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Dinah Sheridan (born Dinah Nadyejda Ginsburg; 17 September 1920 – 25 November 2012) was an English actress with a career spanning seven decades. She was best known for the films Genevieve (1953) and The Railway Children (1970), the long-running BBC comedy series Don't Wait Up (1983–1990), and for her distinguished theatre career in London's West End.
Early life and career
Sheridan was born Dinah Nadyejda Ginsburg<!-- IT IS NOT YET CLEAR whether Sheridan's father and her family used Mec or Ginsburg. She is quoted as saying that she adopted her stage name because she did not like the name "Mec". HOWEVER her birth name is registered as Nadyejda D. Ginsburg at the GRO (General Registry Office) of Births in England and Wales (see http://www.findmypast.co.uk--> in Finchley, London, to Charlotte Lisa Ginsburg (née Everth; 1893–1966) and James Ginsburg (1893–1958).
Her father was born in Osaka, Japan, to a father of Russian descent. Her mother was born in Kew, Surrey, to parents of German descent. at Welwyn Garden City, where she participated in repertory theatre. This issued a ranking of the 'Top Ten British Box-Office Stars' each year.
One of her enduringly popular roles was as Wendy McKim in the comedy Genevieve (1953), where her "comic instinct and control were precise and stylish".