{{short description|Ghanaian actress (1941-2006)}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Margaret Quainoo | honorific_suffix = | alt = | birth_date = {{birth year|1941}} | birth_place = Ghana | death_date = {{dya|2006|1941}} | death_place = Accra | alma_mater = | occupation = Actress, entertainer | notable_works = Efiewura | children = | mother = | father = }} '''Margaret Quainoo''' (1941{{snd}}2006), also known as '''Araba Stamp,''' was a Ghanaian actress and entertainer. She was featured in the classic film ''I Told You So'' of 1970 and in the Efiewura television series. She played at numerous concert parties and in many movie performances in Ghana. She dropped out of school and joined the Brigade Drama Group at Nungua, a suburb in Accra.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=246|title=Margaret "Araba Stamp" Quainoo, Araba Stamp|website=www.ghanaweb.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.modernghana.com/entertainment/3274/araba-stamps-burial-on-saturday.html|title=Araba Stamp's Burial On Saturday|work=Modern Ghana|access-date=2018-11-29|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghanagrio.com/biography/12181-margaret-quainoo.html|title=Margaret Quainoo|last=Ruha|first=Genevieve|date=2013-12-08|website=GhanaNation Online|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-01|archive-date=2019-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723142201/https://www.ghanagrio.com/biography/12181-margaret-quainoo.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Margaret "Araba Stamp" Quainoo (Araba Stamp)|url=https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=246|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-03|website=mobile.ghanaweb.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghanastar.com/profiles/complete-biography-profile-of-margaret-araba-stamp-quainoo-araba-stamp/|title=Complete Biography & Profile of Margaret "Araba Stamp" Quainoo, Araba Stamp|last=Ayitey|first=James|website=GhanaStar|date=7 August 2016 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== *''Key Soap Concert Party''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201511201819.html|title=allAfrica|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> * ''I Told You So'' (1970)< * ''Efiewura''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.modernghana.com/music/23223/efiewura-tv-series-needs-commendation-the-longest-running-l.html|title=Efiewura TV Series Needs Commendation: The Longest Running Local Production On Gh. TV|date=2013-09-18|website=Modern Ghana|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref> (2001) *''Sika Sunsum'' (1991){{citation needed|date=June 2022}} *''The Lost Stool'' (1997) *''Shout at the Devil'' (2001)
== Death == She died at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra after a short illness.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Araba Stamp Is Dead|url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/101282/araba-stamp-is-dead.html|access-date=2020-08-23|website=Modern Ghana|language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|13424418}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Quainoo, Margaret}} Category:Ghanaian television actresses Category:Ghanaian film actresses Category:1941 births Category:2006 deaths {{Ghana-actor-stub}} {{Comedian-stub}}