Top 18 Quotes & Sayings by Dinah Sheridan

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English actress Dinah Sheridan.

Last updated on December 25, 2024.

Dinah Sheridan 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 (1983–1990); and for her distinguished theatre career in London's West End.

English - Actress | Born: September 17, 1920

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Over my desk hangs a poster from The Railway Children that my husband had framed for me. It is so lovely to see the children smiling as they run down the railway track.

Dinah Sheridan

While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it.

Dinah Sheridan

They wanted Guy Middleton instead of Kenneth More, and even Kay Kendall wasn't their first choice!

Dinah Sheridan

The corsets I wore in The Railway Children are still in my undies drawer, a prized relic of my favourite film.

Dinah Sheridan

Until Genevieve I had tended towards the more dramatic type of role.

Dinah Sheridan

I had promised my husband never to accept another engagement. It was hard. It was not a very happy time for me.

Dinah Sheridan

I got a divorce eleven years later on the grounds of cruelty, which is still not easy in England.

Dinah Sheridan

I was a sickly child, contracting tuberculosis at the age of five.

Dinah Sheridan

I looked at films as a career from necessity but all I have really wanted is my home and children. The two things just do not work out together when one has to leave home at 5.30 am in the morning to go to the studio.

Dinah Sheridan

But I had promised my husband never to accept another engagement. It was not a very happy time for me.

Dinah Sheridan

What a thrill it was to play opposite Maurice Evans in this brilliant, dazzling musical, based on the life of two of the greatest personalities in stage history.

Dinah Sheridan

Well, I suppose that, in a sense, every screen role is a favourite with me.

Dinah Sheridan

After all, a job isn't worth doing unless you enjoy it.

Dinah Sheridan

So I regard my part in Genevieve as a real challenge.

Dinah Sheridan

It was one of the marvellous feelings of the film, having the music going in your head while doing scenes.

Dinah Sheridan

I actually enjoy wearing the corsets required in some period films.

Dinah Sheridan