Lesley Fitz-Simons (23 September 1961 – 26 January 2013)
was a Scottish actress best known for playing the role of Sheila Ramsay in
STV's
soap opera
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Take the High Road
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Fitz-Simons was born in Glasgow and brought up in
Milton of Campsie
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Stirlingshire
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, She had an early role as a teenager in the television series ''
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' in 1978. At the age of 21, she joined the cast of ''Take the High Road'' and played the role of Sheila Ramsay until the programme was cancelled in 2003.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009 and died in hospital in Glasgow on 26 January 2013, aged 51. She had one daughter, Marnie.
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1961 births
2013 deaths
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Deaths from breast cancer
Deaths from cancer in Scotland
Scottish soap opera actresses
Scottish television actresses
Scottish stage actresses
Actresses from Glasgow
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