Mavis Chin came to England from Jamaica to take up acting. In those far off days there was no possibility of earning a living acting in her homeland so she studied shorthand and typewriting, saved every penny and finally arrived in England with the intention of going on the stage.
She did. During the long course of her career from a walk-on in The World of Suzie Wong to starring with Dame Edith Evans in the play The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God in 1968, one could never second guess her revelatory takes on the characters she played.
