Sheila White

Sheila White was an English actress of film, television and theater. Born in London, she began performing at 12 with Terry's Juveniles in a pantomime at the Golders Green Hippodrome, then spent three years at the Palace Theatre in the London staging of The Sound of Music before training at the Corona Stage School. At 16 she made her television debut in a 1965 episode of The Wednesday Play. Her break came as Eileen in the Saville Theatre musical On the Level, which led to the role of Bet in Oliver! (1968). Her films included the four Confessions films, Villain (1971), Alfie Darling (1975) and Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979). On television she was Messalina in I, Claudius (1976), Carol Hanley in EastEnders, and appeared in Poldark, Minder and Dear Mother...Love Albert. Her West End credits included Little Me, Dames at Sea and They're Playing Our Song. She died in 2018.