Shirley Anne Field: a life in pictures
The actor best known for her role in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, has died aged 87. Here we look back at her life and career
Main image: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. Photograph: Photo 12/AlamyMon 11 Dec 2023 18.30 GMT Last modified on Thu 14 Dec 2023 21.17 GMT
Shirley Anne Field was born Shirley Broomfield in London in 1936 Photograph: Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterThe Flesh Is Weak, 1957
Spotted while modelling for magazines such as Titbits, Field began working on British B-movies in the 1950sPhotograph: Ronald Grant Archive
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterHorrors of the Black Museum, 1959
Graham Curnow and Field depicted on a lobby cardPhotograph: LMPC/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterField photographed in a 1930 Austin 7 in 1959. Photograph: Michael Ward/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterPeeping Tom, 1960
Field, pictured here with Moira Shearer, had a small role in Michael Powell’s disturbing psychological thrillerPhotograph: Ronald Grant
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterThe Entertainer, 1960
Field’s big break came when she was chosen to play alongside Laurence Olivier in the film adaptation of the John Osborne play.Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA publicity photo of Field in 1959 on location at Morecambe for The Entertainer Photograph: Arthur Bottomley/Mirrorpix/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterBeat Girl, 1960
Gillian Hills, Field, Peter McEnery and Adam Faith in the British teen film aka Wild for KicksPhotograph: Ronald Grant Archive
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterField in a publicity shot circa 1960 Photograph: Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterSaturday Night and Sunday Morning, 1960
Shirley Anne Field as Doreen and Albert Finney as Arthur Seaton in the classic British kitchen sink drama, based on the novel by Alan SillitoePhotograph: Ronald Grant Archive
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterThe War Lover, 1962
Robert Wagner, Field and Steve McQueen in the second world war dramaPhotograph: Ronald Grant Archive
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterThe Damned, 1962
Field as Joan with Oliver Reed as her brother in the brilliant Hammer sci-fi movie directed by Joseph Losey.Photograph: Hammer Films/Allstar
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterField in 1966 Photograph: Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterDoctor In Clover, 1966
Field, James Robertson Justice and Leslie Phillips in the sixth of the seven Doctor filmsPhotograph: REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterField browsing in London’s Portobello Market in March 1966 Photograph: REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterAlfie, 1966
Field as one of the conquests of Michael Caine’s eponymous narcissist.Photograph: Larry Ellis/Express/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterField as Florence Nightingale and Moira Redmond as Queen Victoria in a rehearsal for Edward Bond’s controversial play Early Morning at London’s Royal Court in 1969. Early Morning, with its depiction of the queen as a lesbian, had triggered scandal a year earlier, but was revived to a more positive reception. Photograph: Keystone Press/Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterField with her young daughter Nicola who was born in 1969. Field was married to Charles Crichton-Stuart from 1967 to 1970. Photograph: Eddie Wing/REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterHouse of the Living Dead, 1974
Cult British horror/sci-fi, aka Doctor ManiacPhotograph: LMPC/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterMy Beautiful Laundrette, 1985
Gordon Warnecke as Omar, Shirley Anne Field as Rachel and Saeed Jaffrey as Uncle Nasser in Stephen Frears successful comedy dramaPhotograph: Ronald Grant Archive
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterHear My Song, 1991
Field, right, with Tara Fitzgerald in Peter Chelsom’s light-opera comedy.Photograph: Channel 4/Ronald Grant Archive
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterField in June 1992 Photograph: Chris Barham/Daily Mail/REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterField with Leo McKern in When We Are Married by JB Priestley at the Chichester Festival Theatre in July 1996 Photograph: Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterShirley Anne Field in Leicester Square in London in 2010 Photograph: Jon Furniss/WireImage
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