Nadia Evadne Cattouse (Belize City, November 2, 1924-London, October 29, 2024) was a British actress, singer and songwriter born in British Honduras.[[1]
Cattouse began her career as an on-screen actress in 1954,[[1]and is best known for her roles in many British television shows, including Angels, Play for Today, Crown Court, Within These Walls, Dixon of Dock Green y Johnny Jarvis.
Early life and career
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Nadia Evadne Cattouse was born in Belize City on November 2, 1924.[[2]His father, Albert Cattouse, was a civil servant who became deputy prime minister of British Honduras.
In 1943, during the Second World War, she came to Britain as a volunteer and trained in Edinburgh, Scotland, as a signal operator.[[3]She also became a part-time physical training instructor with the ATS. She later attended a teacher training school in Glasgow and, upon graduation, returned to British Honduras, where she was headmistress of a Mission school and lectured on early childhood education at the Teacher Training School and in summer courses.
He returned to Britain in 1951 and studied Social Sciences at the London School of Economics, where he did some acting and singing to pay his way through university. He began his television career in 1954. He appeared in two award-winning television productions, Freedom Road: Songs of Negro Protest (1964) y There I Go,[[4]and appeared on stage as Felicity in The Blacks by Jean Genet.[[4]His most notable songs as a folk singer include “Long Time Boy” [[5] y “Red and Green Christmas”.[[4]
As a singer in the 1960s, she performed at the folk and blues club Les Cousins in Greek Street, London, and appeared on television shows such as Sing Along y Hootenanny from the BBC. On the folk scene, she was a contemporary of Julie Felix and Fairport Convention, and Melody Maker He called her “one of the giants of the folk song revival in Britain.” With Robin Hall and Jimmie Macgregor he made Songs of Grief & Glory (1967).[[6] Your album Earth Mother (1970) was partially recorded at the 1969 Edinburgh Festival. Among other compilations, Cattouse appears on Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up (2005), singing “Long Time Boy”, and on the 1972 album Club Folk 2 (Peg Records PS3), cantando “BC People” [[7] y “All Around My Grandmother’s Floor”. [[8]
Personal life and death
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Cattouse married the composer and arranger David Lindup (1928-1992) in 1958, and their son Mike Lindup is the keyboardist for the new wave jazz-funk band Level 42. She died in London on 29 October 2024, four days old. before turning 100 years old.[[9]
- In September 2009, he received the Meritorious Service Award from the Government of Belize, which it stated: “in recognition of his advancement in social, cultural and political awareness among Belizeans and other Caribbean peoples in the United Kingdom.”
Selected discography
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- Nadia Cattouse (Reality, 1966)
- Earth Mother (RCA International, 1970)
- “The Boy Without a Heart” / “Long Time, Boy” (1961)
- “Run Joe” / “Bahamas 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)
- 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)
- Songs Of Grief And Glory” (Fontana, 1967)
- 49 Greek Street (RCA / RCA SF8118, 1970; RCA / JASKCD193, 2007)
- Club Folk Volume 1 (Peg, 1972)[[10]
- Club Folk Volume 2 (Peg, 1972)[[10]
- Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up (Number, 2005)
