Sheila Sim
Biography
Sheila Sim was an English actress who built a career in film and theater during the 1940s and 1950s. Born in Liverpool, she trained at RADA and made an early screen appearance in the Powell and Pressburger film A Canterbury Tale (1944). She went on to appear in the Boulting brothers' The Guinea Pig (1948) and to star opposite Anthony Steel in West of Zanzibar (1954). On stage, she belonged to the first cast of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap from its London premiere in 1952, playing Mollie Ralston. Later, after Noël Coward recruited her, she spent more than sixty years supporting the Actors' Charitable Trust, helping with two redevelopments of Denville Hall, and serving as a trustee and vice president. She also became a major benefactor to RADA, where she had trained.
93years old at death
- Born Liverpool
- Died London
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Also credited as Sheila Beryl Grant Attenborough, Lady Attenborough, Sheila Beryl Grant Attenborough and Sheila Attenborough
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 7 years1944 to 1951
Every film, newest first
- 1951Pandora and the Flying DutchmanIMDb rating 6.9
- 1947Dancing with CrimeIMDb rating 6.5
- 1944A Canterbury TaleIMDb rating 7.3
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Films together
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Ava Gardner's page
Dirk Bogarde's page
Richard Attenborough's page
Dennis Price's page
Charles Hawtrey's page
All films by Emeric Pressburger
All films by Michael Powell
Albert LewinDirector, 1 film, 1951
All films by Albert Lewin
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