
Acting
Yvonne Brewster
Born — Died
1938-10-07 — 2025-10-12
Place of birth
Jamaica
Known for
Acting
Credits
7 titles
Yvonne Jones Brewster OBE is a Jamaican actress, theatre director and businesswoman, known for her role as Ruth Harding in the BBC soap opera Doctors. She co-founded the theatre companies Talawa in the UK and The Barn in Jamaica.
Known for
5.8Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.
Holby City
1999
4.8Set in the fictional Midlands town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the city of Birmingham, this soap opera follows the staff and families of a doctor's surgery.
Doctors
2000
6.8Investigators Rose Linden and Marion Maloney, of the Criminal Justice Review Agency, take on claims of miscarriages of justice, assessing whether there are grounds to reopen old cases.
Rose and Maloney
2002
8.0Unique arts series venturing behind the scenes at the world famous museum of art, design and performance, the V&A.
Secrets of the Museum
2020
4.2Rhoda Bradley is a busy mum frustrated with her job as a supermarket check-out assistant. When she discovers the health service is recruiting new doctors, she decides to enrol in medical school — but the move doesn't go over too well with either her competitive sister Maddy, or her husband Tony, who fears the decision will turn their lives upside down.
Vital Signs
2006
An inside, behind-the-scenes look at the practice of law, and the lawyers whose lives are caught up in their work with each other.
Wing and a Prayer
1997
Film credits
Series credits
5.8Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.
Holby City
1999
4.8Set in the fictional Midlands town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the city of Birmingham, this soap opera follows the staff and families of a doctor's surgery.
Doctors
2000
6.8Investigators Rose Linden and Marion Maloney, of the Criminal Justice Review Agency, take on claims of miscarriages of justice, assessing whether there are grounds to reopen old cases.
Rose and Maloney
2002
8.0Unique arts series venturing behind the scenes at the world famous museum of art, design and performance, the V&A.
Secrets of the Museum
2020
4.2Rhoda Bradley is a busy mum frustrated with her job as a supermarket check-out assistant. When she discovers the health service is recruiting new doctors, she decides to enrol in medical school — but the move doesn't go over too well with either her competitive sister Maddy, or her husband Tony, who fears the decision will turn their lives upside down.
Vital Signs
2006
An inside, behind-the-scenes look at the practice of law, and the lawyers whose lives are caught up in their work with each other.
Wing and a Prayer
1997
