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Faith Brown
Born
Eunice Irene Carroll

(1944-05-28) 28 May 1944 (age 80)
Occupation(s)Actress, singer, comedian, impressionist

Faith Brown (born 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 The Voice in the TV show Trapped.

She was born Eunice Irene Carroll in Liverpool and attended St Francis De Sales School, Walton. She was a singer in a vocal group with her brothers (The Carrolls), and then a solo singer, before using her talent for mimicry to switch to comedy impressions. She has appeared as a guest on Celebrity Squares, Blankety Blank, Punchlines, several other TV entertainment shows and the reality show I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here! (2006). She won a TV Times award for 'Funniest Woman on TV' in 1980.[1]

She was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1982 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews.[2]

Selected Theatre Credits

Year Title Role Notes
2001-2002 Sunset Boulevard[3] Norma Desmond UK Tour
2007 Faith Brown: Up Front[4] Herself One Woman Show, UK Tour
2009 The Best of British Variety Tour[5] Herself UK Tour

References

  1. ^ ITV (1982). Who's Who On Television. ITV Books Michael Joseph. ISBN 0900727950.
  2. ^ "Faith Brown". Bigredbook.info. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Faith Brown to star as Norma Desmond". reallyuseful.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Faith Brown: Up Front Review". thestage.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  5. ^ "The Best of British Variety Tour 2009". tdpromo.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.

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