Sheila Mary Burrell (9 May 1922 – 19 July 2011) was a British actress. A cousin of Laurence Olivier, she was born in Blackheath, London, the daughter of a salesman. She attended St John's, Bexhill-on-Sea and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, London. Her first marriage to actor Laurence Payne was dissolved and she then married David Sim, a portrait and theatre photographer.
July 19, 2011, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Place Of Birth
Blackheath, London, England, UK
Height
5' 5" (1.65 m)
Profession
Actress
Spouse
David Sim (m. 1953–2011), Laurence Payne (m. 1944–1951)
Star Sign
Taurus
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Trademark
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Deep gravelly voice
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Fact
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A salesman's daughter, she began in show business Entertaining troops during World War II, subsequently making her stage debut at the West End in "The Rest is Silence". Acclaimed for her many Shakespearean roles and as Barbara Allen (of ballad fame) in Peter Brook's 1949 production "Dark of the Moon".
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Joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford in 1970, and the National Theatre at the Old Vic in 1972. In 1974, on tour with Ian McKellan's Actor's Company.
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Cousin of Sir Laurence Olivier and a long-standing member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Studied at the Douglas-Webber School of Singing and Dramatic Arts.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Emmerdale
2005
TV Series
Phyllis King
Heartbeat
1998-2004
TV Series
Nellie Pratt / Mrs. Hutton
Doctors and Nurses
2004
TV Series
Edie
Holby City
2003
TV Series
Agnes Moorhead
Doctors
2003
TV Series
Dorothy Palmer
William and Mary
2003
TV Series
Viney
Perfect Strangers
2001
TV Mini-Series
Grace
Trial & Retribution
1999
TV Series
Mrs. Greenway
Casualty
1999
TV Series
Agnes Spencer
The Bill
1989-1998
TV Series
Rose Brennan / Mrs. Jenkinson
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1998
TV Series
Agnes Stubbs
The Woodlanders
1997
Grandma Oliver
Bramwell
1997
TV Mini-Series
Mrs. Lomax
Jane Eyre
1996
Lady Eshton
Cold Comfort Farm
1995
TV Movie
Ada Doom
Young Indiana Jones
1993
TV Series
Lady #1
The Darling Buds of May
1992
TV Series
Mrs. Kinthley
Afraid of the Dark
1991
Meg
Brush Strokes
1986-1991
TV Series
Isabel / Mrs. Pettijohn
Devices and Desires
1991
TV Mini-Series
Miss Beasley
A Quiet Conspiracy
1989
TV Mini-Series
Madame Coursaux
American Roulette
1988
Raul's Neghbour
Never Say Die
1987
TV Series
Hilda
Screenplay
1987
TV Series
Zlatin
Lizzie's Pictures
1987
TV Mini-Series
Joan
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
1987
TV Series
Dr. Baring
Summer Season
1985
TV Series
Dolly McNally
Tales of the Unexpected
1983
TV Series
Lady Eleanor Benson
Spooky
1983
TV Series
Grandmother
Frost in May
1982
TV Mini-Series
Mother Poitier
The Feathered Serpent
1978
TV Series
Keelag
Anna Karenina
1977
TV Mini-Series
Princess Myagky
ITV Playhouse
1968-1977
TV Series
Eliza / Miss Rawley
Can You Keep a Secret
1976
TV Movie
Valerie Dent
BBC Play of the Month
1975
TV Series
Mrs. Northrop
Late Night Drama
1974
TV Series
Julia
The Carnforth Practice
1974
TV Series
Martha Webb
Crown Court
1973
TV Series
Dr. Germaine Elwes
W. Somerset Maugham
1970
TV Series
Madame Perrier
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970
TV Mini-Series
Lady Rochford
Detective
1969
TV Series
Ethel Guppy
Laughter in the Dark
1969
Miss Porly
The Avengers
1969
TV Series
Mrs. Jupp
The Desperados
1969
Emily Galt
Out of the Unknown
1969
TV Series
Minnim
Ways with Words
1967
TV Series
Hell Is Empty
1967
Judge
The Wednesday Play
1967
TV Series
Liz
Adam Adamant Lives!
1967
TV Series
Matron Mavis Unsworth
No Hiding Place
1959-1965
TV Series
Gwen Harris / Doris Denham
Paranoiac
1963
Aunt Harriet
The River Flows East
1962
TV Series
Mrs. Cowie
Under Western Eyes
1962
TV Movie
Sophia Antonovna
Dixon of Dock Green
1961
TV Series
Mrs. Lee
Maigret
1961
TV Series
Francoise Bourcicault
The Pursuers
1961
TV Series
Maria
Saturday Playhouse
1959
TV Series
Sally
The Dawn Killer
1959
Mrs. Hoddy
Dancers in Mourning
1959
TV Series
Edna Danby
Charlesworth
1959
TV Series
Sally
The Lost King
1958
TV Series
Marie-Thérèse
Television Playwright
1958
TV Series
Norah
Hour of Mystery
1957
TV Series
Miss Groze
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956
TV Series
Joan Forsythe
Blonde Bait
1956
Bates (uncredited)
Women Without Men
1956
Babs
The Alien Sky
1956
TV Movie
Dorothy Gower
Patrol Car
1955
TV Series
Helen Russell
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1953-1954
TV Series
Anna / Mavis
Black Orchid
1953
Annette
Cloudburst
1951
Lorna Dawson
The Rossiter Case
1951
Honor
The Man in Black
1949
Janice
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception