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Pearl Prescod

1920–1966

United Kingdom

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Pearl Priscilla Prescod (28 May 1920 – 25 June 1966) was a Tobagonian actress and singer. She was one of the earliest Caribbean entertainers to appear on British television and was the first Black woman to appear with London's National Theatre Company. Prescod arrived in Britain in the early 1950s and resided in Notting Hill, London.

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