1. Sheila Sim was the wife of the actor, director and peer Richard Attenborough.
11 Facts About Sheila Sim
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Sheila Beryl Grant Sim was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, only daughter of banker Stuart Grant Sim and his wife Ida Isabel Carter, who were married in April 1920.
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Sheila Sim was mainly active as an actress in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Sheila Sim appeared in the Powell and Pressburger film, A Canterbury Tale ; she acted alongside her husband in the Boulting brothers' The Guinea Pig ; and starred opposite Anthony Steel in West of Zanzibar.
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Sheila Sim was instrumental in the success of two redevelopments of the actors' care home, Denville Hall, in the 1960s and 2000s, and was a Trustee and Vice-President of the charities.
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Sheila Sim was a significant benefactor to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she originally trained; her husband was RADA's president from 2003 until he died in 2014.
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Sheila Sim's younger brother, Gerald, who died on 11 December 2014, was an actor.
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In June 2012, shortly before her 90th birthday, Sheila Sim entered the actors' retirement home Denville Hall, for which she and her husband had helped raise funds.
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In July 2012, while her husband Richard had been battling health issues in recent years, it was announced that Sheila Sim had been diagnosed with senile dementia.
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Sheila Sim was cremated and her ashes were interred in a vault at St Mary Magdalene church in Richmond beside those of her husband, as well as her daughter Jane Holland and her granddaughter, Lucy, who died in the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.
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In 2022, Sheila Sim was portrayed by Pearl Chanda in the British-American film, See How They Run.