Joanne Campbell

Joanne Elizabeth Campbell (8 February 1964 – 20 December 2002) was a British actress and drama therapist best known for playing Liz in the 1980s sitcom Me and My Girl and Josephine Baker on stage in This Is My Dream.

Career Born Joanne Elizabeth Campbell on 8 February 1964 in Northampton, her Jamaican mother was Una (born Radghan) and her father, Hedley Campbell, came from Trinidad. Campbell attended Northampton High School before training in London at the Arts Educational School. While she was still training she was chosen as the lead singer and dancer for a Cannon and Ball tour. As one of the group of seven, she co-wrote and acted in several plays, whose aim was to share the black experience to a wide audience.

As well as the above-mentioned comedies, her other television roles included parts in Dramarama, The Bill, London's Burning, and Birds of a Feather. Campbell also appeared in children's shows Bodger and Badger and Alphabet Castle. She also worked in radio in Mama I Want to Sing and The Cotton Club at the Aldwych Theatre, to mixed reviews.

In the 1990s, in addition to becoming a member of the board of directors of the Theatre Royal Stratford East, Campbell became a drama therapist and worked mostly with children at the Priory Hospital in North London. Unfortunately, she was not able complete her training to become a child and adolescent psychiatrist.

Death Campbell died suddenly as a result of deep-vein thrombosis aged 38 in London in 2002. At the time of her death she was working on the new BBC children's show U Get Me.

Filmography Television Year Title Role Notes1983 The All Electric Amusement Arcade Deshaun 1984 Dramarama Suki episode: "Que Sera" (11 June 1984)1984 Me and My Girl Liz 1989 Bodger and Badger Mavis Series One and Cameo in Series 21990 Nuns on the Run Ward Nurse 1990 London's Burning Jenny Six episodes (7 October – 18 November 1990)1992 Us Girls Beverley Pinnock 1993 Love Hurts Phoebe episode: "For a Few Dollars More" (26 February 1993)1993 Birds of a Feather Jancis episode: "Find the Lady" (7 November 1993)1993 Alphabet Castle Queen Bet/Various Roles 1994 The Bill Kate episode: "No Job for an Amateur" (18 January 1994)1997 Frighteners Flick episode: "Jevan" (11 March 1997)