Shirley Anne Field

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27 czerwca 1938 — 10 grudnia 2023 (85 years)
Shirley Anne Field (born Shirley Broomfield; June 27, 1938 - December 10, 2023) was an English actress who performed on stage, film and television since 1955, prominent during the British New Wave.

After a course at the Lucie Clayton School and Model Agency, she became a photographic model for pin-up magazines like Reveille and Titbits. She was subsequently spotted by Bill Watts, who ran a theatrical agency and obtained for her roles in late 1950s British films, usually uncredited. Her first appearance in a film was as an extra in Simon and Laura (1955). She had small parts in All for Mary (1955), Lost (1956), Yield to the Night (1956) (directed by J. Lee Thompson), It's Never Too Late (1956), It's a 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 Flesh Is Weak (1957). She was in episodes of The New Adventures of Martin Kane (1957) and International Detective. Field's first sizeable film role was in Horrors of the Black Museum (1959). She had minor parts in Once More, with Feeling! (1960) and And the Same to You (1960). Field had a larger role in the controversial Peeping Tom (1960). She appeared on stage in The Lily White Boys with Albert Finney.

In 1960, Field's breakthrough came when she was chosen by Tony Richardson to play the role of model Tina Lapford in The Entertainer (1960), starring Laurence Olivier, distributed by Bryanston Films. Field had a supporting role in Beat Girl (1960), then appeared in probably her best known role as Doreen, the would-be girlfriend of rebellious Arthur Seaton (played by Albert Finney), in the New Wave film Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960).

Field starred alongside Kenneth More in Man in the Moon (1960). With those three big film starring roles in 1960, she became one of the very few actors ever to have their name above the titles in all the major cinemas around Leicester Square simultaneously.

Although offered a role in A Kind of Loving (1962), Field turned it down to play the female lead in a Hollywood financed film, The War Lover (1962), with Steve McQueen. In the UK, she had the lead in Lunch Hour (1962), which was one of her favorite films. For Hammer films, Field starred in The Damned (1963), directed by Joseph Losey. She went to Hollywood to play the female lead in an epic directed by J. Lee Thompson, Kings of the Sun (1963). Thompson had her under personal contract at this stage.

Field went to Italy to appear in The Wedding March (1966), then back in England made Doctor in Clover (1966) and Alfie (1966). She had a supporting role in Hell Is Empty (1967) and later starred in With Love in Mind (1970) and A Touch of the Other (1970), then made House of the Living Dead (1974).

By the late 1970s Field was more commonly seen on TV, in shows such as Centre Play, Shoestring, Buccaneer, Never the Twain and a long run on Santa Barbara as well as TV movies like Two by Forsyth. She had roles in films like My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), Shag (1989), Getting It Right (1989), The Rachel Papers (1989), Hear My Song (1991), UFO (1993), Taking Liberty (1993), Loving Deadly (1994), and At Risk (1994).

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Music-hall
    Music-hall1960
  • Beat Girl
    Beat Girl1960
  • Lecznica doktor Bramwell
    Lecznica doktor Bramwell2 seasons
  • House of the Living Dead
    House of the Living Dead1974
  • Małpia baśń
    Małpia baśń1999
  • Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
    Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry2000
  • And the Same to You
    And the Same to You1960
  • Na skrzydłach wolności
    Na skrzydłach wolności1993
  • The Power of Three
    The Power of Three2011

Known For

  • Z soboty na niedzielę
    Z soboty na niedzielę1960
  • Alfie
    Alfie1966
  • Moja piękna pralnia
    Moja piękna pralnia1985
  • Fabryka nieśmiertelnych
    Fabryka nieśmiertelnych1962
  • Wojenny kochanek
    Wojenny kochanek1962
  • Królowie Słońca
    Królowie Słońca1963
  • Music-hall
    Music-hall1960
  • Kochanek Lady Chatterley
    Kochanek Lady Chatterley4 episodes
  • Horrors of the Black Museum
    Horrors of the Black Museum1959
  • Posłuchaj mojej pieśni
    Posłuchaj mojej pieśni1991
  • Lunch Hour
    Lunch Hour1962
  • House of the Living Dead
    House of the Living Dead1974
  • Beat Girl
    Beat Girl1960
  • Man in the Moon
    Man in the Moon1960
  • Carnaby, M.D.
    Carnaby, M.D.1966
  • Marsz weselny
    Marsz weselny1966
  • Małpia baśń
    Małpia baśń1999
  • U.F.O.
    U.F.O.1993
  • Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
    Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry2000
  • Once More, with Feeling!
    Once More, with Feeling!1960

Filmografia

2011
The Power of Three · as JenniNa Plex
2010
The Kid · as Margaret
2000
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry · as Mary The Mother Of ChristieNa Plex
2000
Waking the Dead · as Monica Reynolds
2000
Doctors · as Flora Reid
2000
1999
A Monkey's Tale · as The GovernessNa Plex
1997
Where the Heart Is · as Linda
1996
Madson · as Elaine Dews
1996
Dalziel and Pascoe · as Cissy Kohler
1995
Barbara · as Jean
1995
Bramwell · as Peggy HeartNa Plex
1995
Taking Liberty · as CastNa Plex
1994
At Risk · as Mrs. Nolan
1994
Loving Deadly · as Madame
1993
U.F.O. · as Supreme Commander
1993
Lady Chatterley · as Mrs Ivy Bolton
1993
Anna Lee: Headcase · as Mrs. Westerman
1991
Hear My Song · as Cathleen Doyle
1990
El C.I.D. · as Dolly
1989
The Rachel Papers · as Mrs. Seth Smith
1989
Getting It Right · as Anne
1988
Shag · as Mrs. Clatterbuck
1985
1984
The Bill · as Janice Laughlin
1984
Murder, She Wrote · as Anne Gillen
1984
Santa Barbara · as Pamela Capwell Conrad
1982
1981
Never the Twain · as Stephanie
1979
Shoestring · as Barbara Knight
1974
House of the Living Dead · as Mary Anne CarewNa Plex
1973
1970
1970
1966
Alfie · as Carla
1966
Carnaby, M.D. · as Nurse Bancroft
1966
The Wedding March · as Laure
1963
Kings of the Sun · as Ixchel
1963
Lunch Hour · as Girl
1962
The Damned · as Joan
1962
The War Lover · as Daphne Caldwell
1961
1960
The Entertainer · as Tina LapfordNa Plex
1960
Man in the Moon · as Polly
1960
1960
Beat Girl · as DodoNa Plex
1960
Peeping Tom · as Pauline Shields
1960
Once More, with Feeling! · as Angela Hooper
1960
And the Same to You · as Iris CollinsNa Plex
1959
Upstairs and Downstairs · as Arriving Passenger 2 (uncredited)
1959
Horrors of the Black Museum · as Angela Banks
1957
The Beasts of Marseilles · as Prostitute
1957
The Good Companions · as Redhead - Three Graces
1957
The Flesh Is Weak · as Susan
1956
It's a Wonderful World · as Pretty Girl
1956
Dry Rot · as Waitress At The Three Frogs Café
1956
1956
The Silken Affair · as Young Lady
1956
Loser Takes All · as Attractive Girl In Salle Rivée (uncredited)
1956
Yield to the Night · as (unknown)
1956
Tears for Simon · as Girl Working At Taxi Garage
1956
1955
All for Mary · as Young Woman On Aeroplane
1955
Simon and Laura · as Minor Role
1954
The Vise · as Girl At Nightclub Table