Sheila Fearn

Sheila Fearn
Born (1940-10-03) 3 October 1940
Leicester, England
Occupation Former Actress
Years active 1957-1988

Sheila Fearn (born 3 October 1940 in Leicester) 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.

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".[1]

Fearn retired from acting in 1988.

Television roles

YearTitleRoleNotes
1963Coronation StreetGloria Dee
1963-1964Emergency Ward 10Nurse Elizabeth Benskin
1964-1966The Likely LadsAudrey Collier
1965Z CarsLucy Morrison
1965The Wednesday PlayAnn Johnson
1965Dixon of Dock Green Pat Rogers
1965-1966The Big SpenderPolly
1966Weavers GreenSue Patterson
1966Adam Adamant Lives!Susie
1966Drama 61-67Loretta Mays
1967Armchair TheatreRoma
1967No Hiding PlaceJennifer Hemlyn
1967The Beverly HillbilliesYoung Lady
1967The AvengersJenny
1968Z CarsJosie Benson
1968Public EyeValerie Kitson
1968The ExpertJean Chambers
1969Barrister at LawCatherine Brent
1969Special BranchDet. Sgt. Sarah Gifford
1969HadleighShirley Spence
1970Paul TempleLeda Bailey
1971TrialGwen Chappell
1972Thirty-Minute TheatreAudrey
1972New Scotland YardJoan Prentice
1972-1974Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?Audrey Collier
1973ITV Sunday Night TheatreBarbara
1973Love StorySally
1974ThrillerPrudence Claire
1975Spy TrapMrs. Church
1975Crown CourtMrs. Deborah Todd
1976-1980George and MildredAnn Fourmile
1977-1978The Flockton FlyerKathy Carter
1978ParablesCarol Wibberley
1982Sorry!Freddie
1987Screen TwoMrs. Hargreaves
1988News at TwelveIris Swindley

References

  1. ↑ Webber, Richard with Clement, Dick and La Frenais, Ian (1999). Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads. Orion. ISBN 0-7528-3793-1.
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