Shirley Anne Field

Shirley Anne Field (* 27. June 1938 in Bolton , Lancashire , United Kingdom as Shirley Broadbent ) is a British actress .

Shirley and her brother grew up in an orphanage. Before Shirley got into film, the former Miss London had herself photographed for pin-up magazines. In her first films she was cast as a decorative accessory due to her beauty. Michael Powell's film Eyes of Fear helped her breakthrough in 1960. Until 1963 she worked for well-known people in British cinema, such as B. the actors Laurence Olivier and Oliver Reed and the directors Tony Richardson and Joseph Losey . A trip to Hollywood was disappointing, and the British films during this period were also rather second-rate.

In the 1970s, Shirley turned to stage acting. She only returned to the film business in 1985, and she did so very successfully. After working with Ken Russell , she moved back to America, where she acted in a daily soap (California clan).

Filmography (a selection)

• 1956: perpetrator unknown ( Lost )
• 1957: Women We Meet at Night ( The Flesh is Weak )
• 1959: The Black Museum ( Horrors of the Black Museum )
• 1960: That Old Feeling ( Once More, with Feeling! )
• 1960: Eyes of Fear ( Peeping Tom )
• 1960: Der Komödiant ( The Entertainer )
• 1960: Hot on Bare Stones ( Beat Girl )
• 1960: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning ( Saturday Night and Sunday Morning )
• 1962: We're All Damned ( The War Lover )
• 1963: You Are Damned (The Damned)
• 1963: Kings of the Sun ( Kings of the Sun )
• 1966: The seducer sends his regards ( Alfie )
• 1967: Hell Is Empty
• 1985: My Beautiful Laundrette ( My Beautiful Laundrette )
• 1989: Shag - More Dancing ( Shag )
• 1989: The damn first time ( Getting it Right )
• 1991: Hear My Song ( Hear my Song )
• 1999: The Castle of the Apes ( Le Chateau des Singes )
• 2000: Chrisie Malry's Bloody Bookkeeping ( Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry )

Web links

• Shirley Anne Field in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Shirley Anne Field on Screen Online (English)