Education
She attended Tranquility Government Primary School and later Saint Francois Girls" College.
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Mairoon Ali
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She frequently appeared in local theatre for almost twenty years. In the early 1990s, she became an on-air personality with several local radio stations. In recent years Ali became even more involved with the theatre and co-founded HaHaHa Productions with other local actresses Nikki Crosby and Penelope Spencer.
Additionally, she also was the host of local television station Gayelle television morning program
She went on to teach at Holy Name Convent before becoming involved in the theatre. Her second marriage was to calypsonian Eddie Yearwood.
Ali developed as an actress, both on television and in local plays, performing with top actor/producers like Raymond Choo Kong and Richard Ragoobarsingh. and most recently The Best Little Whorehouse in Guapo (co-produced by HaHaHa Productions) and The Vagina Dialogues (which she also co-wrote). She also appeared on the local soap opera Westwood Park.
She and Crosby created the iconic characters Mavis and Mabel, who appeared at many local shows including the WeBeat Festival and Copyright Music Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago (COTT) awards.
The night before her death, Ali was out with friends, returning home around 1:15am on the morning of 20 December 2009. She was expected to head to Grenada later that day to celebrate Christmas. At first it was believed she had slipped and hit her head, but later an autopsy determined she had died of a cerebral haemorrhage.
