Jeillo Edwards (23 September 1942, Freetown, Sierra Leone – 2 July 2004, London, England) was a Sierra Leonean actress, who is notable in the history of black actors in Britain. She was the first woman of African descent to study drama at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[citation needed] She went on to be one of the first black actresses to be cast in a mainstream UK television drama series – Dixon of Dock Green,[1] and for more than four decades performed on British television, radio, stage and films.[2]