Sheila Sim Biography

Fast Facts

• Was a trustee and vice president of the Actor's Charitable Trust and the actors' care home Denville Hall
• Trained in acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where she first met her future husband Richard Attenborough
• Was married to actor Richard Attenborough for nearly 70 years until his death in 2014 and the couple had three children, Michael, Jane and Charlotte
• Her first acting role came on stage in a production of Ivor Novello's "Fresh Fields" in 1942
• Made her screen acting debut in 1944's "A Canterbury Tale," drawing on her experiences in the Women's Land Army for the role
• Best known for playing Alison Smith in "A Canterbury Tale" and Janet in "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman․"
• Co-starred with her husband, Richard Attenborough, in the original London production of Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap․"