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Lois Kelly-Miller

  • While she was sailing from London, England back home to Jamaica in the late 1940s, her ship was hit by an enemy torpedo. Two others who were traveling with her were killed, but she survived with burns that are still evident today.
  • She co-wrote three of the LTM's ( Little Theatre Movement) annual theater productions and performed in thirteen pantomimes.
  • She was the daughter of businessman Lewis Kelly, who produced "Kelly's" soft drinks and syrups.
  • She became a household name in Jamaica for her decades-long, professional career in theater and pantomime, particularly with the Little Theatre Movement (LTM) National Pantomime.
  • She and Bennett-Coverley appeared together in "Pirate's Princess" pantomime.
  • Wit, humour, and a generous spirit were the constant descriptives for the Jamaican actress Lois Kelly-Miller. Lennie Salmon, well-known Jamaican theater personality, remembers Kelly Miller as someone who "was quick of wit and would always make you laugh and smile.".
  • Upon completion of her studies, Kelly Miller took a trans-Atlantic ship from the United Kingdom to return to Jamaica. However, during the trip, her ship was attacked and torpedoed by an enemy vessel. Lois Kelly Miller survived the attack, but suffered serious burns. However, two friends whom she was traveling with were killed, including the sister of Jamaican actress Carmen Lawrence (wife of Douglas Manley).
  • Kelly Miller was best known to international audiences for her role in the American film Meet Joe Black (1998) opposite Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins.
  • Kelly Miller was a member of a respected group of Jamaican theater actors who emerged during the 1950s and 1960s.
  • During World War II, Kelly Miller went to London to study music in 1944 and 1945.
  • Her television credits included "Win Some Lose Some" on the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) with Leonie Forbes.
  • Kelly Miller was part of a formidable cast of actors that appeared in theater productions in the 1950s and 1960s that are now considered classics.
  • The former piano teacher Kelly Miller also appeared in Ecstasy, the debut play by playwright David Heron in 1997.
  • She was a Jamaican theater and screen actress.
  • She worked alongside some of the most prominent figures in Jamaican theater, including Louise Bennett-Coverley, Charles Hyatt, Oliver Samuels, and Ranny Williams. For example, Kelly Miller and Bennett-Coverley frequently worked together, starring opposite each other in the 1963, 1966, and 1973 LTM Pantomime productions of Queenie's Daughter.

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