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Sheila Gish
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Sheila Gish
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1942-04-23,Lincoln, England, United Kingdom
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

6.1

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973-04-19

6.7

Mansfield Park
1999-11-12

6.873

Highlander
1986-03-07

5.8

Quartet
1981-10-25

The Perfect Match

0

The Perfect Match
1995-09-06

The Lifeswappers

0

The Lifeswappers
1976-04-12

6.2

Company
1996-12-10

0

Funny
1971-11-16

1

Seasick
1996-04-05

Resnick: Rough Treatment

0

Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993-07-25

Every Home Should Have One

4.6

Every Home Should Have One
1970-03-05

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

4.4

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972-05-01

7.3

The Reckoning
1970-01-31

6.7

Darling
1965-08-03

The Bass Player

0

The Bass Player
1999-10-01

7.7

The Sweeney
1975-01-02

7.484

Jonathan Creek
1997-05-09

The Thin Blue Line

7.1

The Thin Blue Line
1995-11-13

Tales of the Unexpected

6.7

Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24

Inspector Morse

7.8

Inspector Morse
1987-01-06

5.4

Crown Court
1972-10-11

The House of Eliott

6.2

The House of Eliott
1991-08-31

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

7.3

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971-09-20

The First Churchills

6.3

The First Churchills
1969-09-27

Brighton Belles

4

Brighton Belles
1993-03-09

Helen: A Woman of Today

0

Helen: A Woman of Today
1973-09-21

5.8

Anna Karenina
1977-09-25

6.1

Play for Today
1970-10-15

6

Jewels
1992-10-18

Stanley and the Women

6

Stanley and the Women
1991-11-28

8.4

Pie in the Sky
1994-03-13

Love in a Cold Climate

7.8

Love in a Cold Climate
2001-02-04

Tales of the Unexpected

6.7

Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24

5.5

The Adventurer
1972-09-29

Tales of the Unexpected

6.7

Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24