Faith Brown

Faith Brown, born Eunice Irene Carroll on 28 May 1944 in Liverpool, spent six decades in entertainment as an actress, comedian, and musician. She began her career singing with her brothers in a vocal group called The Carrolls, then performed as a solo singer before discovering her talent for mimicry. That shift led her to comedy impressions, a field where she became a household name on British television.

Her big break came with the ITV impressions show Who Do You Do?, and she also voiced The Voice on the TV program Trapped!. In September 1978, her special The Faith Brown Awards attracted 9.8 million viewers. Two years later, she hosted The Faith Brown Chat Show, and in 1980 she won a TV Times Award for Funniest Woman on TV. She appeared as a guest on variety shows like The Cannon and Ball Show, Summertime Special, and Live From Her Majesty's. In 1982, This Is Your Life surprised her with Eamonn Andrews while she was on Game For A Laugh. She also sat on panels for Celebrity Squares, Blankety Blank, and I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2006.

As an actress, she played Flast in the Doctor Who serial Attack of the Cybermen in 1985 and Anne Bradley in Brookside in 1996. On stage, she toured the UK as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard from 2001 to 2002. Her other musical roles include Miss Hannigan in Annie, Stella Winters in Summer Holiday, Sister Mary Regina in Nunsense, and Diana Diamonte in Boys in the Buff. Now 82, she remains a British entertainment legend.