Pandora Gibson

Gibson was born Pandora Iona Bethel in Eleuthera in June 1941 to Leopold and Naomi (née Farrington) Bethel.{{cite web |title=Birth record - Pandora Iona Bethel, Bahamas Civil Registration Records 1850-1959 |website=FamilySearch |url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDC-1CX8 |access-date=27 August 2021}} Her father died later that year in November 1941{{cite web |title=Death record - Prince Leopold Bethel, Bahamas Civil Registration Records 1850-1959 |website=FamilySearch |url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDZ-NHVY |access-date=27 August 2021}} and her mother later remarried.

She was an actor and performer for concerts and shows. She was also deputy headmistress at Queen's College, Nassau.

She died at the age of 47. The Pandora Gibson-Gomez Award for Excellence in Drama is named for her.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721162140/http://freeport.nassauguardian.net/national_local/296972699456400.php The Nassau Guardian]}}

GBI Recording LP-109 (1976)[http://www.wirz.de/music/gibsonp.htm Pandora Gibson discography] Pandora Gibson / Blind Blake: A Cultural Experience

• Side A: Pandora Gibson (indigenous Bahamian comedy)
• Jonah Swallowed The Whale
• Jesus The Son Of God Do
• The Shilling
• Under Mervin
• Prayer Time
• Aunt Elizabeth
• Good Friday
• The Rape
• Unity
• Side B: LP's reverse side is by Blind Blake

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• [http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/bahamasweb2/home.nsf/vContentW/Cultural+Affairs+Dept.--General--Additional+FAQ%60s!OpenDocument&ExpandSection=13 The Government of the Bahamas (FAQ about Pandora Gibson-Gomez)]
• [http://www.wirz.de/music/gibsonp.htm Illustrated Pandora Gibson discography]

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Category:Entertainers from Nassau, Bahamas

Category:Year of death missing

Category:1941 births

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