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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Patrick Graham

Liverpool actress starring in film as one of the first Black women in the RAF

A Liverpool actress will play a leading role as one of the first black women in the RAF in a new short film.

Cathy Tyson, will play the role of Lilian Bader, one of the first black, and one of the first, women in the RAF in the trade as an instrument repairer during WWII. The film 'Lilian' will be screened at the Odeon, in Liverpool ONE, as part of Liverpool Film Festival which runs from Monday, November 3 - 6.

The screenplay by Kammy Darweish was directed and stars Cathy as Toxteth born Lilian Bader (née Bailey), who joined the RAF in 1941.

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