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Pauline Henriques, born Pauline Clothilde Henriques (1 April 1914 — November 1998) was a Jamaican-born English actress. In 1946, she became the first black female actress for British television. She was also the first black female Justice of the Peace, and was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1969. She worked extensively with unmarried mothers and helped found the Brooke Counselling and Advisory Clinic.〔 == Early life == Pauline Henriques was born in Kingston, Jamaica to Cyril Charles Henriques, a wealthy merchant, and Edith Emily Delfosse.〔(Edith Emily Delfosse (1876-1945), ancestry.com. )〕 One of six children, she moved with her family to England from Jamaica in 1919, as her father wanted to give his children an English education. Her elder brother, Cyril George Henriques (1908-1982),〔(Cyril George Henriques (1908 - 1982), ancestry.com. )〕 became a Lord Chief Justice of Jamaica. Her other brother, Fernando, was a President of the Oxford Union in 1944 and a published author. Pauline and her siblings are mentioned in an exhibition about Jamaican families and their roles in the UK during the Second World War in Southwark.〔("Keep smiling through: black Londoners on the home front 1939 to 1945", Southwark Council. )〕 In 1936 Pauline married Geoff Heneberry (died 1948). Their daughter Gail (born 26 March 1937) later married Keith Critchlow, artist, author, and professor of architecture in England. In 1949 Pauline Henriques married Neville Crabbe (died 1960), with whom she had one son, Biff Crabbe. She was married to Joe Benjamin from 1969 until his death in 1995, and died three years later. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pauline Henriques」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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