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Faith Brown
Born
Eunice Irene Carroll

(1944-05-28) 28 May 1944 (age 80)
Liverpool, Merseyside, England
NationalityBritish
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • actress
  • singer
  • impressionist
Years active1966 - present
Spouse
Len Wady
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(m. 1963)​
Children1
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Labels
Formerly ofThe Carrolls

Faith Brown (born Eunice Irene Carroll; 28 May 1944) is an English actress, singer, comedian and impressionist. She was a star of the ITV impressions show Who Do You Do?, and was The Voice in the TV show Trapped!.

Brown was born in Liverpool and attended St Francis De Sales School, Walton. She was a singer in a vocal group (the Carrolls) with her brothers, and was then for a time a solo singer, before using her talent for mimicry to switch to comedy impressions.[citation needed]

Her comedy special, The Faith Brown Awards,[1] produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network, received an audience of 9.8 million viewers when it was broadcast in September 1978.[2] This was followed by the six part series, The Faith Brown Chat Show, in January 1980. She won a TV Times award for 'Funniest Woman on TV' in the same year.[3]

She has appeared as a guest star performing songs and impressions on several TV variety shows, including The Cannon and Ball Show, Summertime Special, Live From Her Majesty's, 3-2-1, The Grumbleweeds and The Little and Large Show.

She was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1982 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews while appearing as a guest on the ITV entertainment show Game For A Laugh.

She has appeared as a panelist on Celebrity Squares, Give Us A Clue, Blankety Blank, Punchlines, New Faces and Win, Lose or Draw plus several other TV entertainment shows, and the reality show I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here! (2006).

As an actress, her television credits include the roles of Flast in the Doctor Who serial Attack of the Cybermen (1985) and Anne Bradley in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1996).

On stage, she played Norma Desmond in the 2001-2002 UK tour of Sunset Boulevard.[4] Her theatre credits also include the roles of Miss Hannigan in Annie at Guildford and Portsmouth,[5] Stella Winters in the 1996 stage adaptation of Summer Holiday at the Opera House, Blackpool,[6] Sister Mary Regina in the 2004 UK tour of Nunsense,[7] and Diana Diamonte in the musical Boys in the Buff at the Edinburgh Festival (2007).[8]

Selected television credits

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Year Title Role Notes
1975–1976 For My Next Trick Herself, Resident Singer 14 episodes, BBC
1976 Ken Dodd's World of Laughter Cast Member BBC
Who Do You Do? Various Impressions 8 episodes, LWT
1977-1978 Celebrity Squares Panelist Episodes: 2.38, 2.41 & 3.9
1978 The Faith Brown Awards Various Impressions LWT Special
1979 Blankety Blank Panelist Episodes: 1.7 & 1.11
Give Us A Clue Panelist Episode 2.8
1980 The Faith Brown Chat Show Various Impressions 6 episodes, LWT
Cannon and Ball for Christmas Special Guest LWT Special
1981 Summertime Special Guest - various impressions 1 episode, BBC
Give Us A Clue Panelist Episode 4.2
1982 3-2-1 Guest Star Episode 4.2
1983 Live From Her Majesty's Musical Guest 1 episode, LWT
1983–1984 Punchlines Herself 8 episodes, LWT
1984 Bullseye Guest Star Episode 4.10
Give Us A Clue Panelist Episode 6.20
1984-1985 Blankety Blank Panelist Episodes: 7.13, 8.1 & 9.13
1985 Doctor Who Flast Guest Star, Attack of the Cybermen Part II, BBC
The Sooty Show Herself Episode "I'm Clever Too"
1986 I Feel Fine Various Impressions Granada TV Special
Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On Fairy Godmother Central Independent Television Special
3-2-1 Guest Star Episode 9.4
1989 The Little and Large Show Guest Star Episode 9.8
1992–1996 Win, Lose or Draw Guest Panellist 15 episodes, Scottish Television
1996 Brookside Anne Bradley 7 episodes, Mersey Television
2003 Life Beyond the Box: Margot Leadbetter Herself
2006 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Herself Contestant, Series 6
2008 Celebrity Juice Amy Winehouse Episode 1.2
2009–2010 Trapped! The Voice 39 Episodes, CBBC

Selected theatre credits

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Year Title Role Venue Ref
1987 Beauty is the Business Lilla Daniels UK National Tour [9]
1989-1990 Cinderella Epsom Playhouse [10]
1996 Summer Holiday Stella Winters Opera House Theatre, Blackpool [6]
1997-1998 The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery Mrs Reece UK National Tour [11]
2000-2001 Dick Whittington Fairy Bow Bells Theatre Royal, Norwich [10]
2001-2002 Sunset Boulevard Norma Desmond UK National Tour [4]
2004 Nunsense Sister Mary Regina UK National Tour [7]
2004-2005 Cinderella Fairy Godmother Capitol Theatre, Horsham [10]
2005-2006 Cinderella Wicked Stepmother The Lowry [10]
2007 Faith Brown: Up Front Herself UK National Tour [12]
Boys in the Buff Diana Diamonte Edinburgh Festival Fringe [8]
2009 The Best of British Variety Tour Herself UK National Tour [13]
2010 The Stars are Coming Out Tonight - A Charity Gala Herself Fairfield Halls [14]

Discography

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Albums

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With The Carrolls:

Singles

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With The Carrolls:

  • 1966: "Surrender Your Love" / "The Folk I Love", Polydor Records
  • 1968: "So Gently Falls The Rain" / "Nice To See You Darling", CBS Records
  • 1968: "Ever Since" / "Come On", CBS Records
  • 1968: "Lemon Balloon And A Blue Sky" / "Make Me Belong To You", CBS Records
  • 1969: "We're In This Thing Together" / "We Know Better", CBS Records

Solo Recordings:

As Featured Artist:

Cast Recordings

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Compilations

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  • 2000: "You Are Awful... But We Like You! (Showbiz Comedy Titbits Of The 60's and 70's)" (Track: "Stone The Crows"), Sequel Records
  • 2009: "The Girls Are At It Again: UK Beat Girls 1964-1969" (Track: "Surrender Your Love"), Universal Music
  • 2022: "...But I Like You: Celebrities in the Studio" (Track: "Bingo"), Countdown Media
  • 2023: "Let's Go Disco: Britain's Dancing Years" (Track: "Your Love's An Illusion"), Countdown Media
  • 2024: "Denim Disco: The World of Glam Pop Floorfillers" (Track: "Right Between The Eyes"), Countdown Media

References

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  1. ^ "The Faith Brown Awards". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. ^ Barfe, Louis (January 2013). Turned Out Nice Again: The Story of British Light Entertainment. ISBN 9781848877573. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  3. ^ ITV (1982). Who's Who On Television. ITV Books / Michael Joseph. ISBN 0900727950.
  4. ^ a b "Sunset Boulevard". Theatricalia. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  5. ^ "David Fawcett Biography". beyondthebarricade.com. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Faith's Hope". The Bolton News. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Nunsense". UK Theatre Web. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Faith Brown and Her Boys in the Buff". BroadwayBaby.com. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Beauty is the Business". Theatricalia. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d "Comedians in Panto". Panto Archive. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  11. ^ "The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery". Theatricalia. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Faith Brown: Up Front Review". The Stage. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  13. ^ "The Best of British Variety Tour 2009". TDPromo.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  14. ^ "The Stars are Coming Out Tonight". UK Theatre Web. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
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