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Corinne Skinner-Carter

Born

Corinne Skinner


1931 (age 93–94)

Trinidad

OccupationActress
Spouse(s)Trevor Carter (m. 1955–2008, his death)

Corinne Skinner-Carter (born 1931) is a Trinidadian actress, based in the United Kingdom.

As Corinne Skinner, she began acting professionally in the 1950s.

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She has worked in black British film and television, and is possibly best known for her role as Audrey Trueman in BBC's EastEnders.

Career

Born Corinne Skinner into a privileged Trinidadian family, she began her theatrical career almost immediately after school, dancing with the company of Geoffrey Holder (brother of dancer and artist Boscoe Holder).

As she recalled: "My grandmother was very upset because I had to go on the stage and she said, 'nice girls do not go on the stage.'" She went to the UK in 1955 to train as a teacher. Soon after arriving there, she married her childhood sweetheart, the educ Corinne Cartier List of Movies and TV Shows - TV Guide GEG