Harry reading by Sheila Steafel
oil-on-board
Oil sketch on masonite board of Harry H. Corbett, signed and dated 59. Framed
£200
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Sheila Steafel, was well-known as a versatile comic and character actor. Appearing in many landmark television program during the 1960s.
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sheila the daughter of Harold and Eda. She studied fine art At Witwatersrand University, but abandoned the course to travel to Britain to audition for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London in 1953.
In 1958 she married the actor Harry H Corbett but divorced in 1964 and did not marry again.
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