Sheila Kelley

Acting

Sheila Kelley

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sheila Kelley is a British television actress. Her career began in 1974, in the series Village Hall. Further notable appearances were in the series Within These Walls (1978), Empire Road (1978), Play for Today (1975, 1976, 1982), A Touch of Frost (1994), Dangerfield (1998) and Dalziel and Pascoe (1997, 2000). She also acted in movies, including Wish You Were …

Known For

Secrets & LiesSecrets & Lies · 1996
Secrets & Lies
7.61996
MovieDrama
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.
Wish You Were HereWish You Were Here · 1987
Wish You Were Here
6.41987
MovieComedyDrama
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex.
Our WinnieOur Winnie · 1982
Our Winnie
1982
Movie
Winnie is a mentally handicapped woman who lives with her elderly mother (Cora) and aunt (Ida). They visit the cemetery where Winnie’s father is buried. Also in the cemetery are two art students, one of whom (Liz) asks if she can take a photograph of the three women. She takes it while they are not prepared, making them look ridiculous (Cora is putting her make-up on, Winnie is staring at the camera with her mouth open). Cora is angry, and Liz takes another of them properly posed. But she enters the first photograph for a competition, where it wins a prize
Nuts in MayNuts in May · 1976
Nuts in May
7.11976
MovieComedyTV Movie
A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them.
Home Sweet HomeHome Sweet Home · 1982
Home Sweet Home
6.31982
MovieDramaTV Movie
Three postal workers and their dysfunctional families interact over cups of tea and Sunday dinner.
One Fine DayOne Fine Day · 1979
One Fine Day
5.31979
MovieDramaTV Movie
Alan Bennett's play about the mid-life crisis of an estate agent.
Through the NightThrough the Night · 1975
Through the Night
1975
MovieDramaTV Movie
The play tells the story of Christine Potts, who undergoes an unexpected mastectomy, and struggles to cope with the aftermath and the deficiencies of her post-operative care.
BrokeBroke · 1991
Broke
9.01991
MovieDramaTV Movie
Francis and his wife, Elaine, are proprietors of a struggling window-covering business, agree to install curtains in an exclusive club patronized by Ron, a wealthy friend of theirs. After completing the job, the shop owner has great difficulty collecting payment for the job. His "friend" becomes scarce and Francis finds he has no legal foot to stand on since there is no written record of the informal transaction. With the couple's business floundering due to mounting debts, and their former friend Ron's crass attitude towards their predicament, anger and frustration reach the boiling point.

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