Sheila Sim
(1922-2016), Actress; wife of Sir Richard AttenboroughSheila (née Sim), Lady Attenborough
Sitter in 6 portraits
Film and theatre actress, Sheila Sim trained at RADA. Her key films during the 1940s included A Canterbury Tale (1944) and The Guinea Pig (1948), in which she starred opposite her husband Richard Attenborough. They also co-starred on stage in the first London production of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap (1952). At the invitation of Noel Coward, Sim worked for the Actor's Charitable Trust, which she supported for more than sixty years. She also appeared with Ava Gardner in Albert Letwin's Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951).
by London News Agency
bromide press print, 1949
NPG x184020
Richard Attenborough; Sheila Sim
by Reuben Saidman
bromide press print, 1950
NPG x198285
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 30 July 1969
NPG x166042
Sheila Sim; Bryan Forbes; Nanette Newman; Richard Attenborough
by John Drysdale
resin print
NPG x134370
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