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Dinah Sheridan (17 September 1920 – 25 November 2012) was an English actress with a career spanning seven decades. She was best known for the films ''Genevieve'' (1953) and ''The Railway Children'' (1970); the long-running BBC comedy series ''Don't Wait Up'' (1983–90); and for her distinguished theatre career in the West End. ==Early life and career== Sheridan was born Dinah Nadyejda Ginsburg〔Williams, Amanda. (Actress Dinah Sheridan who starred in The Railway Children dies aged 92" ) ''Mail Online'', 26 November 2012; Gray, Sadie. ("Dinah Sheridan, actress and English rose dies aged 92" ), ''The Times'', 25 November 2012〕 in Hampstead Garden Suburb to Charlotte Lisa (née Everth; 1893–1966) and James Ginsburg (1893–1958).〔Barker, Dennis. (Dinah Sheridan ), ''The Guardian'', film obituary. Retrieved 26 November 2012〕〔(Lisa Sheridan profile at the Alan Cash website ), accessed 30 November 2012〕 Her father was born in Osaka, Japan, to a Jewish father of Russian descent. Her mother was born in Kew, Surrey, to parents of German descent.〔〔 Her parents were photographers commissioned as "Studio Lisa" by the Queen Mother and her daughter, Elizabeth II to photograph the royal family and such events as royal pantomimes.〔 She was educated at Sherrards School in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire and the Italia Conti Stage School.〔 In 1932, at age 11, she debuted professionally in ''Where the Rainbow Ends'' at the Holborn Empire. She changed her name to Dinah Sheridan, which she selected from a phone book, to play Wendy, at the age of 14, in a long-running theatrical production of ''Peter Pan'' starring Jean Forbes-Robertson. Dinah became the first actress to play both Peter Pan and Wendy, touring between 1934–36 and taking the show to Stratford-upon-Avon. Her parents changed their surname to Sheridan at the same time. Her first feature film was ''Give My Heart'' (1935).〔 Other early films included ''Father Steps Out'' (1937) and her first starring role the following year in ''Irish and Proud of It''.〔 Stage appearances included Terrance Rattigan's ''French Without Tears'' (1939, Oxford), J B Priestley's ''When We Are Married'' (1940, with Cyril Cusack, Llandudno) and ''The Golden Grain'' (1952, with Betty Balfour, Embassy Theatre, London). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dinah Sheridan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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