Cleo Sylvestre

Acting

Cleo Sylvestre

Born 1945-04-19 Hitchin, Herts, England, UK 20 films

Cleopatra Mary Palmer (née Sylvestre; 19 April 1945 – 20 September 2024), known professionally as Cleo Sylvestre, was a British actress. She was the first black woman ever to play a leading role at the National Theatre in London, and the first woman to record with The Rolling Stones. Sylvestre was brought up in Euston, north London, by her mother, Laureen Sylvestre (née Goodare), a cabaret artist at the Shim Sham Club in Wardour Street, who was born in Yo…

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Filmography

20 films
Paddington poster

A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Padd…

Paddington

★ 7.1 2014

Tube Tales poster

Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers: "Mr. Cool" (Amy…

Tube Tales

★ 5.3 1999

The Attendant poster

Memory mixes with desire as a museum attendant is caught up in sado-masochistic fantasies inspired…

The Attendant

★ 4.4 1993

The Love Child poster

When he was a little boy, Dillon's rock musician father and hippie mother died in a traffic acciden…

The Love Child

★ 7.5 1988

Catherine poster

The true story of Catherine Dunbar's struggle with anorexia, that began when she was 15.

Catherine

★ 5.5 1988