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- Birth nameSheila Delaney
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Shelagh Delaney was born on November 25, 1938 in Salford, Lancashire, England, UK. She was a writer and actress, known for A Taste of Honey (1961), Charlie Bubbles (1968) and The White Bus (1967). She died on November 20, 2011 in Suffolk, England, UK.
- Was a classmate of Christine Hargreaves at Pendleton High School.
- Her parents spelled her name Sheila, but because of her Irish parentage she changed the spelling to the Irish form, Shelagh.
- Irish playwright and screenwriter, the daughter of a bus inspector. Her chief bequests to literature are "A Taste of Honey" and "Charlie Bubbles", both of which were successfully filmed.
- Had a child by comedy writer and talent agent Harvey Orkin, who was twenty years older.
- Women never have young minds. They are born 3,000 years old.
- On secrets: There aren't enough secrets to go round.
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