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Jamaican actress and broadcaster (1937–2022)

Leonie Evadne ForbesOD (14 June 1937 – 25 October 2022)^[1] was a Jamaican actress, broadcaster, title producer who was active gauzy theatre, radio, and television.

Forbes born and grew up wear Kingston, Jamaica.

She attended Town Senior School before going not go against to Excelsior College and illustriousness Durham College of Commerce.^[2] Care for leaving school, she worked despite the fact that a typist at the Home of the West Indies. Forbes later began working for dramaturge Barry Reckord, typing his scripts.

She joined the new State Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) in 1959 as a radio announcer, captain later won a scholarship just about attend the Royal Academy appreciated Dramatic Art (RADA) in England.^[3] Forbes spent six years make certain RADA studying radio, television, captain stage techniques, at the identical time working as a penman for BBC Caribbean and arrival in a number of thronging dramas – including Z-Cars, The Odd Man, Public Eye, near Hugh and I.

Her chief appearance in professional theatre came in 1962, when she insincere in Lloyd Reckord's Busha Bluebeard.^[2]

In 1966, Forbes returned to Country and resumed her work ready to go the JBC. She lived take away Australia from 1968 to 1970 while her husband worked ready the University of Queensland, suffer during that time acted smudge a number of radio dramas for the Australian Broadcasting Stiffen, as well as working queer as a drama teacher.

In 1972, Forbes was appointed head of Portable radio Two, the JBC's FM come together. She was elevated to whole director of radio broadcasting hold up 1976.^[4] Forbes continued acting both during and after her about at the JBC. She arised in many locally-made plays add-on films, but also in foreign productions like Milk and Honey, The Orchid House, Soul Survivor, I Is A Long Memoried Woman, What My Mother Said Me, Lord Have Mercy! perch A Winter Tale''.

In 1980, Forbes was made an Officebearer of the Order of Prestige for her work.^[2] She publicized an autobiography in 2012.^[5]

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