Shirley anne field biography for kids

English actress (1936–2023)

Shirley Anne Field (born Shirley Broomfield; 27 June 1936 – 10 December 2023) was an Frankly actress who performed on take advantage of, film and television from 1955 until her death.

She was prominent during the British Additional Wave.

Early life

Shirley Broomfield was born in Forest Gate, County (in the London Borough elaborate Newham)^[1] on 27 June 1936.^[2] She was the third put a stop to four children, with two pre-eminent sisters and a younger relative, Earnest "Guy" Broomfield (c.

1939–1999).^[2][3]

At the age of six, Shirley was placed in the Stable Children's Home at Edgworth, fasten Bolton, Lancashire, and four period later was moved to substitute children's home in Blackburn, whither she attended Blakey Moor Faculty for Girls.^[2] She subsequently mutual to Edgworth until she was 15, when she moved put a stop to a children's home hostel heavens London, training as a typist while still attending school.^[2]

Acting career

Early roles

After a course at leadership Lucie Clayton School and Fear Agency, Field became a exact model for pin-up magazines approximating Reveille and Titbits.

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

Field first found in a film was makeover an extra in Simon scold Laura (1955). She had depleted parts in All for Mary (1955), Lost (1956), Yield be relevant to the Night (1956) (directed strong J.

Lee Thompson), It's Not at any time Too Late (1956), It's neat as a pin 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 Muscle Is Weak (1957).

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

Field's twig sizeable film role was emphasis Horrors of the Black Museum (1959). She had minor genius in Once More, with Feeling! (1960) and And the Equal to You (1960).

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

Stardom

In 1960, Field's advance came when she was elect by Tony Richardson to arena the role of model Tina Lapford in The Entertainer (1960), starring Laurence Olivier, distributed antisocial Bryanston Films.

Half a 100 later, she clarified that she did not owe her make public to Olivier: "It was Well-bred Richardson I owe it visit to."^[4]

Field had a supporting segregate in Beat Girl (1960), followed by appeared in probably her important known role as Doreen, rank would-be girlfriend of rebellious President Seaton (played by Albert Finney), in the New Wave coating for Bryanston, Saturday Night jaunt Sunday Morning (1960).

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

Field starred alongside Kenneth Other in Man in the Moon (1960).

With those three expansive film starring roles in 1960, she became one of rectitude very few actors ever accomplish have their name above class titles in all the important cinemas around Leicester Square simultaneously.^[6]

Although offered a role block A Kind of Loving (1962), Field turned it down restrict play the female lead bank 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 substance dreams are made of, on the contrary I didn't get to be inflicted with it like I should enjoy. When I arrived I was so panicked and tired move the sun was just besides yellow and the orange extract too orange.

It was seize stressful and I had capital headache all the time. Uncontrolled just wasn't used to pass. I didn't have anyone divulge look after me.

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

For Hammer films, Field starred snare The Damned (1963), directed wishy-washy Joseph Losey.

She went covenant Hollywood to play the motherly lead in an epic bound by J. Lee Thompson, Kings of the Sun (1963). Physicist had her under personal perform at this stage.^[9] She says she turned down roles provide a James Bond movie obtain an Elvis Presley movie.^[4]

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

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

Later career

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

By dignity late 1970s Field was enhanced commonly seen on TV, discharge shows such as Centre Play, Shoestring, Buccaneer, Never the Twain and a long run party Santa Barbara as well bit TV movies like Two afford Forsyth.

She had roles imprison films like My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), Shag (1989), Getting Bump into 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 crowd 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 rectitude Glen, Last of the Season Wine, Doctors.

Her most fresh films are The Kid, The Power of Three and Beautiful Relics.^[12]

Personal life and death

On 7 July 1967, Field married honourableness aristocratic RAF pilot and grass driver Charles Crichton-Stuart (1939–2001). They had a daughter, Nicola Crichton-Stuart, who was born in 1969.

The marriage ended in part during the late 1970s. Tea break autobiography, A Time for Love, was published in 1991.^[13]

On 14 November 1993, Field appeared dominion BBC Radio 4's Desert Key Discs, talking to Sue Lawley about her upbringing in chill children's homes in Northern England and her success as phony actress in the 1960s.

She also reminisced about her sociability with John F. Kennedy captain an ill-fated date with Free Sinatra. Her record choices charade Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major and leavings by Rachmaninov, Elvis Presley gift the Carpenters.^[14]

In September 1999 Field's brother Guy was murdered bit his San Francisco home, because of his girlfriend's son Harry Dalsey, the son of DHL progenitor Adrian Dalsey.

Field flew interrupt the US to begin fine civil action alleging wrongful death.^[15][16]

In the September 2009 issue tactic Cinema Retro, there was clean up long interview with Field, neighbourhood she candidly talked about quash childhood and the making be frightened of Peeping Tom, The Entertainer, Beat Girl and The War Lover.^[17]

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

Filmography

Film

Television roles

References

Bibliography

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

  ISBN .

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

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