Floella Benjamin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

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Gender

Female

Birthday

23-Sep-1949

Age

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

Trinidad, British West Indies [now Trinidad and Tobago]

Also Known As
  • Baroness Floella Benjamin

Floella Benjamin

Biography

Floella Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin, OBE, DL is a Trinidadian-British actress, author, television presenter, singer, businesswoman and politician. She is known as presenter of children's programmes such as Play School, Play Away and Fast Forward


Credits

Waterloo Sunset Waterloo Sunset (1979) Character: Marie-Louise
Grace leaves her old folks' home to return to her birthplace in Lambeth, a place which has changed on the surface but at its heart is still the same.
The Floater The Floater (1975) Character: Solicitor's clerk
A comedy about the law - seen from the inside. All formality and procedure on the surface but not quite so convincing when you see the works.
Kids' TV: The Surprising Story Kids' TV: The Surprising Story (2022) Character: Self (archive footage)
Konnie Huq celebrates the very best of British children’s television, with a dazzling array of clips from some of the most treasured programmes ever made and revealing chats with some of TV’s most beloved stars. But Konnie also tells a perhaps more surprising story: of how kids’ TV has frequently been at the forefront of social change, in terms of the stories it tells and the people who get to tell them.
Coming To England Coming To England (2003) Character: Teacher
"A story of a Windrush generation girl who came to Britain in 1960 from the Caribbean. Adapted from the book Coming to England [by Floella Benjamin], which was written for children everywhere." - BBC.
Rendition Rendition (2007) Character: CIA Staffer
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.
Black Joy Black Joy (1977) Character: Miriam
An innocent and unsophisticated Guyanese immigrant is exposed to the hustlin' way of life in the Brixton ghetto.
A Hole in Babylon A Hole in Babylon (1979) Character: Norma
Three black men rob a Knightsbridge Italian restaurant. But when the police are called and the robbery becomes a siege, the men find themselves in a situation out of their control.
Run Fatboy Run Run Fatboy Run (2007) Character: Libby's Mum
Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, out-of-shape Dennis decides to run a marathon to win her back.
I Don't Want to Be Born I Don't Want to Be Born (1976) Character: First Nurse
A woman gives birth to a baby, but this is no ordinary one. The child is seemingly possessed by the Devil.
Nursery Rhymes Nursery Rhymes (1982) Character: narrator
70 favourite traditional songs and rhymes presented as a pop-up book which comes to life through animation, puppetry & live performances. The beautiful visual world draws on the work of such classic children's illustrators as Arthur Rackham (Peter Pan) & John Tenniel (Alice in Wonderland). A delightful musical score by Tony & Grammy winning composer John Du Prez, features everything form Northumbrian pipes to Baroque orchestra, folk guitar, early instruments, military band, fairground organ & even a singing sheep (courtesy of Percy Edwards).



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