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Sheila Allen Biography (1932-)

Born October 22, 1932 in Chard, Somerset, England; daughter of William and Dorothy Essex (maiden name, Potter) Allen; married David Jones (some sources cite married Irwin Allen).

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

October 22, 1932

Chard, Somerset, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Lucy, The Rivals, Pitlochry Festival, 1953
• Katharine, The Taming of the Shrew, Arena Theatre Company, Birmingham, England, between 1954 and 1956
• Beatrice, Much Ado about Nothing, Arena Theatre Company, between 1954 and 1956
• Alkmena, Amphitryon 38, Arena Theatre Company, between 1954 and 1956
• Hippolyta, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Bristol Old Vic Company, Theatre Royal, London, 1957-1958
• Mrs. Pearce, Pygmalion, Bristol Old Vic Company, Theatre Royal, 1957-1958
• Marfa Zlotochienko, Romanoff and Juliet, Bristol Old Vic Company,Theatre Royal, 1957-1958
• Delilah, Sodom and Gomorrah, Bristol Old Vic Company, Theatre Royal, 1957-1958
• Miss Ramsden, Man and Superman, Bristol Old Vic Company, Theatre Royal, 1957-1958
• Ba, The Pier, Bristol Old Vic Company, Theatre Royal, 1957-1958
• Nell, The Lion in Love, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, England, 1960
• Portia, The Merchant of Venice, Richmond Theatre, 1960
• Drusilla, On a Clear Day You Can See Canterbury, Theatre Royal, Stratford, England, 1962
• Pat Garnet, The Last Ally, Lyric Theatre-Hammersmith, London, 1962
• Daughter-in-law, Playing with Fire (one-act), Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1962
• Portia, The Merchant of Venice, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1962
• Sister Bonaventure, The Umbrella, Comedy Theatre, London, 1963
• Liz, Inadmissable Evidence, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1964
• Portia, Julius Caesar, Royal Court Theatre, 1964
• Stella Herberden, Saint's Day, Theatre Royal, Stratford, 1965
• The Hollow Crown, Royal Shakespeare Company, Theatre at Westminster Abbey, 1966
• Lady Percy, King Henry IV, Parts I and II, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1966
• Helen Rawston, Belcher's Luck, Royal Shakespeare Company, AldwychTheatre, 1966
• Lady Macduff, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1967, then Aldwych Theatre, 1968
• Lady Capulet, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1967
• Polly Garter, Under Milk Wood, Royal Shakespeare Company, AldwychTheatre, 1968
• Goneril, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1968
• Helen, Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1968
• Vagina Rex, Arts Laboratory, Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1969
• Comrade Jacob, Gardner Arts Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, England, 1969
• Geriatric, A New Communion for Freaks, Prophets, and Witches, Holocaust Theatre, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1971
• Lady Brute, The Provok'd Wife, Greenwich Theatre, London, 1973
• Lady Macbeth and first witch, Macbeth, Shaw Theatre, London, 1973
• Queen, Cymbeline, Stratford-upon-Avon and Aldwych Theatre, 1974
• Goneril, King Lear, Other Place, Stratford, then The Place, London, 1974
• Constance, King John, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1974, then Aldwych Theatre, 1975
• Sofia, The Zykovs, Aldwych Theatre, 1976
• Title role, Queen Christina, Other Place, 1977-1978
• Wemwood, The Sons of Light, Other Place, 1977-1978 then WarehouseTheatre, London
• Alice, The Dance of Death, Other Place, 1977-1978 then Warehouse Theatre, later Aldwych Theatre
• Volumnia, Coriolanus, Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, DC, 2000
• La Madrecita de la Perdidos, Camino Real, Shakespeare Theatre, 2000
• Appeared in The Faerie Queene, Covent Garden Theatre, London.
• Major Tours
• Lady Macduff, Macbeth, Russian and Finnish cities, 1967
• Beverly, The Shadow Box, Cambridge Theatre Company, 1979
• Film Appearances
• (Uncredited) Confession (also known as The Deadliest Sin),Allied Artists, 1956
• Frau Kornfeldt, The Malpas Mystery (also known as Edgar WallaceMysteries: The Malpas Mystery), 1960, Schoenfeld Films, 1969
• The Prince and the Pauper, Walt Disney Pictures, 1962
• Diana Looran, Children of the Damned, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964
• Lady Diane, The Alphabet Murders (also known as The ABC Murders), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
• Beth, Three into Two Won't Go, Universal, 1969
• Ellen, Venom (also known as The Legend of Spider Forest andSpider's Venom), Media Home Entertainment, 1971
• Nurse, The Poseidon Adventure, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972
• The Other Side of the Underneath (also known as The Other Sideof Underneath), Bond, 1972
• Paula Ramsay, The Towering Inferno, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974
• Sister Charity, Viva Knievel! (also known as Seconds to Live), Warner Bros., 1977
• Mona, When Time Ran Out ... (also known as The Day the World Ended and Earth's Final Fury), Warner Bros., 1980
• Mrs. Marchant, Pascali's Island (also known as L'isola di Pascali), Avenue Pictures Productions, 1988
• Tutor, Antonia and Jane, Miramax, 1991
• Olga Leiner, Shining Through, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
• Television Appearances
• Miniseries
• Mrs. Pethick Lawrence, Shoulder to Shoulder, BBC (England), 1974
• Cassie Manson, A Bouquet of Barbed Wire, 1976
• Cassie Manson, Another Bouquet, 1977
• Matron Mary Taylor, Shroud for a Nightingale, 1984
• Mother, Alice in Wonderland (also known as Alice through the Looking Glass), CBS, 1985
• Fiona, The Lives and Loves of a She Devil, BBC, 1990
• Frau Hedwig, The Ring (also known as Danielle Steel's "The Ring"), NBC, 1996
• Movies
• Blonde woman, City beneath the Sea (also known as One Hour to Doomsday), NBC, 1971
• (As Sheila Mathews) Claudine Lennart, Adventures of the Queen, CBS, 1975
• Mrs. Sokarev, The Glory Boys, YTV, 1984
• Mrs. Delehanty, Outrage!, ABC, 1986
• Eileen, Mothertime, BBC (England), 1997
• Episodic
• Ruth Templeton, "Return from Outer Space," Lost in Space, CBS, 1965
• Brynhilde, "The Space Vikings," Lost in Space, CBS, 1967
• Number 14, "A, B, & C," The Prisoner, 1967
• Aunt Gamma, "Princess of Space," Lost in Space, CBS, 1968
• Nurse Helg, "Deadly Lodestone," Land of the Giants, ABC, 1969
• Miss Collier, "Wild Journey," Land of the Giants, ABC, 1970
• Fanny Tatum, "The Return," The Waltons, CBS, 1978
• Phyllis Nichols, "Wheels of Fortune," Boon, ITV (England), 1987
• Mrs. Clapperton, "The Problem at Sea," Poirot, 1989
• Marcia Parrish, "Something to Hide," Casualty, BBC1 (England), 1991
• Mrs. Norland, Dangerfield, BBC (England), 1995
• Other
• (As Sheila Mathews) Channel Nine, 1955
• Olivia, Find Me (also known as Omnibus: Find Me), BBC (England), 1974
• Virginia, Hedgehog Wedding, 1987
• RECORDINGS
• Albums
• Reader, Oberon, Sonnet, 2000