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Sheila Steafel was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1935, into a highly talented but dysfunctional family. In spite of a difficult and unhappy childhood, Sheila discovered she had a talent for comedy and from a young age was determined to pursue a career in entertainment. At the age of 16, Sheila moved to London to study drama and built up a reputation as an accomplished comedy actress. During her career, Shelia has appeared in numerous popular television series including The Frost Report, Minder, The Ghosts of Motley Hall, Holby City, Doctors and Not Only But Also with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. She also has several film roles to her credit. Sheila was possibly best known as 'Miss Popsy Wopsy' in the BBC One old-time music hall programme The Good Old Days but her many critically acclaimed performances include her portrayal of Mistress Quickly in the Royal Shakespeare Company s Merry Wives of Windsor, Billy Liar, playing opposite Tom Courtney, How the Other Half Lives with Robert Morley, A Day in Hollywood A Night in the Ukraine in the highly acclaimed role of Harpo and the 2007 Chichester Festival Theatre Production of Funny Girl as Rosie Bryce. Sheila has also toured extensively, both in the UK and overseas, with her successful one woman shows; Steafel Solo, Victoria Plums which is also available on CD, and Steafel XPosed. Sheila married Harry H. Corbett of Steptoe and Son fame in October 1958 but the traumas of her childhood cast a shadow over the relationship and the couple were divorced in August 1964. Sheila s troubled past also began to adversely affect her career which ultimately failed to live up to its early promise. Sheila resides in Britain where she has lived for all of her adult life.
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When Harry Met Sheila is the story of highly acclaimed comedy actress, Sheila Steafel, her relationship with Steptoe and Son actor Harry H. Corbett and how a woman, who should have had the world at her feet, ultimately destroyed her marriage and promising career. Sheila s autobiography is a brave and honest account by an actress who was once crowned The Queen of Comedy , in which she explores how the traumas of her childhood; growing up in a dysfunctional family in apartheid-torn South Africa in the 1930s and 40s have impacted her personal life and career. This book also provides a fascinating insight into the world of the entertainment industry and shows how easy it is for the dreams and aspirations of those in the business to fall by the wayside. It will appeal to anyone interested in the human condition and demonstrates the huge impact that childhood experiences have on our adult lives. When Harry Met Sheila is a powerful story about one woman s journey of self discovery and her struggle to finally let go of the demons of the past.
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Soft cover. Etat : New. SHEILA STEAFEL originally hailed from South Africa, but realising she couldn't be heard in England, at the age of seventeen left halfway through a Fine Arts degree, to study at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. RADA turned her down, but the Webber Douglas School, being short of funds, was delighted to accept her. It was here, to the bewilderment of many, including herself that she won the Margaret Rutherford Award for Comedy. At last the final term shows loomed large. Agents and casting directors were invited to marvel at Sheila's acting skills, setting her on the first rung of the ladder to stardom. Unfortunately the day before the performance she developed highly contagious bout of chicken pox. Three weeks later, now only itching to begin her chosen career, she browbeat her way into an agent's office, to be told that she was unlikely to get anywhere until she reached the age of thirty. But did it discourage her? Yes. Nonetheless she persevered, and after several jobs in Repertory, some West End understudying, and a few TV walk-ons, (interspersed with several odd jobs), (some very), she got her first Big Break, joining John Cleese and the Two Ronnies in David Frost's THE FROST REPORT. Comedy had claimed her, and from then on she worked with (and sometimes against) most of the well-known TV comics of the sixties. In her own right you may remember her on TV as Ivy (Yes, Mr Cropper?) Watkins in HOW'S YOUR FATHER. No? How about The White Lady in THE GHOSTS OF MOTLEY HALL? Alright then, she made several appearances in THE GOOD OLD DAYS, including that unforgettable of characters, Little Miss Popsy Wopsy! Forgotten, eh? Well, how about Miranda, the glamorous literary agent in YOU MUST BE THE HUSBAND with Tim Brooke Taylor? Tim Brooke.oh come on, you're just not trying! No point in mentioning the films she's been in unless you have a quick eye, so on to just a few of her many acclaimed appearances in the theatre: As Harpo in A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE, appearing opposite Robert Morley in HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES , playing Mistress Quickly in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1985 ground-breaking production of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, and being in three productions during the RSC's 1995 season: THE RELAPSE, THE DEVIL'S AN ASS, and FAUST. Oh, and there was Peter Hall's West End production of SCHOOL FOR WIVES, and being David Schneider's mother in his play 'THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT' at the Hampstead Theatre Club . And if that wasn't impressive enough, she has not one, not two, but THREE one woman shows: STEAFEL SOLO, STEAFEL XPOSED and VICTORIA PLUMS. She's performed them all over the world: Antibes, Adelaide, Istanbul, Saudi Arabia, Basingstoke. And she plans to go on doing them. Till she gets them right. Direct publisher. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781781960974
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