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. Her musical theatre credits also include the roles of Miss Hannigan in Annie at Guildford and Portsmouth, Stella Winters in the 1996 stage adaptation of Summer Holiday at the Opera House, Blackpool, Sister Mary Regina in the 2004 UK tour of Nunsense, and Diana Diamonte in Boys in the Buff at the Edinburgh Festival (2007).
She has appeared as a guest panellist on numerous game shows, including Celebrity Squares, Give Us a Clue, Blankety Blank, Punchlines, Win, Lose or Draw, Call My Bluff, What's My Line? and Wipeout.
She was a contestant on the reality show I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here! in 2006.
Selected television credits
Year Title Role Notes1975–1976For My Next TrickHerself, resident singer14 episodes, BBC1976Ken Dodd's World of LaughterCast memberBBCWho Do You Do?Various impressions8 episodes, LWT1977–1978Celebrity SquaresPanellistEpisodes: 2.38, 2.41 & 3.91978The Faith Brown AwardsVarious impressionsLWT special1979Blankety BlankPanellistEpisodes: 1.7 & 1.11Give Us a CluePanellistEpisode 2.81980The Faith Brown Chat ShowVarious impressions6 episodes, LWTCannon and Ball for ChristmasSpecial guestLWT special1981Summertime SpecialGuest – various impressions1 episode, BBCGive Us a CluePanellistEpisode 4.219823–2–1Guest starEpisode 4.21983Live from Her Majesty'sMusical guest1 episode, LWT1983–1984PunchlinesHerself8 episodes, LWT1984BullseyeGuest starEpisode 4.10Give Us a CluePanellistEpisode 6.20The Grumbleweeds' Radio ShowHerself – musical guest1 episode1984–1985Blankety BlankPanellistEpisodes: 7.13, 8.1 & 9.131985Doctor WhoFlastGuest star, Attack of the Cybermen Part II, BBCThe Sooty ShowHerselfEpisode "I'm Clever Too"1986I Feel FineVarious impressionsGranada TV SpecialCinderella: The Shoe Must Go OnFairy GodmotherCentral Independent Television Special3–2–1Guest starEpisode 9.41989The Little and Large ShowGuest starEpisode 9.8What's My Line?Self – panellistEpisode 8.81992Surprise SurpriseHerself1 episode1992–1996Win, Lose or DrawGuest panellist 15 episodes, Scottish Television1996BrooksideAnne Bradley7 episodes, Mersey Television1997Call My BluffPanellist2 episodes1998WipeoutHerself – special guestCelebrity special2003Life Beyond the Box: Margot LeadbetterHerself2006I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!HerselfContestant, Series 62008Celebrity JuiceAmy WinehouseEpisode 1.22008–2010Trapped!The Voice39 episodes, CBBC
Selected theatre credits
Year Title Role Venue Ref1987Beauty is the BusinessLilla DanielsUK national tour1989–1990CinderellaEpsom Playhouse1996Summer HolidayStella WintersOpera House Theatre, Blackpool1997The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder MysteryMrs ReeceUK national tour2000–2001Dick WhittingtonFairy Bow BellsTheatre Royal, Norwich2001–2002Sunset BoulevardNorma DesmondUK national tour2004NunsenseSister Mary ReginaUK national tour2004–2005CinderellaFairy GodmotherCapitol Theatre, Horsham2005–2006CinderellaWicked StepmotherThe Lowry2007Faith Brown: Up FrontHerselfUK national tourBoys in the BuffDiana DiamonteEdinburgh Festival Fringe2009The Best of British Variety TourHerselfUK national tour2010The Stars are Coming Out Tonight – A Charity GalaHerselfFairfield 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 60s and 70s)" (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
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