Shirley Anne Field, the British actress known for her roles in the romance drama “Saturday Night and Sunday Morning” and the comedy “Alfie,” has died. She was 87.
“It is with great sadness that we are sharing the news that Shirley Anne Field passed away peacefully on Sunday, Dec. 10, surrounded by her family and friends,” a spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday.
“Shirley Anne will be greatly missed and remembered for her unbreakable spirit and her amazing legacy spanning more than five decades on stage and screen.”
Her family confirmed her death was due to “natural causes” in a statement to the BBC.
The Post has contacted reps for Field for comment.
Born in Forest Gate, Newham, in 1936, Field first modeled for pinup magazines in the ’50s.
Her first feature film was the 1956 comedy “Loser Takes All.” She also appeared in the musical movie “It’s A Wonderful World” that year.
But her big break came in 1960, when she appeared in “Peeping Tom,” “The Entertainer” as well as “Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.”
In 1962, Field was offered two Hollywood films: John Schlesinger’s “A Kind of Loving” and “The War Lover.” She opted for the World War II drama, but would later regret her decision.
“I finally had a chance to go to Hollywood and become a worldwide name. It was the stuff dreams are made of, but I didn’t get to enjoy it like I should have,” she explained in a 2009 interview. “When I arrived, I was so panicked and tired and the sun was just too yellow and the orange juice too orange. It was very stressful, and I had a headache all the time.”
Her television credits include “The Bill,” “Doctors,” “Murder, She Wrote,” “Last of the Summer Wine” and “Upstairs, Downstairs.”
She also starred in the soap opera “Santa Barbara” in 1987.
Her last project was the short film “Beautiful Relics” in 2014.
Field married race car driver Charles Crichton-Stuart in 1967. They had a daughter, Nicola, in 1969 and divorced in the late 1970s.