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Sheila Susan White, (18 October 1948 — 7 September 2018), was a British actress best known for playing Rosie Noggett in the Confessions of a... films.

She began acting in pantomimes at the age of 12 and spent three years in the London production of The Sound of Music.

At the age of 16, she made her TV debut in a 1965 episode of The Wednesday Play. Her first big break came when she was cast as Eileen in the musical On the Level, getting the song "Bleep - Bleep" written just for her to perform as a solo. Her time as Eileen lead to her getting cast as Bet in the film Oliver!.

At the end of The '60s, she and Rodney Bewes starred in Dear Mother...Love Albert. In 1976, she played Messalina in I, Claudius, a role she received glowing reviews for.

While she appeared in a few films, her role in the Confessions of a... films, as Robin Askwith's sister, Rosie Noggett, remains one of her best known roles.

She died of heart failure at the age of 69.


Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:

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  • Z Cars, 4 episodes:
    • 2 episodesshow list (1967) — Billie Stevens
    • 2 episodesshow list (1970) — Anne Weston
  • I, Claudius, 3 episodesshow list (1976) — Valeria Messalina
  • Minder, episode "Monday Night Fever" (1980) — Sharon
  • EastEnders, 6 episodes (1990) — Carol Hanley
  • The Bill, episode "Fagins" (1993) — Mrs. Lucas
  • CASUAL+Y, episode "Deceptions" (1993) — Deborah Shines

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