Sheila Beryl Grant Attenborough, Baroness Attenborough (born 5 June 1922), known professionally by her maiden name Sheila Sim, is a British film and theatre actor, and the wife of actor Richard Attenborough. June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... It has been suggested that Drama (art form) be merged into this article or section. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Sheila Sim was born one year before her husband, whom she married in 1945. She was mainly active as an actor in the 1940s and 1950s; amongst her credits are the rôles in the 1944 film, A Canterbury Tale, and in West of Zanzibar, from 1954. A Canterbury Tale (1944) is a British film by the film-making team of Powell & Pressburger. ...

In theatre, she notably co-starred with her husband in the first production of The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie, which opened in 1952 (creating the role of "Molly"). This thriller has since become the world's longest-running production of a play. The Mousetrap is a play by Agatha Christie that started off as a short radio play called Three Blind Mice in honour of Queen Mary, the consort of King George V. It began a record-shattering run on the London stage on 25 November 1952 at the Ambassadors Theatre and... Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (September 15, 1890 – January 12, 1976), was an English crime fiction writer. ...

More recently, Lady Attenborough has been a significant benefactor to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (normally known as "RADA"), where she originally trained; her husband has been RADA's president since 2003. RADAs theatre in London The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in Bloomsbury, London, is generally regarded as the most prestigious drama school in the United Kingdom. ...

Lord and Lady Attenborough had three children: Charlotte, Michael, and Jane. Jane, along with her daughter, Lucy, and her mother-in-law, was killed in the Indian Ocean tsunami on Boxing Day, 2004. Michael and Charlotte are both involved, like their parents, in the dramatic professions: he as a director, she as an actor. Lady Attenborough's brother, Gerald Sim, is also an actor. The Honourable Michael John Attenborough (born 13 February 1950) is a successful English theatre director. ... The tsunami caused by the December 26, 2004 earthquake strikes Ao Nang, Thailand. ... Boxing Day is a public holiday observed in many Commonwealth countries on 26 December. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External link

• Sheila Sim at the Internet Movie Database