Shirley Anne Field was an English actress who was best known for her parts in The Entertainer and Alfie. Her family said she died at the age of 87.
A representative for her family issued the following statement:
“We regret to inform you that Shirley Anne Field passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 10, 2023, surrounded by her loved ones and friends. “
Shirley Anne Field will be sadly missed and remembered for her remarkable legacy of over five decades on stage and screen, as well as her unbreakable character.
Shirley Anne Field, who was born on June 27, 1936, in Forest Gate, spent her childhood years in orphanages before becoming a model for the pin-up magazines Titbits and Reveille. In the 1955 film Simon and Laura, she appeared as an extra in her debut feature film.
Throughout the 1950s, she appeared in a series of small roles on British television and in films, before her breakthrough role as model Tina Lapford opposite Laurence Olivier in the 1960 film The Entertainer.
Shirley Anne Field portrayed Doreen, the prospective fiancée of defiant teddy bear machinist Arthur (Albert Finney), in the classic kitchen sink drama Saturday Night and Sunday Morning the same year.
After starring in the 1962 romantic drama Lunch Hour and co-starring with Steve McQueen and Robert Wagner in The War Lover, Field’s star continued to rise during the subsequent decade.
Shirley Anne Field appeared in the 1966 films Alfie alongside Michael Caine and Doctor in Clover alongside Leslie Phillips.
Her career persisted for decades until The Power of Three (2011), which marked her final film appearance.
In addition, she appeared alongside Daniel Day-Lewis in the 1985 film My Beautiful Laundrette and alongside Dexter Fletcher in the 1989 film The Rachel Papers. Doctors, Murder She Wrote, and Last of the Summer Wine are among her television credits.
On July 7, 1967, Shirley Anne Field wed racing driver and RAF pilot Charles Crichton-Stuart. In 1969, they welcomed their daughter, Nicola Crichton-Stuart. Divorce marked the conclusion of the union in the 1970s, before the demise of Charles Crichton-Stuart in 2001.
“During my childhood, I lacked a robust sense of self because my family and I had both passed away,” Field revealed to The Yorkshire Post in 2012. “By persevering, I was rescued from despair by the film industry, as everyone accepted me.”
“One need not be a diva, and I have never been a bitchy.” I believe that lack of aptitude is a prerequisite for being a bitch. I consider myself a combatant. An aspect of myself that is perpetually lacking is a fair playing field. It enrages me greatly.
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