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South African-born English actress (1935–2019)

Sheila Frances Steafel (26 May 1935 – 23 August 2019)^[1] was an English actress, who was born in Johannesburg, but lived all her adult life in England.^[2]

Life and career

Steafel, who was born in Johannesburg,^[2] trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.^[3] She appeared in many television series, including The Frost Report, Z-Cars, Sykes, Dave Allen at Large, The Kenny Everett Television Show, Minder, The Ghosts of Motley Hall, Oh, Brother!, You Must Be the Husband and The Laughter of a Fool.^[4] She was a regular in the BBC Onemusic hall programme The Good Old Days, portraying her comic creation "Miss Popsy Wopsy", who invariably "played up" to chairman Leonard Sachs.^[5] She was also a regular on the "Tommy Cooper Hour".^[6]

In February 2018 she appeared in the daytime comedy drama Shakespeare & Hathaway