FrameThrower · Actors · Ruth Sheen
Ruth Sheen
3 films · 168 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2002–2014
Born 1 January 1952 · London, England, UK
Ruth Sheen is an English actress.
Born in London, Sheen began her career by training at the East 15 Acting School, and has appeared regularly on British television and in British films since 1988. On television, she had recurring roles as Nanny Simmons in Berkeley Square (1998), and as Nurse Ethel Carr in the series Bramwell (1995–1998). She has also appeared as four different characters in six episodes of The Bill between 1989 and 2004.
She has also appeared in five Mike Leigh films: in the female lead role of Shirley in High Hopes (1988); as Laughing Woman in Secrets & Lies (1996); as Maureen in All or Nothing (2002), as Lily in Vera Drake (2004) and as Gerri in Another Year (2010).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 168 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2002–2014
- European Film Award for Best Actress1989
How their films are shot
Measured across 168 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ruth takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 68% of their frames are day, 68% natural — the look of the work Ruth takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 168 frames from Ruth Sheen's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.