Years active 1957-1988 Name Sheila Fearn | Role Actress | |
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Movies and TV shows George and Mildred, The Likely Lads, Whatever Happened to the Lik, Time Bandits, Emergency – Ward 10 Similar People Norman Eshley, Nicholas Bond‑Owen, Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy, Rodney Bewes | ||
Actress sheila fearn in rain gear
Sheila Fearn (born 3 October 1940 in Leicester, Leicestershire) is a retired British actress best known for playing Audrey, the sister of Terry Collier in BBC situation comedies The Likely Lads and Whatever Happened to The Likely Lads?, and also later on as Ann Fourmile, the next door neighbour in the popular Thames Television sitcom George and Mildred.
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Early life
She attended Gateway Girls Grammar School on Elbow Lane in Leicester, which closed in 1960.
Career
On film she appeared in Billy Liar (1963), Catch Us If You Can (1965) and Time Bandits (1981), as well as the film versions of both The Likely Lads (1976) and George and Mildred (1980). Fearn's other television credits include Adam Adamant Lives!, Paul Temple, Crown Court, East of Ipswich by Michael Palin, Emergency – Ward 10, Walter, Z-Cars and The Avengers. She also played Freddie, a girlfriend of Ronnie Corbett's character Timothy, in Sorry! She also appeared many times with The Scaffold.
Likely Lads writer Ian La Frenais said of her "she was sexy and funny and she knew John Lennon...Sheila always found time for everyone, and I now think of her and Audrey with great affection".
Sheila Fearn left the acting profession in 1988.
Filmography
Actress
1988
News at Twelve (TV Series) as
Iris Swindley
- Episode #1.6 (1988) - Iris Swindley
- Episode #1.5 (1988) - Iris Swindley
- Episode #1.4 (1988) - Iris Swindley
- Episode #1.3 (1988) - Iris Swindley
- Episode #1.2 (1988) - Iris Swindley
- Episode #1.1 (1988) - Iris Swindley
1987
Screen Two (TV Series) as
Mrs. Hargreaves
- East of Ipswich (1987) - Mrs. Hargreaves
1982
Sorry! (TV Series) as
Freddie
- Bottom of the Class (1982) - Freddie
- You're Going Nowhere (1982) - Freddie
- The Rabbit and the Pussycat (1982) - Freddie
1981
Time Bandits as
Kevin's Mother
1980
George and Mildred as
Ann Fourmile
1976
George & Mildred (TV Series) as
Ann Fourmile
- The Twenty Six Year Itch (1979) - Ann Fourmile
- I Gotta Horse (1979) - Ann Fourmile
- Fishy Business (1979) - Ann Fourmile
- A Military Pickle (1979) - Ann Fourmile
- A Driving Ambition (1979) - Ann Fourmile
- The Last Straw (1979) - Ann Fourmile
- In Sickness and in Health (1979) - Ann Fourmile
- Finders Keepers? (1979) - Ann Fourmile
- On the Second Day of Christmas (1978) - Ann Fourmile
- The Mating Game (1978) - Ann Fourmile
- Nappy Days (1978) - Ann Fourmile
- All Work and No Pay (1978) - Ann Fourmile
- You Must Have Showers (1978) - Ann Fourmile
- Days of Beer and Rosie (1978) - Ann Fourmile
- Just the Job (1978) - Ann Fourmile
- Life with Father (1978) - Ann Fourmile
- The Delivery Man (1978) - Ann Fourmile
- The Four Letter Word (1978) - Ann Fourmile
- I Believe in Yesterday (1978) - Ann Fourmile
- And So to Bed (1978) - Ann Fourmile
- Opportunity Knocks (1978) - Ann Fourmile
- No Business Like Show Business (1977) - Ann Fourmile
- The Dorothy Letters (1977) - Ann Fourmile
- The Right Way to Travel (1977) - Ann Fourmile
- The Unkindest Cut of All (1977) - Ann Fourmile
- The Travelling Man (1977) - Ann Fourmile
- All Around the Clock (1977) - Ann Fourmile
- Jumble Pie (1977) - Ann Fourmile
- Family Planning (1976) - Ann Fourmile
- My Husband Next Door (1976) - Ann Fourmile
- Best Foot Forward (1976) - Ann Fourmile
- The Little Dog Laughed (1976) - Ann Fourmile
- Where My Caravan Has Rested (1976) - Ann Fourmile
- Your Money or Your Life (1976) - Ann Fourmile
- Baby Talk (1976) - Ann Fourmile
- - And Women Must Weep (1976) - Ann Fourmile
- The Bad Penny (1976) - Ann Fourmile
- Moving On (1976) - Ann Fourmile
1978
BBC2 Play of the Week (TV Series) as
Jenny
- Night People (1978) - Jenny
1978
Parables (TV Series) as
Carol Wibberley
- Neighbours (1978) - Carol Wibberley
1977
The Flockton Flyer (TV Series) as
Kathy Carter / Kathy
- I Name This Ship (1977) - Kathy Carter
- Oo Do You Suppose Will Get the Medal? (1977) - Kathy Carter
- Under the Circumstances (1977) - Kathy Carter
- Pull the Other One (1977) - Kathy Carter
- Game Set and Match (1977) - Kathy Carter
- Be It Ever So Humble (1977) - Kathy
1976
BBC2 Playhouse (TV Series) as
Maggie
- Practical Experience (1976) - Maggie
1976
The Likely Lads as
Audrey Collier
1965
Z Cars (TV Series) as
Josie Benson / Greer Hatton / Gwen Newcombe / ...
- Prisoners (1976) - Greer Hatton
- Boy in Blue (1975) - Gwen Newcombe
- Hudson's Way: Part 2 (1968) - Josie Benson
- Hudson's Way: Part 1 (1968) - Josie Benson
- The Hard-Faced Grabber (1965) - Lucy Morrison
1975
The Rough with the Smooth (TV Series) as
Sally Thackeray
- Episode #1.4 (1975) - Sally Thackeray
1975
Crown Court (TV Series) as
Mrs. Deborah Todd
- Light the Blue Touch-Paper: Part 3 (1975) - Mrs. Deborah Todd
- Light the Blue Touch-Paper: Part 2 (1975) - Mrs. Deborah Todd
- Light the Blue Touch-Paper: Part 1 (1975) - Mrs. Deborah Todd
1975
Spy Trap (TV Series) as
Mrs. Church
- A Nice Place to Live (1975) - Mrs. Church
1973
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (TV Series) as
Audrey Collier
- The Shape of Things to Come (1974) - Audrey Collier
- The Go-Between (1974) - Audrey Collier
- Between Ourselves (1974) - Audrey Collier
- Some Day We'll Laugh About This (1974) - Audrey Collier
- The Great Race (1974) - Audrey Collier
- End of an Era (1973) - Audrey Collier
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (1973) - Audrey Collier
- No Hiding Place (1973) - Audrey Collier
- Moving On (1973) - Audrey Collier
- Cold Feet (1973) - Audrey Collier
- Home Is the Hero (1973) - Audrey Collier
1974
Thriller (TV Series) as
Prudence Claire
- Sign It Death (1974) - Prudence Claire
1973
Love Story (TV Series) as
Sally
- Walter (1973) - Sally
1971
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) as
Barbara / Estelle Gurney
- Reckoning Day (1973) - Barbara
- Fly on the Wall: The Designer (1971) - Estelle Gurney
1970
Menace (TV Series) as
Audrey / The Woman
- Comfortable Words (1973) - Audrey
- Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1970) - The Woman
1972
New Scotland Yard (TV Series) as
Joan Prentice
- And When You're Wrong (1972) - Joan Prentice
1972
Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) as
Audrey
- An Arrow for Little Audrey (1972) - Audrey
1971
Trial (TV Series) as
Gwen Chappell
- Good People (1971) - Gwen Chappell
1970
Ryan International (TV Series) as
Luci
- Evidence of Murder (1970) - Luci
1970
Paul Temple (TV Series) as
Leda Bailey
- The Man from the Sea (1970) - Leda Bailey
1969
Hadleigh (TV Series) as
Shirley Spence
- For Those in Peril (1969) - Shirley Spence
1969
Special Branch (TV Series) as
Det. Sgt. Sarah Gifford
- The Children of Delight (1969) - Det. Sgt. Sarah Gifford
1969
Barrister at Law (TV Movie) as
Catherine Brent
1968
The Expert (TV Series) as
Jean Chambers
- Nice Day (1968) - Jean Chambers
1968
Public Eye (TV Series) as
Valerie Kitson
- If This Is Lucky, I'd Rather Be Jonah (1968) - Valerie Kitson
1967
The Avengers (TV Series) as
Jenny
- Murdersville (1967) - Jenny
1963
Coronation Street (TV Series) as
Cicely / Gloria Dee
- Episode #1.706 (1967) - Cicely
- Episode #1.705 (1967) - Cicely
- Episode #1.704 (1967) - Cicely
- Episode #1.257 (1963) - Gloria Dee
- Episode #1.256 (1963) - Gloria Dee
1967
The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series) as
Young Lady
- Clampett Castle (1967) - Young Lady
1967
No Hiding Place (TV Series) as
Jennifer Hemlyn
- A Murder Is a Murder (1967) - Jennifer Hemlyn
1967
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) as
Roma
- A World of Time (1967) - Roma
1966
Drama 61-67 (TV Series) as
Loretta Mays
- Drama '66: A Hero of Modern Industry (1966) - Loretta Mays
1964
The Likely Lads (TV Series) as
Audrey Collier
- Goodbye to All That (1966) - Audrey Collier
- Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (1965) - Audrey Collier
- Far Away Places (1965) - Audrey Collier
- Last of the Big Spenders (1965) - Audrey Collier
- Talk of the Town (1965) - Audrey Collier
- The Suitor (1965) - Audrey Collier
- Chance of a Lifetime (1965) - Audrey Collier
- Double Date (1964) - Audrey Collier
- Entente Cordiale (1964) - Audrey Collier
1966
Adam Adamant Lives! (TV Series) as
Susie
- Death Has a Thousand Faces (1966) - Susie
1966
Weavers Green (TV Series) as
Sue Patterson
- Episode #1.11 (1966) - Sue Patterson
- Episode #1.10 (1966) - Sue Patterson
- Episode #1.2 (1966) - Sue Patterson
1965
The Big Spender (TV Series) as
Polly
- The Twist (1966) - Polly
- The Snatch (1966) - Polly
- The Green Table (1965) - Polly
- The Front Man (1965) - Polly
- The Hard Sell (1965) - Polly
- The Soft Bribe (1965) - Polly
1965
Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) as
Pat Rogers
- The Intruders (1965) - Pat Rogers
1965
Having a Wild Weekend as
Shirley (uncredited)
1965
The Wednesday Play (TV Series) as
Ann Johnson
- Wear a Very Big Hat (1965) - Ann Johnson
1964
A Christmas Night with the Stars (TV Series) as
Audrey Collier - The Likely Lads segment
- Episode dated 25 December 1964 (1964) - Audrey Collier - The Likely Lads segment
1964
A Hard Day's Night as
Makeup Lady (uncredited)
1963
Emergency-Ward 10 (TV Series) as
Nurse Elizabeth Benskin
- Episode #1.690 (1964) - Nurse Elizabeth Benskin
- Episode #1.672 (1964) - Nurse Elizabeth Benskin
- Episode #1.660 (1963) - Nurse Elizabeth Benskin
- Episode #1.652 (1963) - Nurse Elizabeth Benskin
- Episode #1.651 (1963) - Nurse Elizabeth Benskin
- Episode #1.648 (1963) - Nurse Elizabeth Benskin
- Episode #1.642 (1963) - Nurse Elizabeth Benskin
1964
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) as
The girl in the pub
- I Can Walk Where I Like Can't I? (1964) - The girl in the pub
1963
Billy Liar as
Telephonist (uncredited)
Archive Footage
2015
Britain's Best Loved Sitcoms (TV Series documentary) as
Comedy Role
- Episode #1.1 (2015) - Comedy Role (uncredited)
2002
Heroes of Comedy (TV Series documentary)
- Ronnie Corbett (2002)
References
Sheila Fearn Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA