Biography

Sheila began to discover her passion and talents for writing, acting, directing and producing in high school. She was given the highest honors in Nevada's Junior Miss Contest mostly because of her monologue from Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill.

One of her first breaks was being selected to play Jane with James Caan as Tarzan in Don Adams' Screen Test (1975). This pilot brought her to the attention of the famous Francis Ford Coppola, Howard Koch, Art Carney, Jack Lemmon, and agent Jack Fields. With Fields as her agent, she attended many activist events with Ed Asner, Martin Sheen, Charles Durning, Meredith Baxter Burney, Dennis Weaver, and many others in the entertainment field to raise funds to help the less fortunate in society. Her friendship with Ed Asner has continued as she recently interviewed him for the pilot Fascinating People, she is producing and directing. She directed and produced To The Moon and Back I and II and The View From Space in a CD set and in DVD with her son, Adam Mitchell. (1984-2010). Sheila is currently creating The Adam Mitchell Foundation for his legacy to educate. She is developing The View From Space, a film project her son began before he tragically died. Both projects are in development as major motion pictures. John and Celia Milius have recently given this project high praise.

Happy Days, Baretta, The Cheap Detective, Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood, brought Sheilah to the attention of Eddie Foy III because the famous Art Carney recommended her as a "New and very talented young actress". Although they never met, Art Carney was clearly the kindest and generous actor.

Sheilah is dedicated to the arts, sciences, and communications. She has interviewed Jack Canfield, Raymond Francis and many others for the pilot Fascinating People she is producing, directing and hosting.
- IMDb mini biography by: Lorraine Dillon Vidal