Biographies: Heather Sears - Actor

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A British actress, born in Whitechapel, London, England, United Kingdom as Heather Christine Sears. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1958 and won a BAFTA Award in the same year. She married director Anthony Masters in 1957, had 3 children, and remained with him until his death in 1990. Her most notable works include The Story of Esther Costello (1957), The Phantom of the Opera (1962), Room at the Top (1959), and Four Desperate Men (1959). Born to a distinguished doctor in London, she appeared on stage at the age of five. After finishing school, she spent some time in France doing some voice work and dubbing and enjoyed the company of a crowd of artists and writers, such as Pablo Picasso and Albert Camus. At the age of 16, she joined her older sister, Ann Sears, at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She signed a contract with Romulus Films for a period of 7 years, and after her graduation, she worked with the Windsor Repertory Company at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and made her debut in The Love Match. Her first film was Touch and Go (1955), followed by Dry Rot (1956). She began her television career in 1956, and in the same year, she stood on stage in London, replacing the actress Mary Ure in the famous show Look Back in Anger. She worked on stage and in film until the mid-sixties. She reduced her work in theater and television because of her preoccupation with the care of her three children. In the last ten years of her life, she traveled extensively, spending many months in Mexico, China, Italy, North Africa, and Egypt. Her last movie was The Last Day of School (1989). She died in Hinchley Wood, Surrey, England, United Kingdom on January 3, 1994.

• 14 November 2021
• Christina Aziz