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British actress
Dinah Sheridanwas an English actress with a career spanning seven decades. She was best known for the films Genevieveand The Railway Children (1970), the long-running BBC comedy series Don’t Wait Up (1983-1990), and for her distinguished theatre career in London’s West End.
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Dinah Sheridanwas an English actress with a career spanning seven decades. She was best known for the films Genevieveand The Railway Children (1970), the long-running BBC comedy series Don’t Wait Up (1983-1990), and for her distinguished theatre career in London’s West End.
I actually enjoy wearing the corsets required in some period films.
British actress (1920-2012)
What a thrill it was to play opposite Maurice Evans in this brilliant, dazzling musical, based on the life of two of the greatest personalities in stage history.
British actress (1920-2012)
They wanted Guy Middleton instead of Kenneth More, and even Kay Kendall wasn’t their first choice!
British actress (1920-2012)
I got a divorce eleven years later on the grounds of cruelty, which is still not easy in England.
British actress (1920-2012)
I was a sickly child, contracting tuberculosis at the age of five.
British actress (1920-2012)
It was one of the marvellous feelings of the film, having the music going in your head while doing scenes.
British actress (1920-2012)
But I had promised my husband never to accept another engagement. It was not a very happy time for me.
British actress (1920-2012)
After all, a job isn’t worth doing unless you enjoy it.
British actress (1920-2012)
Until Genevieve I had tended towards the more dramatic type of role.
British actress (1920-2012)
The corsets I wore in The Railway Children are still in my undies drawer, a prized relic of my favourite film.
British actress (1920-2012)
Over my desk hangs a poster from The Railway Children that my husband had framed for me. It is so lovely to see the children smiling as they run down the railway track.
British actress (1920-2012)
While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it.
British actress (1920-2012)
Well, I suppose that, in a sense, every screen role is a favourite with me.
British actress (1920-2012)
So I regard my part in Genevieve as a real challenge.
British actress (1920-2012)