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Virginia Elizabeth Maskell, Lady Shakerley〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=- Person Page 6927 )〕 (27 February 1936 – 25 January 1968) was an English actress.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Virginia Maskell )〕 == Biography == Virginia Maskell was born in Shepherd's Bush, London. After the outbreak of World War II, Maskell's family were evacuated to South Africa. After the war she returned to London and entered a convent school, where she developed an interest in acting. After attending drama school, she starred in TV parts mainly playing demure young women in action series such as ''The Buccaneers'' and ''The Adventures of Robin Hood''. She made a minor film debut for director Roy Boulting with ''Happy is the Bride'' (1957), and then began switching between the theatre and the screen, her next major film being director Pat Jackson's comedy ''Virgin Island'' (1959). She resultantly won a British Lion contract and appeared in ''The Man Upstairs'' (1958) with Richard Attenborough, and as an air-hostess in ''Jet Storm'' (1959). She also made an impact on the stage, in ''The Catalyst'', and in live TV drama. She later starred in ''Doctor in Love'' (1960), and as Peter Sellers's wife in ''Only Two Can Play'' (1962); Sellers was unconvinced she could manage a credible Welsh accent and asked for her dismissal, though it was suspected that his ulterior motive was to replace Maskell with Welsh born actress Siân Phillips.〔(National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales - News - Sexy goings-on behind library doors )〕 She took a break from acting from 1962 to concentrate on her family, other than occasional TV appearances in such series as ''Danger Man'' and ''The Prisoner'', but returned after the birth of her second son to shoot ''Interlude'' (1968) in the summer of 1967. ''Interlude'' was released after her death and she won a posthumous National Board of Review award and a BAFTA nomination for her work in the film.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1968 Archives - National Board of Review )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1969 Film Supporting Actress )〕 Maskell was also a poet and an artist. 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「Virginia Maskell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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