Sheila Sim

Birth Name:

Sheila Beryl Grant Sim

Birth Place:

Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Profession

Actress

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․"

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