Dinah Sheridan

Dinah Sheridan
Born	Dinah Nadyejda Ginsburg (1920-09-17)17 September 1920 Hampstead, London, England
Died	25 November 2012(2012-11-25) (aged 92) Northwood, London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1937–1999
Spouses	Jimmy Hanley (1942–1952; divorced) John Davis (1954–1965; divorced) John Merivale (1986–1990; his death) Aubrey Ison (1992–2007; his death)
Children	Jeremy Hanley Jenny Hanley

Dinah Sheridan (17 September 1920 – 25 November 2012) was an English actress who appeared in many films, including Genevieve (1953) and The Railway Children (1970).

Career

Sheridan made her film debut in 1937, and frequently appeared on television. She played Jane Huggett in The Huggetts Abroad (1949) and appeared as "Steve" in two Paul Temple films. Among her most noted roles are as the mother in the film version of The Railway Children (1970), and as Angela in the 1980s British sitcom, Don't Wait Up (1983–90). Sheridan was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1979. In 1983 she made a guest appearance in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who as the Time Lady "Chancellor Flavia" in the 20th anniversary special, The Five Doctors.

Personal life

Born Dinah Nadyejda Ginsburg in Hampstead, London, to a Russian father and German mother, she changed her name to Dinah Sheridan when she auditioned for the role of Wendy in a theatrical production of Peter Pan starring Jean Forbes Robertson. Her parents, Lisa and James, changed their names to Sheridan at the same time.

Sheridan married four times: first to actor Jimmy Hanley (1942–1952), with whom she had three children, then to business executive John Davis (1954–1965), then to actor John Merivale (1986–1990; his death) and finally to Aubrey Ison (1992–2007; his death).

Her son, Jeremy Hanley, became an accountant and Conservative Party politician. Her daughter, Jenny Hanley, became an actress and a co-presenter of the British television series Magpie.

Death

Sheridan died peacefully surrounded by her family at her home in Northwood, London on 25 November 2012. She was 92.

Filmography

• Father Steps Out (1937)
• Landslide (1937) (as Dinah Shaw)
• Behind Your Back (1937)
• Merely Mr. Hawkins (1938)
• Irish and Proud of It (1938)
• Full Speed Ahead (1940)
• Salute John Citizen (1942)
• Get Cracking (1943)
• Murder in Reverse (1945)
• 29 Acacia Avenue (1945), Pepper
• For You Alone (1945), Stella White
• The Hills of Donegal (1947)
• The Story of Shirley York (1948), Shirley Yorke
• Calling Paul Temple (1948)
• The Huggetts Abroad (1949)
• Dark Secret (1949)
• Paul Temple's Triumph (1950)
• No Trace (1950)
• Blackout (1950)
• Where No Vultures Fly (1951)
• The Sound Barrier (1952), Jess Peel
• Appointment in London (1952), Eve Canyon
• The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953), Grace Marston
• Genevieve (1953), Wendy McKim
• The Railway Children (1970), Mrs. Waterbury
• The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

External links

• Dinah Sheridan at IMDb
• Dinah Sheridan recalls her appearance on This Is Your Life