Quick Facts
Biography
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.
Career
Born in Northampton, Campbell began her acting career at the Theatre Royal in Stratford, east London, in the 1980s, where she became the first black principal 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 above-mentioned comedies, her other television roles included parts in Dramarama, The Bill, Birds of a Feather and Bodger and Badger.
Death
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 new BBC children's show U Get Me.
Filmography
| Filmography | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1997 | Frighteners | Flick | episode: "Jevan" (11 March 1997) |
| 1994 | The Bill | Kate | episode: "No Job for an Amateur" (18 January 1994) |
| 1993 | Alphabet Castle | Queen Bet/Various Roles | |
| 1993 | Birds of a Feather | Jancis | episode: "Find the Lady" (7 November 1993) |
| 1993 | Love Hurts | Phoebe | episode: "For a Few Dollars More" (26 February 1993) |
| 1992 | Us Girls | Beverley Pinnock | |
| 1990 | Nuns on the Run | Ward Nurse | |
| 1990 | London's Burning | Jenny | Six episodes (7 October – 18 November 1990) |
| 1989 | Bodger and Badger | Mavis | Series One and Cameo in Series 2 |
| 1984 | Me and My Girl | Liz | |
| 1984 | Dramarama | Suki | episode: "Que Sera" (11 June 1984) |
