- Carmen Munroe
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name = Carmen Munroe
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birthdate = birth date and age|1932|2|17
birthplace =Berbice ,Guyana
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occupation =television actor ,film actor ,writer Carmen Munroe OBE (March 17, 1932) is a British actress, born in
Berbice ,Guyana . Since the early fifties she has been a resident of the UK where she has played an instrumental role in the development of black British theatre and representation on small screen. She has had high profile roles on TV in "The Fosters" (1976-77), "Mixed Blessings" (1978-80) both onITV and on stage inLorraine Hansberry 's "A Raisin in the Sun ",Alice Childress 's "Trouble in Mind" and James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner".She is however best known for her role as Shirley, the wife of eponymous barber Desmond Ambrose, played by
Norman Beaton , in the British sitcom "Desmond's " (1989 to 1994), written byTrix Worrell .Some of her other roles include a part in the 1967 "
Doctor Who " story "The Enemy of the World "; a part in "General Hospital"; and she was for a time a presenter of "Play School".She is one of the founders of
Talawa the UK's leading black theatre company, which she established in 1985 together withMona Hammond , Inigo Espegel andYvonne Brewster .In 2005/06 she acted in a series of three
African American plays at theTricycle Theatre , Kilburn. The plays were "Walk Hard" written byAbram Hill and directed byNicholas Kent , followed by "Gem of the Ocean " written byAugust Wilson and directed byPaulette Randall where she acted in the role of Aunt Esther Tyler and finallyLynn Nottage 's "Fabulation", directed byIndhu Rubasingham .External links
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