Age |
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86 years |
Birth date |
June 27, 1938 |
Zodiac sign |
Cancer |
Place of Birth |
United Kingdom |
Occupation |
Actress |
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Shirley Anne Field (born 27 June 1936) is an English actress who has performed on stage, film and television since 1955.
Shirley Anne Field was born Shirley Broomfield, in Forest Gate, London. She was the third of four children, with two elder sisters and a younger brother, Earnest "Guy" Broomfield (c. 1938–1999). Guy Broomfield was murdered in 1999 by Harry Dalsey, the son of Adrian Dalsey.
At the age of six, Shirley was placed in the National Children's Home at Edgworth, near Bolton, and four years later was moved to another children's home in Blackburn, where she attended Blakey Moor School for Girls. She subsequently returned to Edgworth until she was 15, when she moved to a children's home hostel in London, training as a typist while still attending school.
After a course at the Lucie Clayton School and Model Agency, she became a photographic model for pin-up magazines like Reveille and Titbits. She was subsequently spotted by Bill Watts, who ran a theatrical agency and obtained for her a number of uncredited roles in various late 1950s British films. Her first appearance in a film was as an extra in Simon and Laura (1955), but her breakthrough came in 1960 when she was chosen by Laurence Olivier to play the role of model Tina Lapford in The Entertainer. That same year, she appeared in probably her best known role as Doreen, the would-be girlfriend of rebellious Arthur Seaton (played by Albert Finney), in the influential New Wave film Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. Director, Lindsay Anderson, described her as “difficult to play with.” Co-star Finney had previously had a small role in The Entertainer. Also in 1960, Field starred alongside Kenneth More in Man in the Moon (1960). With those three big film starring roles in 1960, she became one of the very few actors ever to have their name above the titles in all the major cinemas around Leicester Square simultaneously.
Height | 5 ft 4 in / 163 cm |
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Weight | 119 lb / 54 kg |
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Breast/Bust size | 31 in / 81 cm |
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Waist size | 23 in / 60 cm |
Hips size | 33 in / 84 cm |
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Shoe (Feet) Size | – |
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Hair Color | Blonde |
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Eye Color | Blue |
Nationality | English |
Race / ethnicity | White |