The Clotilda is the ship that brought Cudjo Lewis to the United States, as told in the upcoming Zora Neale Hurston book Barracoon: The Story of the Last âBlack Cargoâ which is due to be published for the first time later this year.
Geraldine McEwan died yesterday aged 82, her children have confirmed. The actress was best known for playing Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. Ms McEwan played Miss Marple for 12 TV films - with her last one in 2009. She had a long and successful career, winning a Bafta award in 1991. Stars and fans this evening paid tribute to the 'beautiful and funny' actress.
For 37 episodes in late 1967 and early 1968, 10 year old Sharon Smyth portrayed Sarah Collins on the legendary, horror themed soap opera DARK SHAADOWS. The lonely, lost little girl served as the conscience for Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid), her older brother.