Sheila Gish

Sheila Gish, born Sheila Anne Syme Gash, was an English actress best known for her stage work. Her first West End lead was Bella in Robert and Elizabeth, and TV followed with The First Churchills (1969). Sheila Gish appeared nude in a 1979 episode of Tales of the Unexpected. She was born on 23 April 1942 in Lincoln, England, and died on 9 March 2005. She won an Olivier Award for playing Joanne in the 1995 London revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company. On film she played Anna in Quartet (1981) and Rachel Ellenstein in Highlander (1986). Later she was Mrs Norris in Mansfield Park (1999) and Lady Montdore in Love in a Cold Climate (2001). One of her last stage roles was Arkadina in The Seagull at Chichester in 2003.