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Nadia Evadne Cattouse (born 2 November 1924) is a Belizean-born British actress, singer and songwriter.
She is best known for her acting roles in many British television programmes including ''
Play for Today
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,
Crown Court
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,
Dixon of Dock Green
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'' and ''
Johnny Jarvis''. As a singer in the 1960s, she performed at
Les Cousins folk and blues club in
Greek Street
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History
It is thought to take its name from a Greek church that was built in 1 ...
, London, and appeared on television programs including the
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’s ''Sing Along'' and ''Hootenanny''. On the folk scene she was a contemporary of
Julie Felix
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and
Fairport Convention
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, and was called by ''
Melody Maker
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'' "one of the giants of the folk-song revival in Britain". With
Robin Hall
Robin Hall (27 June 1936 – 18 November 1998) was a Scottish folksinger, best known as half of a singing duo with Jimmie Macgregor. Hall was a direct descendant of the famous Scottish folk hero and outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor as well as of th ...
and
Jimmie Macgregor she made ''Songs of Grief & Glory'' (1967). Her album ''Earth Mother'' (1970) was partly recorded at the 1969
Edinburgh Festival
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. Among other compilations, Cattouse features on ''Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up'' (2005), singing "Long Time Boy", and on the 1972 album ''Club Folk 2'' (Peg Records PS3), singing "B. C. People" and "All Around My Grandmother's Floor".
Biography
Early years and career
Nadia Evadne Cattouse was born in
Belize City
Belize City is the largest city in Belize and was once the capital of the former British Honduras. According to the 2010 census, Belize City has a population of 57,169 people in 16,162 households. It is at the mouth of the Haulover Creek, wh ...
in 1924. Her father, Albert Cattouse, was a civil servant who went on to become Deputy Prime Minister of British Honduras.
In 1943, during the
Second World War
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, Nadia Cattouse came to Britain as a volunteer and was trained in
Edinburgh
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as a signals operator. She also became a part-time physical training instructor with the
ATS. She subsequently attended
teacher training college
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in Glasgow and on qualifying she went back to British Honduras, where she was headmistress of a Mission school and lectured on infant education at Teachers' Training College and summer courses.
[''West Indians in Great Britain 1973/74''. Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, UK: West Indian Digest, April 1973.] She returned to Britain in 1951 and studied
social sciences
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at the
London School of Economics
, mottoeng = To understand the causes of things
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £240.8 million (2021)
, budget = £391.1 millio ...
, doing some acting and singing to pay her way through college. She began her television career in 1954. She appeared on two prize-winning television productions, ''Freedom Road: Songs of Negro Protest'' (1964) and ''There I Go'',
and appeared on stage as Felicity in
Jean Genet
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′s ''
The Blacks''.
Her notable songs as a folksinger included "Long Time Boy" and "Red and Green Christmas".
Personal life
She married composer/arranger
David Lindup
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Lindup composed music for TV series including '' The In ...
and their son
Mike Lindup
Michael David Lindup (born 17 March 1959) is a musician best known as the keyboard player and falsetto voiced singer, who joined with Mark King and brothers Phil and Boon Gould to form the British jazz-funk/pop rock band, Level 42.
Early lif ...
is the keyboard player of the jazz-funk new wave band
Level 42
Level 42 is an English jazz-funk band formed on the Isle of Wight in 1979. They had a number of UK and worldwide hits during the 1980s and 1990s.
Their highest-charting single in the UK was " Lessons in Love", which reached number three on th ...
.
Award
*September 2009, Meritorious Service Award from the
Government of Belize
His Majesty's Government in Belize, also referred to as the Belizean Government is the democratic administrative authority of Belize, a constitutional monarchy under a parliamentary democracy. It was formed in 1981 after gaining sovereignty from ...
, "in recognition of her advancement of social, cultural, and political awareness among Belizeans and other Caribbean people in the UK".
[Kamcdonald]
"Belize government Meritorious Service Award goes to…"
The University of Glasgow's International Story blog, 21 April 2014.
Selected discography
Albums
* ''Nadia Cattouse'' (Reality, 1966)
* ''Earth Mother'' (RCA International, 1969)
Singles
* "The Boy Without a Heart" / "Long Time, Boy" (1961)
* "Run Joe" / "Bahaman Lullaby" (1961)
* "Port Mahon" / "A Little More Oil" (1965)
* "Beautiful Barbados" / "
Turn Around" (Reality / RE 503)
* "It's Hard to See" / "Desert Sand" (LIV/SP/93)
Compilations
* ''Edinburgh Folk Festival Vol. 1'' (1963)
* ''Edinburgh Folk Festival Vol. 2'' (1964)
* ''Freedom Road: Songs of Negro Protest'' (Fontana, 1964)
* ''Songs from ABC Television's "Hallelujah"'' (Fontana, 1966)
* ''49 Greek Street'' (RCA / RCA SF8118, 1970; RCA / JASKCD193, 2007)
* ''Club Folk Volume 1'' (Peg, 1972)
* ''Club Folk Volume 2'' (Peg, 1972)
* ''Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up'' (Numero, 2005)
References
External links
*
"Nadia Cattouse"at RYM Artists.
Filmographyat
BFI
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Discographyat rateyourmusic.com
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1924 births
British television actresses
Living people
Belizean emigrants to the United Kingdom
British folk singers
Belizean actresses
20th-century British actresses
Belizean television actors
20th-century Belizean women
20th-century Black British women singers
Black British actresses
Auxiliary Territorial Service soldiers