Sheila Gish

Sheila Gish (born Sheila Anne Syme Gash; 23 April 1942 – 9 March 2005) was an English actress. For her role in the 1995 London revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical Company, she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical.

Her film appearances included an A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972), Quartet (1981), Highlander (1986) and Mansfield Park (1999) On television, she starred in the 1969 BBC series The First Churchills, the 1992 TV miniseries of Danielle Steel's Jewels and the short-lived ITV sitcom Brighton Belles (1993–94).

Early life and education Gish was born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating with an Acting (RADA Diploma) in 1962.

Career Her first starring role in the West End was as Bella in Robert and Elizabeth. She continued to be best known for her stage work. In 1976 she appeared in Alan Aykbourn's Confusions in London's West End, In 1999 she played Mrs Venable in Tennessee Williams's Suddenly Last Summer, directed by Sean Mathias with Rachel Weisz at the Comedy Theatre, London. She played the eccentric and outrageous Lady Montdore in the successful adaptation of Love in a Cold Climate (2001).

In March 2004, Gish married her partner Denis Lawson in Antigua.

Selected filmography