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- Birth nameSheila Beryl Grant Sim
- Sheila Sim was born on June 5, 1922 in Liverpool, Lancashire [now in Merseyside], England, UK. She was an actress, known for A Canterbury Tale (1944), The Night My Number Came Up (1955) and West of Zanzibar (1954). She was married to Richard Attenborough. She died on January 19, 2016 in Denville Hall, Northwood, Hillingdon, London, England, UK.
- SpouseRichard Attenborough(January 22, 1945 - August 24, 2014) (his death, 3 children)
- Children
- RelativesGerald Sim(Sibling)Tom Attenborough(Grandchild)Will Attenborough(Grandchild)
- Her daughter Jane, Jane's mother-in-law, Jane Holland, and her granddaughter Lucy were killed by a tsunami while vacationing in Phuket, Thailand. Another granddaughter, Alice, was seriously injured. [December 26, 2004]
- She appeared in three films with her husband Richard Attenborough: Dancing with Crime (1947), The Outsider (1948) and The Magic Box (1951).
- Costarred opposite husband Richard Attenborough in the original production of Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" in London in 1952; now the longest-running play ever.
- Her husband Richard Attenborough directed her brother Gerald Sim in seven films: Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), Young Winston (1972), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Gandhi (1982), Cry Freedom (1987), Chaplin (1992) and Shadowlands (1993).
- Both her husband Richard Attenborough and her younger brother Gerald Sim died in 2014: on August 24 and December 11 respectively.
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