Cleo Sylvestre

Cleo Sylvestre

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

19/04/1945

Day of Death

20/09/2024
(79) years old

Place of Birth

Hitchin, Herts, England, UK

Biography

Cleopatra Mary Palmer (née Sylvestre; 19 April 1945 – 20 September 2024), known professionally as Cleo Sylvestre, was a British actress. She was the first black woman ever to play a leading role at the National Theatre in London, and the first woman to record with The Rolling Stones. Sylvestre was ... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2024

Beautiful Things

as Older Bambi

2022

Beyond the Lake

as Caroline

2021

National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood

as Mae Rose Cottage / Mrs Pugh

2019

Sweetness in the Belly

as Vertisse

2014

Paddington

as Marjorie Clyde

2010

Far from the Madding Crowd

as Maryann / Mrs Hurst

1999

Tube Tales

as Woman (segment "A Bird In The Hand")

1988

The Love Child

as Cynthia

1988

Catherine

as Sister

1972

The Alf Garnett Saga

as Bus Conductress

1969

Some Women

as Millie Jackson

1965

Up the Junction

as In the factory

1953

Johnny on the Run

as Susie