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Sheila Steafel
South African-born British actressTemplate:SHORTDESC:South African-born British actress
Sheila Steafel | |
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| Born | Sheila Frances Steafel (1935-05-26)26 May 1935 Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Died | 23 August 2019(2019-08-23) (aged 84) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Occupation(s) | Film, radio, stage and television actress |
| Years active | 1957–2019 |
| Spouse | Harry H. Corbett (m. 1958; div. 1964) |
Sheila Frances Steafel (26 May 1935 – 23 August 2019)[1] was a British actress, who was born in Johannesburg, but lived all her adult life in the United Kingdom.[2]
Life and career
Steafel, who was born in Johannesburg,[2] trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.[3] She appeared in many television series, including The Frost Report, Z-Cars, Sykes, Dave Allen at Large, The Kenny Everett Television Show, Minder, The Ghosts of Motley Hall, Oh Brother! Horror Family Sci-Fi Drama Crime Romance Comedy Fantasy Adventure Biography Imaginary Supernatural Surreal Coming of age 0 1036 5521 1324 2008 British TV play The Curse of Steptoe is a television play which was first broadcast on 19 March 2008 on BBC Four as part of a season of dramas about television personalities. It stars Jason Isaacs as Harry H. Corbett and Phil Davis as Wilfrid Brambell. The drama centres on the actors' on- and off-screen relationship during the making of the BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son, and is based on interviews with colleagues, friends and family of the actors, and the Steptoe writers, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.[1] The screenplay was written by Brian Fillis, also responsible for the similarly themed 2006 drama Fear of Fanny, which is about television personality Fanny Cradock off-screen. The 66-minute film is directed by Michael Samuels and produced by Ben Bickerton. The drama was widely acclaimed and won the Royal Television Society Award 2008 for "Single Drama".[2] However, the drama generated controversy due to perceived historical inaccuracies, and following complaints to the BBC by Corbett's family, two revised versions of the d
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Sheila Steafel 1935 - 2019
14 movies | 44 Blu-ray releases | 33 DVD releases
Born on May 26, 1935 in Johannesburg, South Africa as Sheila Frances Steafel. She died on August 23, 2019 in London, England at the age of 84.
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: 7.7 / 10 Melody (1971)Lowest rated
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The Curse of Steptoe
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