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Leonie Forbes(1937-2022)

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  • Writer
  • Producer
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Jamaica's Leonie Forbes in Frances-Anne Solomon's "A Winter Tale"
Shots ring out one winter night, and a bullet meant for a local dealer kills a child. In the aftermath of shock, Gene, a 40 something social worker starts a Black men's support group, at the local Caribbean Takeaway Restaurant.
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A Winter Tale (2007)
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Leonie Forbes was born on 14 June 1937 in Kingston, Jamaica. She was an actress and writer, known for Children of Babylon (1980), Lord Have Mercy! (2003) and What My Mother Told Me (1995). She died on 25 October 2022 in Jamaica.
BornJune 14, 1937
DiedOctober 25, 2022(85)
BornJune 14, 1937
DiedOctober 25, 2022(85)
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Children of Babylon (1980)
Children of Babylon
5.6
  • Dorcas
  • 1980
Lord Have Mercy!
4.3
TV Series
  • Sister Hope MacAulay
What My Mother Told Me (1995)
What My Mother Told Me
7.6
  • Catherine Stewart
  • 1995
Jamaica's Leonie Forbes in Frances-Anne Solomon's "A Winter Tale"
A Winter Tale
8.5
  • Miss G
  • 2007

Credits

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Actress

  • Origins - Pitch Pilot (2023)
    Origins - Pitch Pilot
    TV Movie
    • Mama Lou
    • 2023
  • Ashley Walters in Top Boy (2011)
    Top Boy
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Miss Carmen
    • 2019
  • Masterminds (2019)
    Masterminds
    Short
    • Steven's Mother
    • 2019
  • Battledream Chronicles: A New Beginning (2018)
    Battledream Chronicles: A New Beginning
    7.9
    TV Movie
    • Kerberia
    • 2018
  • The Lightning Bird
    Short
    • Fable
    • 2018
  • Origins (2016)
    Origins
    Short
    • The Storyteller
    • 2016
  • Leonie Forbes, Tony Hendriks, Bertina Macaulay, Ian Ity Ellis, Emprezz Golding, Brian Brown, and Dahlia Harris in It's a Family Affair (2016)
    It's a Family Affair
    • Reverend
    • 2016
  • Good Country People
    Short
    • Aunt Birdie
    • 2013
  • Vas Blackwood, Audrey Reid, Carl Welington, Candice Buchanan, Everaldo Creary, Carey Campbell, and Hemsley C. Morris Jr. in Me & Mi Kru (2010)
    Me & Mi Kru
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Grandma (2010)
    • 2010
  • Naomie Harris, David Oyelowo, and Benedict Cumberbatch in Small Island (2009)
    Small Island
    7.5
    TV Mini Series
    • Miss Jewel
    • 2009
  • Jamaica's Leonie Forbes in Frances-Anne Solomon's "A Winter Tale"
    A Winter Tale
    8.5
    • Miss G
    • 2007
  • Glory to Gloriana (2006)
    Glory to Gloriana
    8.0
    • 2006
  • Lord Have Mercy!
    4.3
    TV Series
    • Sister Hope MacAulay
    • 2003
  • Benjamin Burdick, Cee Cee Michaela, Laura Johnson, John Novak, and Basil Wallace in Born Free (1998)
    Born Free
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Old Lady
    • 1998
  • Guttaperc
    • Sister Pam
    • 1998

Writer

  • Jamaica's Leonie Forbes in Frances-Anne Solomon's "A Winter Tale"
    A Winter Tale
    8.5
    • additional dialogue
    • 2007
  • What My Mother Told Me (1995)
    What My Mother Told Me
    7.6
    • Writer
    • 1995

Producer

  • Literature Alive
    8.2
    TV Series
    • producer (as Leonie Forbes-Harvey)
    • 2005

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A Winter Tale
Trailer 0:58
A Winter Tale

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Leonie Forbes-Harvey
  • Born
    • June 14, 1937
    • Kingston, Jamaica
  • Died
    • October 25, 2022
    • Jamaica(Natural causes)

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Attended St George's Preparatory, Merrywood Elementary School, Mico Practising School, Kingston Senior School, Excelsior College, and Durham College, all in Jamaica.

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