# Faith Brown

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.
She has appeared as a panelist on Celebrity Squares, Give Us A Clue, Blankety Blank, Punchlines, New Faces and Win, Lose or Draw plus several other TV entertainment shows, and the reality show I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here! (2006).
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).

## Selected television credits

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1975–1976 | For My Next Trick | Herself, Resident Singer | 14 episodes, BBC |
| 1976 | Ken Dodd's World of Laughter | Cast Member | BBC |
| 1976 | Who Do You Do? | Various Impressions | 8 episodes, LWT |
| 1977-1978 | Celebrity Squares | Panelist | Episodes: 2.38, 2.41 & 3.9 |
| 1978 | The Faith Brown Awards | Various Impressions | LWT Special |
| 1979 | Blankety Blank | Panelist | Episodes: 1.7 & 1.11 |
| 1979 | Give Us A Clue | Panelist | Episode 2.8 |
| 1980 | The Faith Brown Chat Show | Various Impressions | 6 episodes, LWT |
| 1980 | Cannon and Ball for Christmas | Special Guest | LWT Special |
| 1981 | Summertime Special | Guest - various impressions | 1 episode, BBC |
| 1981 | Give Us A Clue | Panelist | Episode 4.2 |
| 1982 | 3-2-1 | Guest Star | Episode 4.2 |
| 1983 | Live From Her Majesty's | Musical Guest | 1 episode, LWT |
| 1983–1984 | Punchlines | Herself | 8 episodes, LWT |
| 1984 | Bullseye | Guest Star | Episode 4.10 |
| 1984 | Give Us A Clue | Panelist | Episode 6.20 |
| 1984-1985 | Blankety Blank | Panelist | Episodes: 7.13, 8.1 & 9.13 |
| 1985 | Doctor Who | Flast | Guest Star, Attack of the Cybermen Part II, BBC |
| 1985 | The Sooty Show | Herself | Episode "I'm Clever Too" |
| 1986 | I Feel Fine | Various Impressions | Granada TV Special |
| 1986 | Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On | Fairy Godmother | Central Independent Television Special |
| 1986 | 3-2-1 | Guest Star | Episode 9.4 |
| 1989 | The Little and Large Show | Guest Star | Episode 9.8 |
| 1992–1996 | Win, Lose or Draw | Guest Panellist | 15 episodes, Scottish Television |
| 1996 | Brookside | Anne Bradley | 7 episodes, Mersey Television |
| 2003 | Life Beyond the Box: Margot Leadbetter | Herself | |
| 2006 | I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! | Herself | Contestant, Series 6 |
| 2008 | Celebrity Juice | Amy Winehouse | Episode 1.2 |
| 2009–2010 | Trapped! | The Voice | 39 Episodes, CBBC |

## Selected theatre credits

| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
| 1987 | Beauty is the Business | Lilla Daniels | UK National Tour |
| 1989-1990 | Cinderella | | Epsom Playhouse |
| 1996 | Summer Holiday | Stella Winters | Opera House Theatre, Blackpool |
| 1997-1998 | The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery | Mrs Reece | UK National Tour |
| 2000-2001 | Dick Whittington | Fairy Bow Bells | Theatre Royal, Norwich |
| 2001-2002 | Sunset Boulevard | Norma Desmond | UK National Tour |
| 2004 | Nunsense | Sister Mary Regina | UK National Tour |
| 2004-2005 | Cinderella | Fairy Godmother | Capitol Theatre, Horsham |
| 2005-2006 | Cinderella | Wicked Stepmother | The Lowry |
| 2007 | Faith Brown: Up Front | Herself | UK National Tour |
| 2007 | Boys in the Buff | Diana Diamonte | Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
| 2009 | The Best of British Variety Tour | Herself | UK National Tour |
| 2010 | The Stars are Coming Out Tonight - A Charity Gala | Herself | Fairfield 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 60's and 70's)" (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