Isabelle Lucas 1960s, including "Miracle in Soho" (1957). Lucas's first major television role was in "The Fosters" (broadcast on ITV between 9 April 1976 and 9 July 1977), the first British sitcom to have an all-Black cast, in which she played the part of Pearl Foster, wife of Norman Beaton's lead character. Following this series she appeared in several minor British dramas and films. In 1985 she appeared in "EastEnders". At the end of the 1980s she joined the long-running BBC Schools' show "You and Me", and remained with it as a presenter until it finished in 1992. Lucas made several guest
Norman Beaton to his home city of Georgetown, Guyana (just as his character in "Desmond's" was doing the same), where he collapsed at the airport from a heart attack and died a few hours later on 13 December 1994 at the age of 60. He was survived by five children from three marriages. It was announced in the spin-off show of "Desmond"'s called "Porkpie" that Beaton's character, Desmond, had died approximately a year before the spin-off's first episode. M. Gloria Moshette (1958–?) Granddaughters – Sabrina Gayle (Kim Beaton), Alexandra Beaton (Norman Beaton Jr), Mica Beaton (Jeremy Beaton) Grandsons – Marlon Beaton (Jeremy