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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

34

Gender

Female

Birthday

1946-03-28 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

England, UK

Also Known As

Sheila Ruskin

Biography

Sheila Ruskin (born 28 March 1946) is an English actress. She played Vipsania in the BBC adaptation of I, Claudius (1976), Kassia in the Doctor Who serial The Keeper of Traken (1981) and Alta One in the Blake's 7 episode "Redemption" (1979). Her other TV credits include: MacKenzie, Special Branch, The Pallisers, How Green Was My Valley, The Sweeney, Tales of the Unexpected, The Professionals, Minder, Bergerac, Boon, Taggart, Miss Marple, Parnell and the English woman, Casualty, Rumpole of the Bailey, Strangers and Brothers, The Bill, Dalziel and Pascoe, Holby City, Midsomer Murders, The Intruder, and The Lost Boys.

Known For

Acting

Speed King

1979

Speed King

as

Lilly

Gentle Folk

1980

Gentle Folk

as

Portia Menant

Crossfire

1988

Crossfire

as

Miss Singleton

Playing Away

1987

Playing Away

as

Viv

Rasputin

1996

Rasputin

as

Princess Marisa

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

1989

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

as

Evelyn Hillingdon

Born Kicking

1992

Born Kicking

as

Joanne Grace

The Trial of Lord Lucan

1994

The Trial of Lord Lucan

as

Dr. Margaret Pereira

The Captain's Doll

1983

The Captain's Doll

as

Marjorie

The Cater Street Hangman

1998

The Cater Street Hangman

as

Caroline Ellison

A Promise of Bed

1969

A Promise of Bed

as

Snake Girl

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as

Kassia

The Sweeney

The Sweeney

as

Judy Grinden

The Professionals

The Professionals

as

Susan Grant

Bad Girls

Bad Girls

as

Mrs Dunstan

Minder

Minder

as

Susie Blake

Blake's 7

Blake's 7

as

Alta One

A Touch of Frost

A Touch of Frost

as

Mrs. Royden

Bergerac

Bergerac

as

Felicity

Bergerac

Bergerac

as

Simone

Miss Marple

Miss Marple

as

Evelyn Hillingdon

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

as

Lady Lucinda Butler

Out

Out

as

Jean

Production

Crew

Directing