Sheila Burrell Biography (1922-)

Born May 9, 1922, in Blackheath, London, England; daughter of John and Mary Ethel (maiden name, Hutchinson) Burrell; married Laurence Payne (divorced); married David Sim.

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

May 9, 1922

London, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Patsy, The Patsy, 1942
• Judy, The Bread-Winner, Arts Theatre, London, 1944
• Katherine, The Taming of the Shrew, Liverpool, England, 1944
• Rose, The Rest Is Silence, Prince of Wales's Theatre, London, 1944
• Sonja, Happily Ever After?, Chanticleer Theatre, 1944
• Celestine, An Italian Straw Hat, Arts Theatre, 1945
• Maia Rubeck, When We Dead Awaken, Chanticleer Theatre, 1945
• Rosetta, Leonce and Lena, 1945
• Bathsheba, Jonathon, Dundee Theatre, 1947
• Mrs. Rosenberg, Smith, 1947
• Gilda, Design for Living, Croydon Theatre, then Embassy Theatre, 1948
• Judy, The Shining Hour, Croydon Theatre, then Embassy Theatre, 1948
• Louka, Arms and the Man, Croydon Theatre, then Embassy Theatre, 1948
• Barbara Allen, Dark of the Moon, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Ambassadors' Theatre, both London, and Mars Theatre, all 1949
• Elizabeth, Fit for Heroes, Embassy Theatre, 1949
• Clara, The Man with the Umbrella, Duchess Theatre, London, 1950
• Margot, The Typewriter, Watergate Theatre, London, 1950
• Letticia, The Watchman, Q Theatre, 1951
• She, Happy and Glorious, New Bolton's Theatre, 1951
• Curley's wife, Of Mice and Men, Bristol Old Vic Company, London, 1951-1952
• Juliette, Traveler without Luggage, Bristol Old Vic Company, 1951-1952
• Perpetua, Venus Observed, Bristol Old Vic Company, 1951-1952
• Rosaline, Love's Labour's Lost, Bristol Old Vic Company, 1951-1952
• Linda Cooper, Sweet Madness, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1952
• Rosina, The Herald Angels, Embassy Theatre, 1953
• Aimee, Finishing School, Q Theatre, 1954
• Elizabeth Glossop, Lola, Strand Theatre, London, 1954
• Gonreil, King Lear, Bristol Old Vic Company, London, 1956
• Sedra, Dark Halo, Arts Theatre, 1959
• Joanne, The Warm Peninsula, Connaught Theatre, Worthing, England,1960
• Honor Klein, The Severed Head, Theatre Royal, Bristol, then Criterion Theatre, London, 1963
• Honor Klein, The Severed Head, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1964
• Shatov, Call Me Jacky, Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England, 1968
• Constance, King John, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1970
• Lucetta, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, then Aldwych Theatre, London, 1970
• Queen Margaret, Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1970
• Mrs. James, West of the Suez, Royal Court Theatre, London, then Cambridge Theatre, 1971
• Nora Colerne, The Superannuated Man, Palace Theatre, Watford, England, 1971
• Duchess of Gloucester, Richard II, National Theatre at the Old VicTheatre, London, 1972
• First witch, Macbeth, National Theatre at the Old Vic Theatre, 1972
• Lady Sneerwell, School for Scandal, National Theatre at the Old Vic Theatre, 1972
• Agave, The Bacchae, The Actors Company, 1974-1975
• Madame Giry, The Phantom of the Opera, The Actors Company, 1974-1975
• Madame Pernelle, Tartuffe, The Actors Company, 1974-1975
• Monica, The Last Romantic, The Actors Company, 1974-1975
• Dame Purecraft, Bartholomew Fair, Round House Theatre, London, 1978
• Evelyn, Personal Effects, Soho Poly Theatre, 1979
• Violet Wallis, Last Dance at Dum Dum, New Ambassadors' Theatre, London, 1999
• Also appeared in Abdication, The Mountains Looking Different, and The Vigil, all Dublin Gate Theatre.
• Major Tours
• Anne Boleyn, The White Falcon, 1950
• Film Appearances
• Janice, The Man in Black, Exclusive, 1949
• Honor, The Rossiter Case, Exclusive, 1950
• Lorna Dawson, Cloudburst, United Artists, 1951
• Joan Forsythe, Colonel March Investigates (also known as Colonel March of Scotland Yard), Criterion, 1952
• Annette, Black Orchid, 1953
• Bates, Women without Men (also known as Blonde Bait), Associated Film, 1956
• Aunt Harriet, Paranoiac, Universal, 1963
• Judge, Hell Is Empty, Rank, 1966
• Emily Galt, The Desperados, 1969
• Miss Porly, Laughter in the Dark (also known as La chambre obscure), 1969
• Joseph Andrews, Paramount, 1977
• Meg, Afraid of the Dark (also known as Double vue), Fine Line, 1991
• Ada Doom, Cold Comfort Farm (theatrical release of the BBC television movie), Gramercy, 1995
• Lady Eston, Jane Eyre (also known as Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre), Miramax, 1996
• Grandma Oliver, The Woodlanders, Miramax, 1997
• Also appeared in The Dawn Killer and Double Jeopardy.
• Television Appearances
• Series
• The Feathered Serpent, Thames Television, 1976 and 1978
• Miniseries
• Lady Rochford, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, BBC-2, 1970 and CBS, 1971
• Princess Myagky, Anna Karenina, 1977
• Miss Beasley, Devices and Desires, Anglia Television, 1991
• Mrs. Greenway, Trial & Retribution III, ITV, 1999
• Movies
• Frost in May, 1982
• Ada Doom, Cold Comfort Farm, BBC, 1995 also released theatricallyby Gramercy, 1995
• Grace, Perfect Strangers, 2001
• Episodic
• Minnim, "The Naked Sun" (also known as "Out of the Unknown: The Naked Sun"), Out of the Unknown, BBC-2, 1969
• Mrs. Jupp, "Bizarre," The Avengers, Associated British Picture Corporation, 1969
• Lady Eleanor Benson, "The Tribute," Tales of the Unexpected, Anglia Television, 1983
• Isobel, Brush Strokes, BBC, 1986
• Dr. Baring (the warden), "Gaudy Night," Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord PeterWimsey (also known as A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery and Lord Peter Wimsey), BBC-2, 1987, broadcast on Mystery!, PBS, 1987
• First lady, "Paris, October, 1916," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, ABC, 1993
• Agnes Stubbs, "Blood Relations," Hetty Winthropp Investigates, BBCand PBS, 1997
• Rose Brennan, "For Interest Only," The Bill, Thames Television andYorkshire Television, 1998
• Agnes Spencer, "Mother's Day," Casualty, BBC, 1999
• SIDELIGHTS
• Burrell told CTFT: "My favorite roles include Barbara Allen in Dark of the Moon; Honor Klein in The Severed Head; and Queen Margaret in Richard III."