Ruth Sheen

Actor Jan 1 (age 74) London, England, UK 1984–2025 (41 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Biography

Ruth Sheen (born 1952) is an English actress. Born in London, Sheen began her career by training at the East 15 Acting School, and has appeared regularly on British television and in British films since 1988. On television, she had recurring roles as Nanny Simmons in Berkeley Square (1998), and as Nurse Ethel Carr in the series Bramwell (1995–1998). She has also appeared as four different characters in six episodes of The Bill between 1989 and 2004. She has also appeared in five Mike Leigh fil…

Known For

Film

A Street Cat Named Bob

Elsie

Film

Imagine Me & You

Mrs Webster

Film

Secrets & Lies

Laughing Woman

Film

Brassic

Kath

Film

The Thursday Murder Club

Aunt Maud

Film

Vera Drake

Lily

Film

Another Year

Gerri

Film

Mr. Turner

Sarah Danby

Filmography

Acting (77)

Movies (44)

The Thursday Murder Club

as Aunt Maud

Touch

as Mrs. Ellis

The After

as Tabatha

Sweetly It Turns

as Joy

Cyrano

as Mother Marthe

VS.

as Fiona

A Street Cat Named Bob

as Elsie

SuperBob

as Pat

A Royal Night Out

as Jack's Mum

The One and Only Mike Leigh

as Self

Mr. Turner

as Sarah Danby

Welcome to the Punch

as Iris Warns

Another Year

as Gerri

Heartless

as Marion Morgan

The Hardest Part

as Bus Lady

Brave Young Men

2009

as Stephanie Malloy

2.0

A Class Apart

2007

as Ruth - Candy's mum

Fanny Hill

as Mrs. Jones

Run Fatboy Run

as Claudine

Hush Your Mouth

as Mrs Collins

Imagine Me & You

as Mrs Webster

Footprints in the Snow

as Lady Victualler

The English Harem

as Emily

Vera Drake

as Lily

Vanity Fair

as Miss Pinkerton

Cheeky

as Tamara

All or Nothing

as Maureen

Plain Jane

as May

Lorna Doone

2001

as Betty Muxworthy

5.7

Don Quixote

2000

as 1st Wench / Young Lady

6.3

Bait

2000

as Cafe Woman

Virtual Sexuality

as Jackie Lovett

Secrets & Lies

as Laughing Woman

Different for Girls

as Nosy neighbour

The Young Poisoner's Handbook

1995

as Molly

6.6

Sin Bin

1994

as Viv Hastings

When Pigs Fly

1993

as Marge

5.1

Ghostwatch

1992

as Emma Stableford (voice)

7.0

A Fatal Inversion

1992

as Forensic Scientist

4.7

Clubland

1991

as Karen

Night Voice

1990

as Helen Baldwin

The Angry Earth

as Nurse Berry

High Hopes

as Shirley

Little Dorrit

as Society Lady

Television (33)

Hijack

as Elaine Atterton

The Nevers

as Mrs. Beechum

It's a Sin

as Sandra

Gangs of London

as Deborah Devereux

Brassic

as Kath

The Woman in White

as Mrs. Clements

Strike

as Pat Chauncey

Strike

as Pat Chauncey

Prime Suspect 1973

as Renee Bentley

Unforgotten

as Lizzie Wilton

Inside No. 9

as Elizabeth Gadge

The Mimic

as Mrs Hurdle

Call the Midwife

as Sister Maltby

Accused

as Mo's Mum

Misfits

as Maggie

Fanny Hill

as Mrs Jones

A Class Apart

as Ruth

Vital Signs

Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky

2005

as Aunt Winnie

5.3

The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells

as Mrs. MacMananan

Lorna Doone

as Betty Muxworthy

Never Never

as Sandra

Berkeley Square

as Nanny Simmons

Midsomer Murders

as Valerie Horton

Holding On

as Alice

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

as Mrs. Harris

Silent Witness

Bramwell

Peak Practice

as Pauline Wadham

Cracker

as Jean McIlvanney

Casualty

as Barbara George

Screen Two

as Viv Hastings

The Bill