Dinah Sheridan
Dinah Sheridan
Dinah Sheridan was an English actress with a career spanning seven decades. She was best known for the films Genevieveand The Railway Children; the long-running BBC comedy series Don't Wait Up; and for her distinguished theatre career in the West End...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth17 September 1920
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Because of double hip replacements, I don't play regular golf, but we do lots of putting with delightful people. It's most enjoyable.
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During the last week of location work out on the Yorkshire moors near Howarth, I learned that I had become a Grandmother for the first time.
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There's no secret about mine-to do another Genevieve with John, Ken and Kay!
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Lionel had never directed before, but, as an actor, he was sensitive to the reactions of actors, and he did a magnificent job.
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Well, I suppose that, in a sense, every screen role is a favourite with me.
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So I regard my part in Genevieve as a real challenge.
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I had promised my husband never to accept another engagement. It was hard. It was not a very happy time for me.
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Until Genevieve I had tended towards the more dramatic type of role.
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I've had a very strange life. Whenever I've married, I've married for life. But things have gone desperately wrong.
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They wanted Guy Middleton instead of Kenneth More, and even Kay Kendall wasn't their first choice!
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I told my agent to not tell me about any offers - I didn't want to be tempted - so I didn't learn until years later that he had turned down a lot of films including The Court Jester with Danny Kaye and The Million Pound Note with Gregory Peck.
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While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it.
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I was a sickly child, contracting tuberculosis at the age of five.
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But I think you could say my parts in Appointment In London and Gilbert and Sullivan were particularly interesting.