, radio, stage and film for more than four decades, with early roles including one of the first black actresses in a mainstream UK drama series on Dixon of Dock Green (1972).

Edwards was known for cameo roles in comedy series such as *Spaced* (1999) as Tim's Benefit Clerk, *Black Books* (2000) as a midwife, *Red Dwarf* (1988) as Second Ground Controller, *Absolutely Fabulous* (1992) and *The League of Gentlemen*. Film credits include *Beautiful Thing* (1996) as Rose and *Dirty Pretty Things* (2002) as a hospital cleaning lady. She also appeared in dramas including *The Bill* and *Casualty*.

In addition to acting, Edwards was a school governor and ran the restaurant Auntie J's in Brixton. She married Ghanaian Edmund Clottey in the early 1970s and they had three children. She died in London after suffering from chronic kidney problems.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, independent.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Black Books* (2000), Fi1m 82, as Midwife — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-books.md)
- *Spaced* (1999), Fi1m 86, as Tim's Benefit Clerk — [page](https://film.one/tv/spaced.md)
- *Beautiful Thing* (1996), Fi1m 80, as Rose — [page](https://film.one/film/beautiful-thing.md)
- *Red Dwarf* (1988), Fi1m 88, as Second Ground Controller — [page](https://film.one/tv/red-dwarf.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Murder Investigation Team* (2003), series, as Agnes Welsh
- *Anansi* (2003), as Aunt Vera
- *Dirty Pretty Things* (2002), as Hospital Cleaning Lady
- *Murder in Mind* (2001), series, as Phyllis
- *Tough Love* (2000), as Irate Woman
- *Black Books* (2000), series, as Midwife — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-books.md)
- *Tube Tales* (1999), as Middle Aged Woman (segment "Steal Away")
- *Spaced* (1999), series, as Tim's Benefit Clerk — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/spaced.md)
- *Paris, Brixton* (1997), Actor
- *Beautiful Thing* (1996), as Rose — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/beautiful-thing.md)
- *Pat and Margaret* (1994), as Tea Bar Lady
- *Absolutely Fabulous* (1992), series, as Jeillo — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/absolutely-fabulous.md)
- *Black and Blue* (1992), as Mrs Jessop
- *Red Dwarf* (1988), series, as Second Ground Controller — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/red-dwarf.md)
- *Elphida* (1987), as Somali Woman
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Jean MacKenzie — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Paint Me a Murder* (1984), as Landlady
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *Tripper's Day* (1984), series, as Dottie's Mother
- *Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense* (1984), series, as Landlady
- *Memoirs of a Survivor* (1981), as Woman at Newstand
- *Name for the Day* (1980), as Nurse
- *Room Service* (1979), series, as Mrs. McGregor
- *Betzi* (1978), as Sarah
- *The Professionals* (1977), series, as West Indian Woman
- *Black Joy* (1977), as Auntie
- *The Sniffler and the Pug* (1977), as Nurse
- *A Kind of Marriage* (1976), as Aggie
- *Rumpole of the Bailey* (1975), series, as Lady Cashier
- *Through the Night* (1975), as Lucy
- *Centre Play* (1973), series, as Aggie Arinze, Nurse

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