Shirley Anne Field

Full/Real Name - Shirley Broomfield

Date of Birth - June 27th 1938

Place/Country of Birth - London, England

Occupation - Model/Actress

Education - Edgworth, Lancashire, England

Other Info - Shirley started out as a model in the 1950s, and began her movie career in 1957, aged 19, in Lady Chatterley. By the early 1960s she was one of the golden girl`s of British movies, appearing in, among others, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), The Entertainer (1960), and Beat Girl (1960). Her movie career was at a peak during the 60s, including appearing with Michael Caine in the 1967 film Alfie. By the late 1970s her movie career had faded, but made a revival in the 80s onward with films like My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), Hear My Song (1991), and Christie Malry`s Own Double-Entry (2000). Shirley was educated at a strict all girls private establishment called Edgworth in Lancashire, England, and was in Eric House. Her housemistress, Sister Nancy, was firm with her discipline and would sometimes administer the slipper or the cane to unruly girls - including Shirley.

Shirley Quotes

A Time for Love - the biography of Shirley Anne Field

A second infraction and you got the slipper on your behind. The third time and sister nancy went for the cane.


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