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Sheila Burrell is a Actor British born on 9 may 1922 at Blackheath (United-kingdom)

Sheila Burrell

Sheila Burrell
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Birth name Sheila Mary Burrell
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 9 may 1922 at Blackheath (United-kingdom)
Death 19 july 2011 (at 89 years)

Sheila Mary Burrell (9 May 1922 – 19 July 2011) was a British actress. A cousin of Laurence Olivier, she was born in Blackheath, London, the daughter of a salesman. She attended St John's, Bexhill-on-Sea and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, London. Her first marriage to actor Laurence Payne was dissolved and she then married David Sim, a portrait and theatre photographer.

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Francis Searle
Francis Searle
(4 films)
Anthony Frank Hinds
Anthony Frank Hinds
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Jimmy Sangster
(5 films)
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John Gilling
John Gilling
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Filmography of Sheila Burrell (16 films)

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Actress

Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre (1996)
, 1h52
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children
Actors Charlotte Gainsbourg, William Hurt, Anna Paquin, Joan Plowright, John Wood, Maria Schneider
Rating68% 3.4003453.4003453.4003453.4003453.400345
Jane Eyre (portrayed as the orphan child by Anna Paquin and as an adult by Charlotte Gainsbourg) is the plain, impoverished young woman who is hired by Mr. Rochester (William Hurt) through Mrs. Fairfax (Joan Plowright) to work as a governess for Adele (Josephine Serre). Despite her mild unprepossessing manner more like a nun, Jane has strong internal passions and shows her strength in character in expressing her opinions and showing resolve in times of trouble. Rochester is the Byronic anti-hero who is tortured and tormented by family troubles, past injustices and secrets. Rochester and Jane find an affinity for each other and fall in love. The marriage date is set. What she does not realize is that she must share the estate (and ultimately Mr. Rochester) with his wife, Bertha (Maria Schneider), who is mentally ill and kept locked away in an upstairs attic with a nurse, Grace Poole (Billie Whitelaw).
Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
, 1h35
Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about children
Actors Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley, Ian McKellen, Rufus Sewell, Eileen Atkins, Sheila Burrell
Roles Ada Doom
Rating71% 3.596543.596543.596543.596543.59654
Flora Poste (Kate Beckinsale), an orphan in the 1920s, moves to the country with her rustic and colloquial relatives, the Starkadders. The Starkadders live in a run-down farm off the beaten track in Sussex. Flora resolves to fix their situation.
Afraid of the Dark
Afraid of the Dark (1991)
, 1h31
Directed by Mark Peploe
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Actors James Fox, Fanny Ardant, David Thewlis, Paul McGann, Clare Holman, Robert Stephens
Roles Meg
Rating57% 2.897572.897572.897572.897572.89757
A Londres, le petit Lucas craint de perdre la vue comme sa mère, et de devenir ainsi la proie d'un sadique qui s'attaque, armé d'un rasoir, aux personnes aveugles.
American Roulette
American Roulette (1988)
, 1h42
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Andy García, Kitty Aldridge, Robert Stephens, Peter Guinness, Sheila Burrell, Al Matthews
Roles Raul's Neghbour
Rating43% 2.197632.197632.197632.197632.19763
A Latin American President is overthrown in a military coup and forms a government-in-exile in London. The Generals want him out of the way, and send agents to kill him. Meanwhile several of the world's major intelligence agencies are also keeping a watch on him.
The Desperados
The Desperados (1969)
, 1h31
Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Political films
Actors Jack Palance, Vince Edwards, Neville Brand, George Maharis, Sylvia Syms, Sheila Burrell
Roles Emily Galt
Rating48% 2.4098952.4098952.4098952.4098952.409895
A ruthless preacher, Parson Josiah Galt, leads a band of Southern marauders during the Civil War that includes his sons, David, Adam and Jacob. The parson has turned vengeful and sadistic since the death of his wife.
Paranoiac
Paranoiac (1963)
, 1h20
Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Sheila Burrell, Maurice Denham, Sydney Bromley, Liliane Brousse
Roles Aunt Harriet
Rating66% 3.3478953.3478953.3478953.3478953.347895
The wealthy Ashby family has been damaged by the death of Mr. and Mrs. Ashby in a plane crash when their three children were very young. The children were left in the care of their Aunt Harriet. The oldest son, Anthony, committed suicide by jumping off a cliff into the sea when he was 15. The second son, Simon, (Reed) is now a cruel, spendthrift alcoholic trying to drive his sister, Eleanor (Scott) insane, so that he can inherit the estate of their deceased parents. He has only three weeks to wait until the lawyers will turn the family money over to him. But a mysterious man (Davion) appears, who throws a monkey wrench into Simon's plans.
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
, 1h24
Directed by Freddie Francis, Terence Fisher, Peter Medak, John Peverall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Horror, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Musical films
Actors Herbert Lom, Heather Sears, Edward de Souza, Michael Gough, Harold Goodwin, Thorley Walters
Rating63% 3.1992053.1992053.1992053.1992053.199205
The film opens in Victorian London on a December night in 1900. The first night of the season at the London Opera House finds the opening of a new opera by Lord Ambrose D'Arcy (Michael Gough), a wealthy and pompous man, who is annoyed and scornful when the opera manager Lattimer (Thorley Walters) informs him the theatre has not been completely sold out. No one will sit in a certain box because it is haunted. Backstage, despite the soothing efforts of the opera's producer, Harry Hunter (Edward de Souza), everyone, including the show's star, Maria, is nervous and upset as if a sinister force was at work. The climax comes during Maria's first aria, when a side of the scenery rips apart to reveal the body of a hanged stage hand. In a panic, the curtain is rung down, and Maria refuses to sing again.
Colonel March Investigates
Colonel March Investigates (1953)
, 1h10
Directed by Cy Endfield
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Boris Karloff, Sheila Burrell, Anthony Forwood, John Hewer, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Patricia Owens
Roles Joan Forsythe
Rating58% 2.9092852.9092852.9092852.9092852.909285
Karloff, in black eye patch and cloak, is Colonel March: head of the Department of Queer Complaints at Scotland Yard. He is an investigator of unusual criminal cases and activities. The film sees him solve a bank robbery (for which an innocent man was framed) and two murders involving complex tricks and disguises.
The Man in Black
The Man in Black (1950)
, 1h20
Directed by Francis Searle
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Betty Ann Davies, Sheila Burrell, Sid James, Anthony Forwood, Valentine Dyall
Roles Janice
Rating59% 2.9979652.9979652.9979652.9979652.997965
After the death of her yogi father during a freak "yoga accident", Joan Clavering returns home to her widowed and suddenly very wealthy step-mother Bertha. The latter conspires with her daughter Janice to drive Joan insane and deprive her of her rightful inheritance.