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Sheila Gish‌

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Female

Birthday

calendar1942-04-23

Popularity

star5.4

Sheila Gish

Lincoln, England, United Kingdom

Sheila Gish

Lincoln, England, United Kingdom

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1942-04-23

Popularity

star5.4

Biography

Sheila Gish (23 April 1942 – 9 March 2005) was a British stage and television actress. She was born Sheila Anne Gash in Lincoln, studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and made her stage debut with a repertory company. Her first starring role in the West End was as Bella in Robert and Elizabeth. She continued to be best known for her stage work, but she also appeared in many television dramas, from The First Churchills (in which she played Mary of Modena) to the successful adaptation of Love in a Cold Climate (2001) in which she played the eccentric and outrageous Lady Montdore. She had two daughters: the actresses Kay Curram and Lou Gish (1967–2006) by her first husband, the actor Roland Curram. While filming That Uncertain Feeling for BBC2 in 1985, she met actor Denis Lawson, who was to become her second husband. She rarely appeared on film, her most notable performances being as Anna in the Merchant-Ivory film Quartet (1981) and as Mrs Norris in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park (1999). She is also known for her appearance in the 1986 film Highlander as Rachel Ellenstein. She took the part of the alcoholic Joanne in Stephen Sondheim's musical Company, directed by Sam Mendes at the Donmar Warehouse and in the West End, in 1995. The following year, she won the Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical. In 1999 she played Miss Venable in Tennessee Williams's Suddenly Last Summer, directed by Sean Mathias with Rachel Weisz at the Comedy Theatre, London. One of her last stage roles was as Arkadina in the Chichester Festival Theatre's production of The Seagull in 2003. By this time she had been diagnosed with cancer and had lost an eye as a result of surgery. She died in Camden, London. Her final performance was for BBC Radio. She is Ewan McGregor's mother's sister-in-law. Her daughter, Lou, also died of cancer less than a year after her mother.

Movie Credits

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days‌
star6.1
calendar 1973

Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park‌
star6.7
calendar 1999

Highlander

Highlander‌
star6.9
calendar 1986

Quartet

Quartet‌
star5.8
calendar 1981

The Perfect Match

The Perfect Match‌
star0.0
calendar 1995

The Lifeswappers

The Lifeswappers‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

Company

Company‌
star6.2
calendar 1996

Funny

Funny‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

Seasick

Seasick‌
star1.0
calendar 1996

Resnick: Rough Treatment

Resnick: Rough Treatment‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Every Home Should Have One

Every Home Should Have One‌
star4.6
calendar 1970

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg‌
star4.4
calendar 1972

The Reckoning

The Reckoning‌
star7.1
calendar 1970

Darling

Darling‌
star6.7
calendar 1965

The Bass Player

The Bass Player‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

Tv Credits

The Sweeney

The Sweeney‌
star7.7
calendar 1975

Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek‌
star7.5
calendar 1997

The Thin Blue Line

The Thin Blue Line‌
star7.1
calendar 1995

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected‌
star6.7
calendar 1979

Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse‌
star7.8
calendar 1987

Crown Court

Crown Court‌
star5.4
calendar 1972

The House of Eliott

The House of Eliott‌
star5.9
calendar 1991

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes‌
star7.3
calendar 1971

The First Churchills

The First Churchills‌
star6.3
calendar 1969

Brighton Belles

Brighton Belles‌
star4.0
calendar 1993

Helen: A Woman of Today

Helen: A Woman of Today‌
star0.0
calendar 1973

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina‌
star5.8
calendar 1977

Play for Today

Play for Today‌
star6.1
calendar 1970

Jewels

Jewels‌
star6.0
calendar 1992

Stanley and the Women

Stanley and the Women‌
star6.0
calendar 1991

Pie in the Sky

Pie in the Sky‌
star8.4
calendar 1994

Love in a Cold Climate

Love in a Cold Climate‌
star7.8
calendar 2001

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected‌
star6.7
calendar 1979

The Adventurer

The Adventurer‌
star5.5
calendar 1972

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected‌
star6.7
calendar 1979