Biografía

9 de mayo de 1922 · Blackheath, Londres, Inglaterra, Reino Unido

19 de julio de 2011 · Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, Inglaterra, Reino Unido (causa no comunicada)

Sheila Mary Burrell

1,65 m

Deep gravelly voice

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.

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".

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.