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Heather Sears(1935-1994)

  • Actress
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Heather Sears in The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
An acid-scarred composer has his dwarf helper bring an opera singer to his London sewer hide-out.
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Heather Sears was born on 28 September 1935 in Whitechapel, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Story of Esther Costello (1957), Room at the Top (1958) and The Phantom of the Opera (1962). She was married to Anthony Masters. She died on 3 January 1994 in Hinchley Wood, Esher, Surrey, England, UK.
BornSeptember 28, 1935
DiedJanuary 3, 1994(58)
BornSeptember 28, 1935
DiedJanuary 3, 1994(58)
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  • Won 1 BAFTA Award
    • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Known for

Heather Sears in The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
The Story of Esther Costello
6.5
  • Esther Costello
  • 1957
Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret in Room at the Top (1958)
Room at the Top
7.5
  • Susan Brown
  • 1958
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
The Phantom of the Opera
6.4
  • Christine Charles
  • 1962
Aldo Ray in Four Desperate Men (1959)
Four Desperate Men
6.3
  • Ann Fulton
  • 1959

Credits

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Actress

  • The Last Day of School
    • 1989
  • Weekend Playhouse
    TV Series
    • Kate Hanson
    • 1984
  • Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
    Tales of the Unexpected
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Margaret Pearson
    • 1981
  • Great Expectations (1974)
    Great Expectations
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • Biddy
    • 1974
  • Gayle Hunnicutt in Away from It All (1973)
    Away from It All
    TV Series
    • Rachel
    • 1973
  • Margaret Ashcroft, Glynn Edwards, Anna Palk, John Stride, and John Wentworth in The Main Chance (1969)
    The Main Chance
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Mary Wingrove
    • 1972
  • W. Somerset Maugham (1969)
    W. Somerset Maugham
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Margaret Bronson
    • 1970
  • Ian Hendry and Jean Marsh in The Informer (1966)
    The Informer
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Helen Lambert
    • 1966–1967
  • Love Story (1963)
    Love Story
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Geraldine Hopper
    • 1965
  • The Wednesday Play (1964)
    The Wednesday Play
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Zinalda
    • 1964
  • The Black Torment (1964)
    The Black Torment
    5.9
    • Lady Elizabeth Fordyke
    • 1964
  • Saturday Night Out (1964)
    Saturday Night Out
    6.3
    • Penny
    • 1964
  • Playdate
    5.5
    TV Series
    • Hilary
    • 1964
  • ITV Play of the Week (1955)
    ITV Play of the Week
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Doris Mead
    • Isabelle
    • 1957–1963
  • Bob Dylan, David Warner, Ursula Howells, Reg Lye, James Mellor, and Maureen Pryor in The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963)
    BBC Sunday-Night Play
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Sheila Birling
    • Kathie Harland
    • Nicole
    • 1961–1963

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Room At The Top
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Personal details

  • Height
    • 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
  • Born
    • September 28, 1935
    • Whitechapel, London, England, UK
  • Died
    • January 3, 1994
    • Hinchley Wood, Esher, Surrey, England, UK(multiple organ failure)
  • Spouse
    • Anthony MastersApril 1957 - May 10, 1990 (his death, 3 children)
  • Children
      Adam Masters
  • Parents
    • William Gordon Sears
  • Relatives
    • Ann Sears(Sibling)
  • Other works
    She acted in Bertolt Brecht's play, "The Caucasian Chalk Circle", in a Chichester Festival Theatre production at the Chichester Festival Theatre in Chichester, Sussex, England with Topol, Patricia Routledge, Joe Griffiths, Harold Innocent, Tamara Ustinov, Christopher Morley, Phillip Hinton, Brian Hayes, Richard Kane, Christopher Guinee and Geoffrey Burridge in the cast. Peter Coe was the director.
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    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Did you know

  • Trivia
    She was a heavy chain smoker for decades, which may have contributed to her death.

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