Sheila Burrell

Sheila Burrell
Photo by David Sim
Born
Sheila Mary Burrell

(1922-05-09)9 May 1922
Blackheath, London, England, UK
Died19 July 2011(2011-07-19) (aged 89)
Kingston upon Thames, London, England
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)Laurence Payne (divorced)
David Sim

Sheila Mary Burrell (9 May 1922 – 19 July 2011) was a British actress. A cousin of Laurence Olivier, she was born in Blackheath, London, the daughter of a salesman. She attended St John's, Bexhill-on-Sea and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, London. Her first marriage to actor Laurence Payne was dissolved and she then married David Sim, a portrait and theatre photographer. She is primarily remembered in the United States for her performance as Lady Rochford in three episodes of the television series Six Wives of Henry VIII.