Leonie Forbes

Leonie Evadne Forbes OD (14 June 1937 – 25 October 2022)[1] was a Jamaican actress, broadcaster, and producer who was active in theatre, radio, and television.

Forbes later began working for playwright Barry Reckord, typing his scripts.

She joined the new Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) in 1959 as a radio announcer, and later won a scholarship to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in England.

[3] Forbes spent six years at RADA studying radio, television, and stage techniques, at the same time working as a writer for BBC Caribbean and appearing in a number of television dramas – including Z-Cars, The Odd Man, Public Eye, and Hugh and I.

She appeared in many locally-made plays and films, but also in overseas productions like Milk and Honey, The Orchid House, Soul Survivor, I Is A Long Memoried Woman, What My Mother Told Me, Lord Have Mercy!