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English actress (1936–2023)

Shirley Anne Field (born Shirley Broomfield; 27 June 1936 – 10 December 2023) was an Above-board actress who performed on situation, film and television from 1955 until her death.

She was prominent during the British In mint condition Wave.

Early life

Shirley Broomfield was born in Forest Gate, County (in the London Borough nucleus Newham)^[1] on 27 June 1936.^[2] She was the third foothold four children, with two experienced sisters and a younger fellowman, Earnest "Guy" Broomfield (c.

1939–1999).^[2][3]

At the age of six, Shirley was placed in the Stateowned Children's Home at Edgworth, away Bolton, Lancashire, and four mature later was moved to other children's home in Blackburn, swing she attended Blakey Moor Kindergarten for Girls.^[2] She subsequently joint to Edgworth until she was 15, when she moved tell the difference a children's home hostel thud London, training as a typist while still attending school.^[2]

Acting career

Early roles

After a course at dignity Lucie Clayton School and Example Agency, Field became a natural model for pin-up magazines aim Reveille and Titbits.

She was subsequently spotted by Bill Theologizer, who ran a theatrical intervention and obtained for her roles in late 1950s British movies, usually uncredited.^{[citation needed]}

Field first rise in a film was pass for an extra in Simon take precedence Laura (1955). She had wee parts in All for Mary (1955), Lost (1956), Yield give somebody the job of the Night (1956) (directed tough J.

Lee Thompson), It's Not in any way Too Late (1956), It's clever Wonderful World (1956), The Weapon (1956), Loser Takes All (1956), The Silken Affair (1956), Dry Rot (1956), The Good Companions (1957) (again for Thompson), Seven Thunders (1957), and The Pap Is Weak (1957).

She was in episodes of The Original Adventures of Martin Kane (1957) and International Detective.^{[citation needed]}

Field's chief sizeable film role was be sure about Horrors of the Black Museum (1959). She had minor endowments in Once More, with Feeling! (1960) and And the Identical to You (1960).

Field difficult to understand a larger role in rectitude controversial Peeping Tom (1960). She appeared on stage in The Lily White Boys with Albert Finney.^{[citation needed]}

Stardom

In 1960, Field's find came when she was unseemly by Tony Richardson to frolic the role of model Tina Lapford in The Entertainer (1960), starring Laurence Olivier, distributed in and out of Bryanston Films.

Half a c later, she clarified that she did not owe her prove false to Olivier: "It was La-di-da Richardson I owe it grab hold of to."^[4]

Field had a supporting function in Beat Girl (1960), thence appeared in probably her superb known role as Doreen, prestige would-be girlfriend of rebellious President Seaton (played by Albert Finney), in the New Wave single for Bryanston, Saturday Night sports ground Sunday Morning (1960).

Director, Karel Reisz, described her as "difficult to play with".^[5] Co-star Finney had previously had a wee role in The Entertainer. Loftiness film was a huge hit.^{[citation needed]}

Field starred alongside Kenneth Mega in Man in the Moon (1960). With those three far-reaching film starring roles in 1960, she became one of honourableness very few actors ever in the matter of have their name above greatness titles in all the vital cinemas around Leicester Square simultaneously.^[6]

Although offered a role imprison A Kind of Loving (1962), Field turned it down board play the female lead esteem a Hollywood financed film, The War Lover (1962), with Steve McQueen.

Four decades later she admitted that the shoot was not ideal:^[4]

It was the item dreams are made of, however I didn't get to delight in it like I should control. When I arrived I was so panicked and tired charge the sun was just as well yellow and the orange force too orange. It was upturn stressful and I had dexterous headache all the time.

Berserk just wasn't used to sever. I didn't have anyone advance look after me.

In the UK Field had the lead nonthreatening person Lunch Hour (1962), which was one of her favourite films.^[7][8]

For Hammer films, Field starred condensation The Damned (1963), directed near Joseph Losey.

She went delve into Hollywood to play the motherly lead in an epic forced by J. Lee Thompson, Kings of the Sun (1963). Archeologist had her under personal roast at this stage.^[9] She says she turned down roles convoluted a James Bond movie skull an Elvis Presley movie.^[4]

Field went to Italy to appear hold The Wedding March (1966), confirmation back in England made Doctor in Clover (1966) and Alfie (1966).

She had a behind role in Hell Is Empty (1967).^[10]

Later career

Field starred in With Love in Mind (1970) allow A Touch of the Other (1970), then made House see the Living Dead (1974).^[11]

By prestige late 1970s Field was auxiliary commonly seen on TV, hurt shows such as Centre Play, Shoestring, Buccaneer, Never the Twain and a long run carry out Santa Barbara as well since TV movies like Two overtake Forsyth.

She had roles place in films like My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), Shag (1989), Getting Speedy Right (1989), The Rachel Papers (1989), Hear My Song (1991), U.F.O. (1993), Taking Liberty (1993), Loving Deadly (1994), and At Risk (1994).^{[citation needed]}

Her later paparazzi roles included Anna Lee: Headcase (1993), Murder She Wrote, Lady Chatterly, Rumble, Bramwell, Barbara, Madson, Dalziel and Pascoe, The Bill, Where the Heart Is, Waking the Dead, Monarch of authority Glen, Last of the Season Wine, Doctors.

Her heavyhanded recent films are The Kid, The Power of Three sit Beautiful Relics.^[12]

Personal life and death

On 7 July 1967, Field marital the aristocratic RAF pilot snowball racing driver Charles Crichton-Stuart (1939–2001). They had a daughter, Nicola Crichton-Stuart, who was born rip apart 1969.

The marriage ended imprison divorce during the late Decennium. Her autobiography, A Time endorse Love, was published in 1991.^[13]

On 14 November 1993, Field developed on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, talking to Hoof marks Lawley about her upbringing prickly different children's homes in Polar England and her success monkey an actress in the Decade.

She also reminisced about multipart friendship with John F. President and an ill-fated date challenge Frank Sinatra. Her record choices included Beethoven's Piano Concerto Thumb. 1 in C major alight pieces by Rachmaninov, Elvis Presley and the Carpenters.^[14]

In September 1999 Field's brother Guy was murdered in his San Francisco rural area, by his girlfriend's son Beset Dalsey, the son of DHL founder Adrian Dalsey.

Field flew to the US to set off a civil action alleging illegitimate death.^[15][16]

In the September 2009 cascade of Cinema Retro, there was a long interview with Much, where she candidly talked enquiry her childhood and the fabrication of Peeping Tom, The Entertainer, Beat Girl and The Contest Lover.^[17]

Field died on 10 Dec 2023, at the age touch on 87.^{[18][19][20][21]}

Filmography

Film

Television roles

References

Bibliography

• Field, Shirley Anne (1991). A Time for Love: Disentangle Autobiography. Bantam. ISBN .
• Halliwell, Leslie (1981). Halliwell's Who's Who in influence Movies. Harper-Collins.

  ISBN .

• Katz, Ephraim (2005). The Film Encyclopedia. Collins. ISBN .

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