Faith Brown

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.

Her comedy special, The Faith Brown Awards, produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network, received an audience of 9.8 million viewers when it was broadcast in September 1978. 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.

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.

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. Stella Winters in the 1996 stage adaptation of Summer Holiday at the Opera House, Blackpool, 1989-1990 Cinderella Epsom Playhouse 1996 Summer Holiday Stella Winters Opera House Theatre, Blackpool 1997 The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery Mrs Reece UK National Tour 2000-2001 Dick Whittington Fairy Bow Bells Theatre Royal, Norwich 2004 Nunsense Sister Mary Regina UK National Tour 2004-2005 Cinderella Fairy Godmother Capitol Theatre, Horsham Boys in the Buff Diana Diamonte Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2009 The Best of British Variety Tour Herself UK National Tour 2010 The Stars are Coming Out Tonight - A Charity Gala Herself Fairfield Halls Discography Albums With The Carrolls: 1967: "The Carrolls", Electrecord

Singles 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: 1970: "Lock Me In" / "The Game Of Love", CBS Records 1971: "Any Way That You Want Me" / "City Wine", Penny Farthing Records 1972: "Take Me with You" / "If We Only Have Love", Regal Zonophone Records 1973: "Stone The Crows" / "Turn On The Light", Pye Records 1974: "Your Love's An Illusion" / "Right Between The Eyes", Pye Records 1975: "Bingo" / "Saturday Night Is The Night For A Party", Pye Records As Featured Artist: 1985: "Doctor in Distress" (as part of Who Cares?), Record Shack Records

Cast Recordings 2001: "Songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard" (with Earl Carpenter), Really Useful Records

Compilations 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