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Birthday: Apr 23, 1942
Place of Birth: Lincoln, England, United Kingdom

Sheila Gish

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Hitler: The Last Ten Days Frau Christian 1973
Mansfield Park Mrs. Norris 1999
Highlander Rachel Ellenstein 1986
Quartet Anna 1981
The Perfect Match Helen 1995
The Lifeswappers Dinah/Miss Trevor 1976
Company Joanne 1996
Funny Phyl 1971
Seasick Martina Schaffer 1996
Resnick: Rough Treatment Maria Roy 1993
Every Home Should Have One Mother in Commercial 1970
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Pam 1972
The Reckoning Mrs Garner 1970
Darling Cameo (uncredited) 1965
The Bass Player 1999
Series Cast Year
The Sweeney June 1975
Jonathan Creek Serena Shale 1997
The Thin Blue Line Maeve the Sex Therapist 1995
Tales of the Unexpected Laura Parker 1979
Inspector Morse Gwladys Probert 1987
Crown Court Erika Brabazon 1972
The House of Eliott Yolande Hermane 1991
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Mrs. Chalmers 1971
The First Churchills 1969
Brighton Belles Bridget 1993
Helen: A Woman of Today 1973
Anna Karenina 1977
Play for Today Jane Elkinson 1970
Jewels Victoria Thompson 1992
Stanley and the Women Nowell Hutchinson 1991
Pie in the Sky Julia Sutton 1994
Love in a Cold Climate Lady Montdore 2001
Tales of the Unexpected Mary Hitchman 1979
The Adventurer Laura 1972
Tales of the Unexpected Frances 1979
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