Sheila Bernette

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Sheila Bernette
Born
Sheila Poncini

(1931-03-30) 30 March 1931 (age 93)
Marylebone, London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress

Sheila Bernette (occasionally Burnette; born 30 March 1931) is an English singer and character actress on film, television and radio.

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Bernette also appeared as herself in many television productions, and is remembered as one of the regular practical jokers in the UK version of Candid Camera . [1]

Very petite, she usually wore her hair up to increase her height. A competent singer she was a regular on variety shows such as the Good Old Days and The Black and White Minstrel Show and appeared in the Royal Variety Performance show of 1970. [2]

Life

Bernette was born Sheila Poncini on 30 March 1931 in the Marylebone district of London. Her parents were of Italian descent. [3]

Bernette entered television in 1955 and was popular and appeared as herself from 1968 in multiple UK television shows. Largely appearing in comedy roles she was a regular sidekick to many stars including Dick Emery and Leslie Crowther.

Over and above her film and television roles she was a regular performer at the Players' Theatre in Covent Garden.

In her Royal Variety Performance she was introduced by Leslie Crowther as a Russian defector ballerina "Natalia Nokemova" and performed the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy with Crowther playing a ballet/cricketer Freddie Trumanov. [4]

Her final film role was in Driving Aphrodite in 2009, ironically repeated her 1961 role as the goddess Dorcas. [5] Her final TV role was in Hotel Trubble in 2011. In the latter she appeared in every episode from 2008 to 2011 as the long-term hotel resident, Mrs Poshington. [6]

Bernette lives in North London.

Television roles

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Film roles

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Documentaries

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