Joanne Campbell
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Joanne Campbell (born 8th February 1964, Northampton, died 20th December 2002, London) was a British actress who starred in the comedy series, Me and My Girl in the 1980s and Us Girls in 1992.
She began her acting career at the Theatre Royal, Stratford in the 1980s, where she became the first black Principle Boy in pantomime. After several other on stage acting roles, she was one of the founding members of the BiBi Crew, the first company made up entirely of black actresses, and co-wrote and acted in several plays for the company. As well as the abovementioned comedies, other television roles included parts in Dramarama, The Bill and Birds of a Feather.
She died suddenly as a result of deep vein thrombosis aged 38 in London in 2002. At the time of her death she was working on a new children's show for the BBC
[edit] Partial filmography
- Dramarama (1984)
- Me and My Girl (1984)
- Bodger and Badger (1989)
- London's Burning (1990)
- Nuns on the Run (1990)
- Us Girls (1992)
- Love Hurts (1992)
- Birds of a Feather (1993)
- Alphabet Castle (1993)
- The Bill (1994)
