{"id":41575,"date":"2023-12-11T18:32:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T17:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1942708"},"modified":"2023-12-11T19:32:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T18:32:42","slug":"shirley-anne-field-the-entertainer-and-alfie-star-dies-aged-87","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/shirley-anne-field-the-entertainer-and-alfie-star-dies-aged-87\/","title":{"rendered":"Shirley Anne Field, The Entertainer and Alfie star, dies aged 87"},"content":{"rendered":"

Her family confirmed the news in a statement. <\/p>

By Katelyn Mensah\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 11 December 2023 at 17:32 PM<\/p>

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Shirley Anne Field, an actress who was a major figure during the British New Wave, has died at the age of 87.<\/p>\n

The actress rose to prominence as a model before appearing in various films and TV programmes, before getting her big break in The Entertainer as Tina Lapford opposite Laurence Olivier.<\/p>\n

Her family confirmed the news in a statement, which read: \u201cIt is with great sadness that we are sharing the news that Shirley Anne Field passed away peacefully on Sunday 10th December 2023, surrounded by her family and friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cShirley Anne will be greatly missed and remembered for her unbreakable spirit and her amazing legacy spanning more than five decades on stage and screen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Shirley Anne Field. Jon Furniss\/WireImage<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Field\u2019s other major roles included Doreen in the New Wave film Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. She also starred alongside Kenneth More in Man in the Moon in 1960.<\/p>\n

Over the course of her career in the 1950s, the actress appeared in the likes of It\u2019s a Wonderful World, The Good Companions, The New Adventures of Martin Kane and The Silken Affair.<\/p>\n

The actress previously noted she \u201cowes it all\u201d to Tony Richardson.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Cinema Retro<\/a> in 2009, Field recalled on a time she was auditioning for a role.<\/p>\n

She explained: \u201cAs I was leaving, Tony [Richardson] shouted over [in a perfect impression of Richardson\u2019s accent], \u2018Can you do those lines in a northern accent?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI turned around immediately and said [in a northern accent], \u2018Bloody hell, I\u2019ve spent four years learning to talk properly and now you\u2019re asking me to do this.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cHe looked up and said, \u2018Come back here,\u2019 and I said [again in a northern accent], \u2018Well, if you want me to, but I\u2019m not keen on it, I\u2019ll have you know.\u2019 \u201cIt worked and he said, \u2018Could you come back to the theatre on Saturday?’\u201d<\/p>\n

In Field\u2019s later career, she appeared in Last of the Summer Wine, The Bill and Monarch of the Glen. Her more recent films are Beautiful Relics, The Power of Three and The Kid.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n

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