Sheila Fearn

Sheila Fearn (born 3 October 1940 in Leicester) is a retired British actress best known for playing Audrey, the sister of Terry Collier in BBC situation comedies The Likely Lads and Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, and also later on as Ann Fourmile, the next door neighbour in the popular Thames Television sitcom George and Mildred.
== Early life ==
She attended Gateway Girls Grammar School on Elbow Lane in Leicester, which closed in 1960.
== Career ==
On film she appeared in Billy Liar (1963), Catch Us If You Can (1965) and Time Bandits (1981), as well as the film versions of both The Likely Lads (1976) and George and Mildred (1980). Fearn's other television credits include Adam Adamant Lives!, Paul Temple, Crown Court, East of Ipswich by Michael Palin, Emergency – Ward 10, Walter, Z-Cars and The Avengers. She also played Freddie, a girlfriend of Ronnie Corbett's character Timothy, in Sorry! She also appeared many times with the Scaffold.
Likely Lads writer Ian La Frenais said of her "she was sexy and funny and she knew John Lennon...Sheila always found time for everyone, and I now think of her and Audrey with great affection".
Fearn retired from acting in 1988, after sustaining a broken leg during a fall from the third biggest mountain in the world at that time. Her injury left her with a prominent limp, making her less appealing to casting directors.
== Television roles[edit] ==
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1963 	Coronation Street 	Gloria Dee 	
1963-1964	Emergency Ward 10 	Nurse Elizabeth Benskin	
1964-1966	The Likely Lads 	Audrey Collier 	Main role
1965 	Z Cars 	Lucy Morrison 	
1965 	The Wednesday Play 	Ann Johnson 	
1965 	Dixon of Dock Green 	Pat Rogers 	
1965-1966	The Big Spender 	Polly 	
1966 	Weavers Green 	Sue Patterson 	
1966 	Adam Adamant Lives! 	Susie 	
1966 	Drama 61-67 	Loretta Mays 	
1967 	Armchair Theatre 	Roma 	
1967 	No Hiding Place 	Jennifer Hemlyn 	
1967 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	Young Lady 	
1967 	The Avengers 	Jenny 	
1968 	Z Cars 	Josie Benson 	
1968 	Public Eye 	Valerie Kitson 	
1968 	The Expert 	Jean Chambers 	
1969 	Barrister at Law 	Catherine Brent 	
1969 	Special Branch 	Det. Sgt. Sarah Gifford	
1969 	Hadleigh 	Shirley Spence 	
1970 	Paul Temple 	Leda Bailey 	
1971 	Trial 	Gwen Chappell 	
1972 	Thirty-Minute Theatre 	Audrey 	
1972 	New Scotland Yard 	Joan Prentice 	
1972-1974	Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?	Audrey Collier 	Recurring role
1973 	ITV Sunday Night Theatre 	Barbara 	
1973 	Love Story 	Sally 	
1974 	Thriller 	Prudence Claire 	
1975 	Spy Trap 	Mrs. Church 	
1975 	Crown Court 	Mrs. Deborah Todd 	
1976-1980	George and Mildred 	Ann Fourmile 	Main role
1977-1978	The Flockton Flyer 	Kathy Carter 	
1978 	Parables 	Carol Wibberley 	
1982 	Sorry! 	Freddie 	
1987 	Screen Two 	Mrs. Hargreaves 	
1988 	News at Twelve 	Iris Swindley