| Joanne Campbell | |
|---|---|
| Born | Joanne E Campbell[1] 8 February 1964 Northampton, England, UK |
| Died | 20 December 2002 (aged 38) London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1982–2002 |
Joanne Campbell (8 February 1964 – 20 December 2002) was a British actress and drama therapist best known for playing Liz in the 1980s sitcom Me and My Girl and Josephine Baker on stage in This Is My Dream.[2][3]
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Born in Northampton,[2] Campbell began her acting career at the Theatre Royal in Stratford, east London, 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.
Campbell 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 the BBC children's show U Get Me.[2][3]