Floella Benjamin

Personal Info

Birthday

September 23, 1949

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Trinidad, British West Indies [now Trinidad and Tobago]

Also Known As

Baroness Floella Benjamin

Floella Benjamin

Biography

Floella Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin, OBE, DL is a Trinidadian-British actress, author, television presenter, singer, businesswoman and politician. She is known as presenter of children's programmes such as Play School, Play Away and Fast Forward

Known For

Bergerac

Play for Today

The Sarah Jane Adventures

Dixon of Dock Green

The Line of Beauty

Rendition

Run Fatboy Run

Mixed Blessings

Filmography

2022
Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Rendition
as CIA Staffer
Run Fatboy Run
as Libby's Mum
2003
Coming To England
as Teacher
1982
Nursery Rhymes
as narrator
1979
A Hole in Babylon
as Norma
Waterloo Sunset
as Marie-Louise
1977
Black Joy
as Miriam
1976
I Don't Want to Be Born
as First Nurse
1975
The Floater
as Solicitor's clerk