Faith Brown
Faith Brown | |
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| Born | Eunice Irene Caroll 28 May 1944 Liverpool, England, UK |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer, comedian, impressionist |
Faith Brown (born Eunice Irene Carroll; 28 May 1944) is an English actress, singer, comedian and impressionist. She was a star of the ITV impressions show Who Do You Do?, and was The Voice in the TV show Trapped!.
Brown was born in Liverpool and attended St Francis De Sales School, Walton. She was a singer in a vocal group (the Carrolls) with her brothers, and was then for a time a solo singer, before using her talent for mimicry to switch to comedy impressions.
Her comedy special, The Faith Brown Awards,[1] produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network, received an audience of 9.8 million viewers when it was broadcast in September 1978.[2] This was followed by the six part series, The Faith Brown Chat Show, in January 1980. She won a TV Times award for 'Funniest Woman on TV' in the same year.[3]
She has appeared as a guest star performing songs and impressions on several TV variety shows, including The Cannon and Ball Show (1980), Summertime Special (1981) and Live From Her Majesty's (1983).
She was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1982 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews while appearing as a guest on the ITV entertainment show Game For A Laugh.
She has appeared as a panelist on Celebrity Squares, Give Us A Clue, Blankety Blank, Punchlines, New Faces and Win, Lose or Draw plus several other TV entertainment shows, and the reality show I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here! (2006).
As an actress, her television roles include the Doctor Who serial Attack of the Cybermen (1985) and Anne Bradley in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1996).
On stage, she played the role of Norma Desmond in the first UK touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard (2001-2002). Her stage work also includes Summer Holiday at the Opera House Theatre, Blackpool (1996), the UK touring production of Nunsense (2004), and Boys in the Buff at the Edinburgh Festival (2007).
Selected television credits[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975–1976 | For My Next Trick | Herself, Resident Singer | 14 episodes, BBC |
| 1976 | Ken Dodd's World of Laughter | Cast Member | BBC |
| Who Do You Do? | Various Impressions | 8 episodes, LWT | |
| 1978 | The Faith Brown Awards | Various Impressions | LWT Special |
| 1980 | The Faith Brown Chat Show | Various Impressions | 6 episodes, LWT |
| Cannon and Ball for Christmas | Special Guest | LWT Special | |
| 1981 | Summertime Special | Guest - various impressions | 1 episode, BBC |
| 1983 | Live From Her Majesty's | Musical Guest | 1 episode, LWT |
| 1983–1984 | Punchlines | Herself | 8 episodes, LWT |
| 1985 | Doctor Who | Flast | Guest Star, Attack of the Cybermen Part II, BBC |
| 1986 | I Feel Fine | Various Impressions | Granada TV Special |
| Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On | Fairy Godmother | Central Independent Television Special | |
| 1989 | The Little and Large Show | Guest Star | Episode 9.8 |
| 1992-1996 | Win, Lose or Draw | Guest Panellist | 15 episodes, Scottish Television |
| 1996 | Brookside | Anne Bradley | 3 episodes, Mersey Television |
| 2006 | I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! | Herself | Contestant, Series 6 |
| 2008–2010 | Trapped! | The Voice | 39 Episodes, CBBC |
Selected theatre credits[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Beauty is the Business[4] | UK Tour | |
| 1996 | Summer Holiday[5] | Stella Winters | Opera House Theatre, Blackpool |
| 2001–2002 | Sunset Boulevard[6] | Norma Desmond | UK Tour |
| 2004 | Nunsense[7] | Sister Mary Regina | UK Tour |
| 2007 | Faith Brown: Up Front[8] | Herself | UK Tour |
| Boys in the Buff[9] | Diana Diamonte | Edinburgh Festival Fringe | |
| 2009 | The Best of British Variety Tour[10] | Herself | UK Tour |
References[edit]
- ^ "The Faith Brown Awards". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ Barfe, Louis (January 2013). Turned Out Nice Again: The Story of British Light Entertainment. ISBN 9781848877573. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- ^ ITV (1982). Who's Who On Television. ITV Books / Michael Joseph. ISBN 0900727950.
- ^ "Beauty is the Business". chesterfieldtheatrefriends.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "Faith's Hope". theboltonnews.co.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Faith Brown to star as Norma Desmond". reallyuseful.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "Nunsense". UK Theatre Web. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Faith Brown: Up Front Review". The Stage. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "Faith Brown and Her Boys in the Buff". broadwaybaby.com. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "The Best of British Variety Tour 2009". tdpromo.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
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