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

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Take the High Road ''Take the High Road'' (renamed ''High Road'' from 1994 to 2003) was a Scottish soap opera produced by Scottish Television, which started in February 1980 as an ITV (TV network), ITV daytime programme, and was broadcast until 2003. It was set in ...

''. Fitz-Simons was born in Glasgow and brought up in

Milton of Campsie Milton of Campsie is a village formerly in the county of Stirlingshire, but now in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland roughly north of Glasgow. Nestling at the foot of the Campsie Fells, it is neighboured by Kirkintilloch and Lennoxtown. History T ...

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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 People from Milton of Campsie Deaths from breast cancer in Scotland Scottish soap opera actresses Scottish television actresses Scottish stage actresses Actresses from Glasgow Actresses from East Dunbartonshire {{UK-tv-actor-1960s-stub