Sheila Fearn

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 Thames Television sitcom George and Mildred.

Sheila Fearn
Born (1940-10-03) 3 October 1940
Leicester, England
OccupationActress
Years active1957–1988

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, Thriller (1 episode, 1974), 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 aged 48 after breaking a leg during a fall from a mountain, leaving her with a prominent limp, which made her believe casting directors would no longer be attracted to her.

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
1963Coronation StreetGloria Dee2 episodes
1963Billy LiarTelephonistUncredited
1963-64Emergency Ward 10Nurse Elizabeth Benskin7 episodes
1964A Hard Day's NightMakeup-ladyUncredited
1964-66The Likely LadsAudrey Collier9 episodes
1965-76Z CarsGreer Hatton / Gwen Newcombe / Josie Benson / Lucy Morrison5 episodes
1965The Wednesday PlayAnn JohnsonEpisode: "Wear a Very Big Hat"
1965Catch Us If You CanShirleyUncredited
1965Dixon of Dock GreenPat RogersEpisode: "The Intruders"
1965-66The Big SpenderPolly6 episodes
1966Weavers GreenSue Patterson3 episodes
1966Adam Adamant Lives!SusieEpisode: "Death Has a Thousand Faces"
1966Drama 61-67Loretta MaysEpisode: "Drama '66: A Hero of Modern Industry"
1967Armchair TheatreRomaEpisode: "A World of Time"
1967No Hiding PlaceJennifer HemlynEpisode: "A Murder Is a Murder"
1967The Beverly HillbilliesYoung ladyEpisode: "Clampett Castle"
1967The AvengersJennyEpisode: "Murdersville"
1968Public EyeValerie KitsonEpisode: "If This Is Lucky, I'd Rather Be Jonah"
1968The ExpertJean ChambersEpisode: "Nice Day"
1969Barrister at LawCatherine BrentTV movie
1969Special BranchDet. Sgt. Sarah GiffordEpisode: "The Children of Delight"
1969HadleighShirley SpenceEpisode: "For Those in Peril"
1970Paul TempleLeda BaileyEpisode: "The Man from the Sea"
1971TrialGwen ChappellEpisode: "Good People"
1972Thirty-Minute TheatreAudreyEpisode: "An Arrow for Little Audrey"
1972New Scotland YardJoan PrenticeEpisode: "And When You're Wrong"
1972-74Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?Audrey Collier11 episodes
1973ITV Sunday Night TheatreBarbara11 episodes
1973Love StorySallyEpisode: "Walter"
1974ThrillerPrudence ClaireEpisode: "Sign It Death"
1975Spy TrapMrs. ChurchEpisode: "A Nice Place to Live"
1975Crown CourtMrs. Deborah ToddEpisode: "A Nice Place to Live"
1976The Likely LadsAudrey Collier
1976-80George and MildredAnn Fourmile38 episodes
1977-78The Flockton FlyerKathy Carter6 episodes
1978ParablesCarol WibberleyEpisode: "Neighbours"
1980George and Mildred (film)Ann Fourmile
1981Time BanditsKevin's mother
1982Sorry!Freddie3 episodes
1987Screen TwoMrs HargreavesEpisode: "East of Ipswich"
1988News at TwelveIris Swindley6 episodes, (final appearance)


References
  1. Webber, Richard with Clement, Dick and La Frenais, Ian (1999). Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads. Orion. ISBN 0-7528-3793-1.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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