Cleo Sylvestre
Acting
Born April 19, 1945 · 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 brought up in Euston, north London, by her mother, Laureen Sylvestre (née Goodare), a cabaret artist at the Shim Sham Club in Wardour Street, who was born in Yorkshire in 1911. Laureen was of mixed English and African' heritage, and married Owen Oscar Sylvestre, from Trinidad, in 1944. Owen was a Fl…
Known For · 40 titles
Coronation Street
Doctor Who
Silent Witness
Minder
The Wednesday Play
Grange Hill
All Creatures Great & Small
New Tricks
Public Eye
The Troubleshooters
The Expert
Paddington
Till Death Us Do Part
Rockliffe's Babies
Platform 7
Strange Report
Life Begins at Forty
The Guilty
You're Only Young Twice
Armchair 30
five by five
Sweetness in the Belly
Some Women
If You See God, Tell Him
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
My Lover, My Son
Tube Tales
Beyond the Lake
The Alf Garnett Saga
The Gemini Factor
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
Far from the Madding Crowd
Up the Junction
Johnny on the Run
Beautiful Things
The Love Child
Black and White in Colour